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

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:35 pm
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
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.

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

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:40 pm
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Here are the official results for the 2017 Year One Phonics Screening Check:

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