https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/ed ... ack-squareNick Gibb MP: Labour would take us back to square one and undo all the great achievements delivered by our school reforms since 2010
The teaching of reading in our primary schools has been transformed with a proper focus on the building blocks of Phonics. When we introduced the Phonics Check in 2012, we found that just 58% of 6-year-olds reached the expected standard - that has now risen to 82%.