Phonics test: 10 preparation and best practice tips
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Phonics
  • May 9, 2022
EEF commissioned evaluations of Read Write Inc. Phonics
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Phonics Reading Literacy Writing
  • Apr 28, 2022
How phonics became an education culture war
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Phonics
  • Apr 22, 2022
Phonics, spoken language and stories key to reading development
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Language development Reading Oracy Phonics Literacy
  • Feb 15, 2022
Reading wars: Reconciliation will require more truth
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Reading Phonics
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Resist the 'progressive' attack on phonics
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 26, 2022
Covid delays release of long-awaited phonics study
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Research Phonics
  • Jan 23, 2022
Phonics: In defence of the systematic approach
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Phonics
  • Jan 20, 2022
Relations among phonological processing skills and mathematics
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Maths Phonics
  • Jan 20, 2022
Government’s approach to teaching reading is uninformed and failing children
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
Phonics teaching in England needs to change – our new research points to a better approach
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
Government urged to 'reform the use of phonics' as it is 'failing children'
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
UCL research into the teaching of reading
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Reading Phonics
  • Jan 19, 2022
Why are ministers obsessed with teaching children to read using phonics?
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
ASCL response to UCL's paper on teaching of reading
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Reading Phonics
  • Jan 19, 2022
Teaching reading with phonics is not evidence-based and needs reform, academics claim
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
Why early reading lessons need to go beyond phonics
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
DfE phonics teaching approach 'doesn't work', Zahawi told
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
Academics want reform of ‘narrow’ phonics focus
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
Schools in England must reform how children are taught to read
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 19, 2022
Schools’ varied Covid stories make sitting the phonics test meaningless
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Covid impact Phonics
  • Nov 10, 2021
Physical phonics: Making phonics active
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Phonics
  • Aug 20, 2021
£10m for 'catch-up' maths mastery and phonics schemes
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  • Jul 9, 2021
Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term
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Phonics
  • Jun 17, 2021
Phonics screening check data collection 2021: guide
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Phonics
  • Jun 16, 2021
Phonic checks back in Autumn
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Phonics
  • Jun 16, 2021
Autumn 2021 phonics check to go ahead
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Phonics
  • Jun 16, 2021
Williamson announces autumn 2021 phonics screening check
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Phonics
  • Jun 16, 2021
Phonics: Should schools ditch Letters and Sounds?
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Phonics
  • Jun 14, 2021
Letters and Sounds phonics 'not fit for purpose'
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Phonics
  • May 18, 2021
Why Scotland is getting it wrong on phonics
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Scotland Phonics
  • Apr 27, 2021
Choosing a phonics teaching programme
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Phonics
  • Apr 1, 2021
DfE won't rule out 2021 autumn phonics check
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Phonics Primary assessment
  • Jan 11, 2021
Summer 2021 phonics check cancelled
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Phonics Coronavirus Lockdown
  • Jan 7, 2021
Pupils 'lost' to 'legacy of poor phonics teaching'
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Phonics Attainment
  • Dec 1, 2020
The school exams and phonics tests setting children up to fail
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Exams Phonics Attainment
  • Nov 27, 2020
NAHT ‘assessing legal status’ of phonics check to spare schools ‘unnecessary burden’
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Phonics Assessments
  • Nov 26, 2020
How neuroscience suggests that phonics works best
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Phonics
  • Nov 25, 2020
Majority of Year 2 teachers do not think they should be doing the Phonics Screening Check
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Phonics Assessments
  • Nov 24, 2020
More Than a Score research on phonics
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Phonics Coronavirus Assessments
  • Nov 24, 2020
Autumn phonics check ‘pointless’ in pandemic, most teachers say
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Phonics
  • Nov 24, 2020
72% of staff against 'pointless' autumn phonics check
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Phonics
  • Nov 23, 2020
The year 2 phonics check – NAHT’s position and campaigning work
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Phonics
  • Nov 19, 2020
Systematic phonics: Successful implementation
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Phonics
  • Nov 18, 2020
Outrage as teacher pleas to scrap phonics test ignored
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Phonics Testing
  • Sep 11, 2020
Autumn phonics check 2020: What schools need to know
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Phonics STA
  • Sep 7, 2020
STA plans autumn phonics check for year 2s who missed June test
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School reopening Phonics
  • Jul 15, 2020
Pupils to catch up on phonics test 'in autumn term'
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Coronavirus School reopening Phonics
  • Jul 15, 2020
Ofsted doubles down on phonics requirement for ITT
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Phonics
  • Jun 24, 2020
An integrated approach to teaching may benefit children with low reading ability
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Reading Phonics Languages Hearing impairment
  • May 13, 2020
End the reading war - research shows phonics works
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Reading Phonics Literacy
  • May 5, 2020
Ofsted phonics push 'inappropriate for ITT'
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ITT Phonics Ofsted inspections
  • Feb 25, 2020
Government’s ‘obsession’ with phonics is driven by need to help working-class white boys
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Phonics Attainment gap Disadvantaged pupils Boys Gender gap
  • Feb 12, 2020
The problem with phonics in EYFS - and how to solve it
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Phonics EYFS
  • Feb 9, 2020
'Little or no evidence' that phonics improves reading
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Phonics Reading
  • Jan 22, 2020
Ofsted: 'No need to teach phonics before Reception'
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Phonics Reception
  • Jan 15, 2020
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2019
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Phonics KS1
  • Dec 20, 2019
DfE corrects mistakes in 2018 primary testing data
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DfE SATS key stage 1 Phonics
  • Oct 25, 2019
Surge in LAs with falling phonics pass rates
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Phonics KS1 Attainment
  • Sep 26, 2019
Statistics: Key stage 1 national curriculum assessments and phonics screening check results
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KS1 Phonics Assessments
  • Sep 26, 2019
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2019
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Phonics KS1 Pupil performance
  • Sep 26, 2019
Phonics
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Phonics
  • Sep 26, 2019
Free school pupils score higher in phonics check
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Free schools Phonics Attaiinment KS1
  • Sep 26, 2019
Phonics results: Slight drop in pass rate
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KS1 SATs Phonics
  • Sep 26, 2019
Phonics check pass rate falls for the first time
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KS1 Phonics
  • Sep 26, 2019
Phonics screening check results: all you need to know
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Phonics National assessments
  • Sep 17, 2019
Primary school SATs 2019: A look at gender gaps, the disadvantage gap and the impact of the phonics test
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SATs Primary Gender gap Disadvantaged pupils Phonics
  • Sep 5, 2019
Ofsted: Many primary teachers 'can't teach phonics'
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Phonics Teachers Teaching
  • Aug 19, 2019
Pedagogy focus: Phonics
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Pedagogy Phonics
  • Aug 16, 2019
What is the phonics check pass mark?
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Phonics
  • Jun 24, 2019
Phonics check 2019 pass mark announced
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Phonics
  • Jun 24, 2019
Nursery rhymes may help to develop children's maths skills
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Maths Numeracy Phonics Early years Nursery rhymes
  • Jun 19, 2019
Phonics training company to run literacy centre
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Early years Primary Literacy Phonics
  • Jun 13, 2019
Why the phonics screening check doesn't work
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Phonics
  • Jun 10, 2019
Firms appointed to run English hubs training centre
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English hubs Literacy Training Phonics
  • Jun 4, 2019
New toolkit for post-16 phonics
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Phonics
  • Apr 29, 2019
Phonics isn't just for kids: it works with adults too
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Adult education Phonics Reading Literacy
  • Mar 8, 2019
Nick Gibb: The phonics wars are 'over'
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Nick Gibb Phonics Reading
  • Jan 26, 2019
Phonics resources to tackle childhood obesity
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Phonics Resources Primary English Maths Curriculum Health Wellness Obesity Sugar
  • Jan 8, 2019
The importance of poetry and reading between the lines | Letters
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Poetry Phonics Literacy Reading
  • Dec 14, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2018
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Phonics Assessments
  • Dec 13, 2018
Early phonics achievers three times more likely to ace KS2 reading test
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Phonics Literacy Reading SATs
  • Dec 13, 2018
Nearly third of phonics 'failures' go on to reading success
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Phonics Reading Literacy
  • Dec 13, 2018
What price Nick Gibb as the next education secretary?
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Nick Gibb Politics Phonics Screening KS2 SATs GCSEs A-levels researchED Times tables
  • Dec 12, 2018
Stuck schools and 5 other key findings in Ofsted's annual report
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Ofsted Amanda Spielman Stuck schools Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings Disadvantaged pupils Phonics MATs Off-rolling Pupil exclusions Academisation
  • Dec 4, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2018
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Phonics KS1
  • Oct 30, 2018
National curriculum assessments at key stage 1 and phonics screening checks in England, 2018
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Phonics National assessments Curriculum KS1 Primary assessment Primary schools
  • Oct 30, 2018
Phonics ‘first and fast’… but at what cost?
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Phonics Literacy Reading
  • Oct 29, 2018
Focus on phonics criticised in new survey
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Phonics Survey
  • Oct 15, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2018
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KS1 Phonics Assessments Curriculum
  • Oct 1, 2018
More children on track to be fluent readers in primary school
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Primary Reading Literacy Phonics
  • Sep 27, 2018
DfE phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessment provisional figures
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Phonics Assessment KS1
  • Sep 27, 2018
Disadvantaged white boys lag behind peers in UK phonics test
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Disadvantaged pupils Phonics
  • Sep 27, 2018
Sats: KS1 reading results drop
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SATs Reading KS1 Phonics National tests Primary schools Primary assessment
  • Sep 27, 2018
Phonics check: 82% meet ‘expected standard’ in 2018
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Phonics
  • Sep 27, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2018
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Phonics KS1 National assessments
  • Sep 27, 2018
Get support with teaching phonics and early reading
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Phonics Reading Literacy
  • Sep 21, 2018
Why phonics is crucial - but some won’t ‘get’ it
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Phonics
  • Sep 19, 2018
Primary school kids are set to benefit from a reading and writing ‘blitz’ in new school year
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Primary Reading Writing Phonics
  • Sep 2, 2018
Primary school tests pointless according to teachers
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Primary Phonics Assessments
  • Aug 7, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
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KS1 Phonics Screening National tests
  • Jul 26, 2018
'Demoralising and crazy': teachers condemn phonics check
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Phonics
  • Jul 17, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
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Phonics
  • Jul 14, 2018
Research into phonics use to teach adults needed
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Phonics Adult learners Functional Skills English
  • Jul 5, 2018
ETF publishes report on current practice in using a system of phonics with Post-16 learners
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Post-16 Adult education DfE Phonics Language Literacy
  • Jun 29, 2018
Phonics check 2018 pass mark announced
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Phonics DfE
  • Jun 25, 2018
DfE seeks bids for £100,000 phonics roadshows contract
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DfE Phonics
  • Jun 12, 2018
The UKEdPodcast – Episode 22 – Phonics pruning and thriving
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Phonics
  • May 25, 2018
Late-starting summer-born pupils don’t get better phonics scores
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Primary schools Summer-born Phonics
  • May 17, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
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KS1 Phonics Screening Assessments
  • May 11, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016
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KS1 Phonics Screening Assessments
  • May 11, 2018
The tide is turning, and our schools are improving
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School improvement Literacy League tables Reading PIRLS Phonics
  • Mar 26, 2018
'Phonics is the last thing on Andrew's mind – he is more concerned with worrying about when he will next get fed'
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Phonics Poverty Wellbeing
  • Mar 25, 2018
Little boy's show-and-tell spelling blunder leaves parents in hysterics
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Spelling Phonics
  • Feb 27, 2018
Australia: Why the right and left can't stop sounding off about phonics
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Phonics
  • Feb 25, 2018
New research into using phonics in teaching basic English
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Phonics English Special needs SEND
  • Jan 31, 2018
Research into adult phonics launched as part of Functional Skills Reform
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Functional Skills Phonics English Language Adult learners
  • Jan 31, 2018
Research into adult phonics launched as part of Functional Skills Reform
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Functional Skills Phonics ETF Adult education Literacy
  • Jan 31, 2018
Justine Greening unveils new drive to improve child literacy in England
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Justine Greening Literacy Phonics English
  • Jan 6, 2018
Plans to ensure `every child will get the best literacy teaching´ revealed
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Justine Greening Literacy Phonics English
  • Jan 6, 2018
Government plans 'English hubs' to boost child literacy
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Justine Greening Literacy Phonics English
  • Jan 6, 2018
Justine Greening announces £26m for English hubs and £7.7m curriculum fund
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Justine Greening Literacy Phonics
  • Jan 6, 2018
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
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Phonics Assessment SFR Attainment
  • Dec 14, 2017
Nick Gibb is wrong: PIRLS data does not support synthetic phonics
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Nick Gibb PIRLS Phonics Reading Literacy Performance Primary
  • Dec 8, 2017
Hallelujah! Reading standards are up. It shows what can be achieved when liberal dogma is defeated | Stephen Glover
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Reading League tables Attainment Primary Literacy Phonics
  • Dec 7, 2017
Best reading in schools for a generation
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Reading League tables Rankings Literacy Primary PIRLS Phonics
  • Dec 6, 2017
Reading results should 'ring in the ears of opponents of phonics', says Gibb
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Reading Literacy Nick Gibb Phonics Primary Early years Rankings
  • Dec 5, 2017
Focus on phonics sees reading standards rise to the best in a generation as schools minister hails controversial education reforms
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Phonics Primary Reading Rankings PIRLS Literacy League tables
  • Dec 5, 2017
Phonics revolution: Reading standards in England are best in a generation, new international test results show 
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Phonics Literacy Reading Attainment League tables PIRLS Primary
  • Dec 4, 2017
Children as young as three are grouped by ‘ability’ to prepare for Phonics Screening Check and Key stage 1 SATs
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Ability streaming Academic ability Phonics Primary Reception Attainment Social mobility
  • Dec 1, 2017
Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability
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Phonics Primary schools Academic ability Ability streaming
  • Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as 3 grouped by 'ability' to prepare for Sats
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SATs Academic ability Early years Assessment Phonics Ability streaming Primary
  • Dec 1, 2017
Rampant ability grouping in primary is ‘necessary evil’
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Primary Academic ability Attainment Phonics Ability streaming
  • Dec 1, 2017
Reception - a missed opportunity for too many children
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Reception Ofsted Early years Primary Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility Reading Writing Maths Phonics
  • Nov 30, 2017
Call for phonics check to be scrapped
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Phonics Attainment gap
  • Nov 30, 2017
Phonics 'fundamentalism' is based on flawed science, says education expert
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Phonics Early years DfE Primary Literacy
  • Nov 22, 2017
FSM pupils falling away in phonics
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FSM Free school meals Phonics KS1 Assessments
  • Sep 28, 2017
The final step in Britain's reading revolution
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Nick Gibb Reading Phonics KS1 Assessments
  • Sep 28, 2017
KS1 Results: phonics results static as reading, writing and maths rise
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KS1 Assessments National tests Phonics Reading Writing Maths Primary schools
  • Sep 28, 2017
Is Gibb to blame for functional skills reform?
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FE Week Functional Skills Nick Gibb Reforms English Numeracy Phonics Post-16
  • Sep 15, 2017
Headteachers who resist teaching phonics are failing students, minister warns
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Phonics
  • Sep 9, 2017
EPI submission to primary assessment consultation
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EPI Primary schools Primary assessment Teacher assessment Baseline assessments Phonics Spelling Grammar SEND Special needs
  • Jun 29, 2017
Phonics test pass mark published today
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TES Phonics Exams Assessment Literacy Primary schools
  • Jun 26, 2017
Phonics check risks distorting learning, says NAHT
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NAHT Phonics Assessment Reading Literacy Primary
  • Jun 13, 2017
General election special: How the election might affect you
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  • May 28, 2017
Formal learning starts too young, say early years teachers
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TES Early years Primary schools Research Pedagogy Teachers Reception EYFS Summer-born Maths Literacy Phonics DfE
  • May 18, 2017
Phonics screening check data collection 2017: guide
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DfE GOV.UK Phonics Primary schools
  • May 18, 2017
Phonics screening check data collection: guide to submitting data
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DfE GOV.UK Phonics Primary schools
  • May 18, 2017
Why are my wife and I quitting teaching? Brutal cuts, bad policies and stressed kids | Peter Foggo
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Guardian Teachers Teaching Funding Phonics Ofsted inspections Curriculum Teachers' pay Pensions SATS Standards Stress Mental health Grammar schools
  • May 8, 2017
Phonics boosts reading accuracy, study finds
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Schools Week Phonics Reading Primary schools
  • Apr 20, 2017
Phonics leads to easier, more accurate, reading, new research finds
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TES Phonics Reading Literacy Primary schools Research
  • Apr 20, 2017
Focus on phonics excludes SEND children from the discussion on literacy, charity warns
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TES SEND Phonics Literacy Special needs Reading
  • Mar 23, 2017
Phonics resits plan for seven and eight-year-olds dropped
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TES Phonics Assessments Exams Primary schools Literacy DfE
  • Feb 2, 2017
Almost half of pupils who take the phonics check for a third time fail, DfE trial shows
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TES Phonics Literacy Primary schools Assessment DfE
  • Feb 2, 2017
Government abandons year 3 phonics check after trial prompts workload concerns
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Schools Week Phonics Teachers Teacher workload Primary schools
  • Feb 2, 2017
Phonics screening pilot at year 3
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DfE GOV.UK Phonics STA NFER
  • Feb 2, 2017
Abandoning phonics check for older children will be welcomed by school leaders, says NAHT
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NAHT Phonics Leaders Teachers Reading
  • Feb 2, 2017