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Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2025 phonics screening check.
Information leaflet for parents about the phonics screening check, which takes place in June.
Do you have a child in year 1 at primary school? If so, your child will…
Materials that concentrate on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending.
First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2024 phonics screening check.
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2023 phonics screening check.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check in key stage 1.
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the phonics screening check at key stage 1 (KS1).
Guidance for test developers which sets out the specification for the development of the phonics screening check for 2012 and beyond.
Sets out what the government is doing to help schools choose a phonics teaching programme.
The self-assessment form, essential core criteria and supporting information for SSP programme validation applicants.
Modified materials for the 2025 phonics screening check.
Information and a training video regarding the structure and content of the phonics screening check to help administrators prepare.
Modified materials for the 2023 phonics screening check.
Modified materials for the 2024 phonics screening check.
Guidance for phonics screening check monitoring visits, including instructions for completing the monitoring visit form.
Information about the revised Letterland Phonics (revised edition) programme and how it fulfils the department’s core criteria.
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