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Everything you need to know about phonics in schools

Posted by: mediaofficer, Posted on: 12 October 2023 - Categories: Schools
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Phonics is an effective way of teaching children to read. By ensuring high quality phonics teaching, we want to improve literacy levels and give all children a solid base to build on as they progress through school.  According to our …

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Education in the Media: Monday 19 November

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 19 November 2018 - Categories: Higher Education, Universities

  Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at accelerated degree courses, employability and phonics attainment.

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Education in the media: 6 December 2017

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 6 December 2017 - Categories: Literacy, numeracy, Primary Schools
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  Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study results that were published yesterday and the Barnardo’s survey about young carers.

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Education in the media: 29 September 2017

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 29 September 2017 - Categories: Curriculum, Higher Education
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Today’s education in the media looks at the results of the phonics screening and Key Stage 1 reading, writing and maths assessments. We also look at stats that show almost half of people are likely to go to university and …

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Nick Gibb: Thousands more primary pupils on track to be excellent readers

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 30 September 2016 - Categories: Literacy, School tests

Schools Minister Nick Gibb has written on the results of this year's phonics screening check, which show a continued rise in pupils meeting the expected reading standard. In 2012, just...

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Education in the media: 30 September

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 30 September 2016 - Categories: Adoption, Looked after children, School tests, Universities

...a guest article from Nick Gibb published in the Telegraph online. School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: The government is determined to make this country work for everyone, not just...

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Education in the media: 16 September 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 16 September 2016 - Categories: Admissions, Curriculum, Literacy, Selective schools, Unregistered schools

...be to the betterment, not at the expense, of other local schools. Phonics Yesterday, 16 September, new research misleadingly claimed that phonics tests given to five- and six-year-olds do not...

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