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 ...

Lift Ashingdon Primary School achieved 91 per cent of pupils meeting the expected standard in the year one assessment.

In the May budget, the federal government allocated money to buy England’s phonic screening test for six-year-olds in Year 1. The screening test, introduced in England in 2012, tests students at the ...