Four out of five Year 1 primary school pupils passed their phonics screening tests this year. This is an important test children at state schools have to sit, which can help identify those who ...

Parents do not need to "drill their child" to pass the phonics screening check, says Fiona Barry, they can try out fun learning activities at home Pupils need to have a good grasp of the style or ...

Children can pass the phonics test with just a basic knowledge of the government's preferred system for learning to read, research suggests. Six-year-olds have to read aloud 20 real words and 20 ...

We have adapted the NSW version because our linguistic context is more similar to Australia than that of the UK," it said. "While the phonics check is similar to the NSW version of the UK phonics ...

David Reedy, president of the UK Literacy Association ... Parents believe that the phonics test is part of a more general attempt to squeeze all children into a shoe that is made for one size ...

At the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the phonics screening check. The check measures their ability to use synthetic ...

Fewer than six out of 10 pupils, 58%, passed the controversial new national phonics reading test in England, official statistics show. The test checks six-year-olds' ability to read aloud a ...

Speaking during the debate, John Holmes, of the NUT's executive, said: "This Year 1 phonics check is just one more example which does absolutely nothing to inform or to raise reading standards.

The Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham has endorsed new research which suggests the UK's Year 1 phonics screening check should be rolled out across Australian classrooms, after pledging ...