Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government's policy is on the Year 3 phonics check resit.

In 2016, 81% of pupils met the expected phonics standard in Year 1 (up from 58% in 2012) with 91% of pupils meeting the expected standard by the end of Year 2. The Government will not be introducing a Year 3 phonics check retake, although we carried out a small-scale pilot to explore the impact of a retake in Year 3.