'Cut phonics teaching': Vital improvements needed in how we teach children to read, say 250 teachers and academics An open letter is sent to the Education Secretary calling for changes in how children ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...

Two of the synthetic phonics programs, Letters and Sounds (L&S) and Early Reading Research (ERR), used by English primary schools to teach young children to read are equally effective overall.

The singular, structured approach to the teaching of reading and the speed at which it is being introduced alarms early years experts. Simon Vevers reports. New guidance from the Government is ...

Educational publishers have welcomed the UK government’s announcement that it will not develop a full programme arounds its Letters and Sounds handbook, which comes after lobbying from the sector.

Synthetic phonics has been described as a "back to basics" way of teaching children to read and it will be the focus of the Government's literacy review. The system teaches pupils to recognise the ...

Children who struggle with reading can make dramatic progress in just a fortnight when they are given traditional lessons, a report reveals today. The study by a think-tank showed that primary school ...

Education Minister Simon Birmingham released a report today recommending that all Year 1 students in Australia complete a phonics test. The panel responsible for the report has recommended that ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victorian primary school teachers will be required to adopt a phonics-based reading approach meaning students will be taught to sound ...

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