Phonics

Teaching and assessing phonics, phonics performance data.

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Guidance and regulation

• Phonics screening check: 2025 materials
  • Guidance
  • 23 June 2025
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Phonics screening check: 2024 materials
  • Guidance
  • 24 June 2024
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Phonics screening check: 2023 materials
  • Guidance
  • 26 June 2023
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Phonics screening check administration guidance
  • Statutory guidance
  • 16 March 2026
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Phonics screening check: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
  • Statutory guidance
  • 23 March 2026
  • Standards and Testing Agency

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News and communications

• More primary school pupils meet reading standards
  • 12 October 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Free schools leading the way with top primary school results
  • 26 September 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• More children on track to be fluent readers in primary school
  • 27 September 2018
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• Nick Gibb: reading is the key to unlocking human potential
  • 5 December 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Speech
• Primary education
  • 19 October 2016
  • Standards and Testing Agency and Department for Education
  • Written statement

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Research and statistics

• Early analysis of English Hubs phonics attainment: 2021 to 2022
  • 26 February 2026
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• English Hubs Programme phonics impact evaluation 2019 to 2025
  • 26 February 2026
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Phonics screening check attainment: England 2025
  • 9 October 2025
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• A process evaluation of the English Hubs Programme
  • 14 January 2025
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Phonics screening check attainment: England 2024
  • 10 October 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Reading: supporting higher standards in schools
  • 5 March 2015
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Curriculum fund programme pilots: list of lead schools
  • 16 October 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• English Hubs: list of primary schools
  • 30 May 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• 2015 maladministration report
  • 9 November 2016
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency
• 2014 maladministration report
  • 17 December 2015
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency
• 2013 maladministration report
  • 27 November 2014
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department
  for Education
• Standards
  & Testing
  Agency