GuidanceStatutory guidance

Key stage 1: phonics screening check administration guidance

Check administration guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check.

From:
Standards and Testing Agency
Published
31 March 2016
Last updated
2018 March 20232024 — See all updates

Documents

2023

2024 phonics screening check: administration guidance

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-855-3

HTML, STA/22/8662/e PDF, 249 KB, 24 pages

Details

Use this information to:

  • understand your statutory requirements relating to the phonics screening check
  • plan for the check
  • administer the check
  • submit your school’s check results
Published 31 March 2016
Last updated 2018 March 20232024 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance for administering the phonics screening check in June 2024.

  2. Updated for the 2023 test cycle.

  3. Updated guidance for the academic year

  4. Updated to remove cancellation of 2021 assessment information.

  5. Updated for the 2019 test cycle.

  6. 2018 phonics screening check threshold mark added

  7. Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

  8. 2017 threshold included

  9. Updated for the 2017 test cycle.

  10. 2016 phonics screening check threshold mark added.