Literacy: Primary Education
(asked on 23rd January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in schools in North West Durham passed the phonics screening check (a) when it was introduced and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available.
The Department introduced the phonics screening check for Year 1 pupils in 2012. The latest available figures are for the academic year 2018-19. Figures for the proportion of children in state-funded schools in North West Durham who met the expected standard in phonics in Year 1 are set out in the table below. As shown, 60% of pupils in state-funded schools in the parliamentary constituency met the expected standard in 2012, compared to 83% in 2019.
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Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in Year 1 in the phonics screening check | ||||
All state funded schools, England (2012, 2019) |
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| No. eligible pupils | % met standard | No. eligible pupils | % met standard |
England | 592,007 | 58% | 649,152 | 82% |
County Durham | 5,402 | 60% | 5,622 | 82% |
North West Durham | 959 | 60% | 1009 | 83% |
Equivalent figures for England and the local authority of County Durham are provided for context.