The Department for Education has now released the results of the 2023/24 school year phonics screening check, a test children ...

The proportion of pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” in their year 1 phonics screening check has edged up again, but remains below pre-pandemic levels. Government data published today ...

The new data shows that in the 2023/24 school year, 80% of pupils met the government’s expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check, up from 79% in 2023. By the end of Year 2 ...

When I became Victoria’s Education Minister 12 months ago, little did I know I’d be stepping into a half century-long policy ...

The reading skills of the poorest pupils in Oxfordshire are worse than before the pandemic, new figures reveal.