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 phonics screening check. The check measures their ability to use synthetic ...

I’m going to give you a reading test. Ready? Say these words out loud: If you’re an adult seeing this, with years and years of reading experience, your brain probably processed the list pretty ...

Victorian state school grade one students will sit a new 10-minute literacy assessment under the state's move to phonics teaching for reading, which experts say will improve early intervention for ...

Samantha Hill, assistant head at Orchard Manor School, is calling for more suitable ways for children who cannot speak to have their reading ability tested A special school in Devon is petitioning ...