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Written question asked by Sharon Hodgson (Labour) on Monday, 22 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2019. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Pupils: Literacy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the fall in the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading at Key Stage 2.

Answer

The Government is committed to continuing to raise literacy standards and ensuring all children can read fluently and with understanding.

Ofsted’s inspection framework, published in May 2019, puts a greater focus on how well schools are teaching their pupils to read: inspectors listen to children reading aloud, watch phonics classes and check how schools help weaker readers to improve.

In addition, the Department have launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme. The Department has appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs, who are taking a leading role in supporting nearly 3000 schools to improve their teaching of reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure.

This network of schools will work to increase reading standards across the country and to improve educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged children, particularly in underperforming schools.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
280188
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Assessments Pupils Primary education Standards Literacy
Link
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