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 ...

Orchard Manor School, in Dawlish, said a phonics screening check required non-verbal children to say the letter sounds aloud - which was not possible. The school has adapted tests, but the results ...

“Dyslexia is very simply put, a difficulty in learning to read and write fluently,” says Professor Snowling, “The first manifestation is usually a difficulty in learning letters and how to ...

The report says school leadership teams expect teachers to group pupils and the practice is seen as preparation for tests such as the phonics screening check and KS1 Sats tests. "Many teachers ...