Phonics screening check: Why this test taken by six-year-olds in England just isn't needed

At the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the ...
The Conversation

England’s new phonics target sets schools an almost impossible task

Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust which funds the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy at UCL. She is a member of the Labour Party and the Universities and College Union. The ...
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England's synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called "systematic ...
The Conversation

Phonics teaching in England needs to change – our new research points to a better approach

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust; the Nuffield Foundation; the Leverhulme Trust; and The Monday Charitable Trust. Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, ...