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Written question asked by Ian Mearns (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 23 March 2012. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Literacy: Teaching Methods

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have applied for matched funding to purchase phonics material; and which providers they have indicated they will be purchasing from.
Answer

Schools can apply for match-funding by purchasing phonics resources from a catalogue 'The Importance of Phonics'. The catalogue includes resources from a range of providers that meet the Department's criteria for a systematic synthetic phonics programme. By 16 March 2012 around 6,710 schools had purchased phonics materials from all of the publishers included in the catalogue.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
101998; 542 c1035W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Reading Literacy Teaching methods
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk