England - Nick Gibb: The final step in Britain's reading revolution

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England - Nick Gibb: The final step in Britain's reading revolution

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I don't know why the title to this piece includes the word 'Britain' instead of 'England' because it is only England that has Systematic Synthetic Phonics provision embedded in its statutory National Curriculum:
The final step in Britain's reading revolution

by Nick Gibb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/20 ... evolution/

There are grave worries about decreasing standards of literacy in Scotland and Wales.
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Re: England - Nick Gibb: The final step in Britain's reading revolution

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Here are the official results for the 2017 Year One Phonics Screening Check:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic ... gland-2017
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