This piece in the TES includes charts of year-on-year results in the Year One phonics screening check including when re-taken in Year Two.'If we truly want all children to thrive in reading, we need to introduce phonics in early years'
Every child, whether they are on free school meals or not, should be able to reach the expected standard in phonics by the end of Year 1, says the director of Parents and Teachers for Excellence
By Mark Lehain
September 2017
Mark Lehain is director of Parents and Teachers for Excellence and the founder of Bedford Free School