Later, when I gave free talks to a local college for people studying child care courses, to raise awareness about phonics provision in Reception and infant classes, the lecturers there said that the information and content I was telling the students about would actually benefit many of the students attending their college for their personal understanding and levels of basic literacy.
This is truly unacceptable after years in primary and secondary education.
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We are barely functioning, literally
Rob Mitchell
I believe this is an important article to read - indeed, the underlying personal stories of so many who can barely function are tragic.But the bad news runs between the lines of those bald findings. It shows that close to half of those surveyed make it only to level two in a scale that runs to five. That means they can read things like road signs and simple text, enough to get by. However, they will struggle with anything more complex.