Teachers analyse the results and, if necessary, plan for any additional support students might need.
This means that students are checked with a different set of words to those used in the previous year. The phonics screening check is done in term 3 and updated each year. This happens individually in a quiet room and takes 5 to 7 minutes.
What the phonics screening check involvesĬlassroom teachers ask year 1 students to read up to 40 real and made-up words aloud. Phonics is the relationship between letters and sounds. The phonics screening check is a short assessment that tells teachers how year 1 students are progressing in phonics.
