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 ...

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%. This increase, ...

School leaders' union NAHT said investing in early years education was "essential" to tackling educational inequality but warned there was "no silver bullet" to fix things. All pupils in England ...