For the first time this year we’ve collected Year 1 phonics data from schools.
Almost 1,400 primary schools kindly shared their data with us.
The results we present below for 2023 are for this sample of schools. Generally, we find that data collected from a large number of schools produces a close approximation of the national average but results for groups of pupils can sometimes be more variable.
We have also been collecting absence data from schools since the start of the pandemic. The 1,300 schools also supplied us with absence data for the 2023 academic year.
