Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Review the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check scoring guidance

Closed 154 signatures

What the petition asks

We want the Government to review the scoring guidance for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. We think it needs to be made clearer to those administering the check what constitutes an acceptable alternative phoneme for children to use when reading pseudo words.
We think there are inconsistencies in marking the check which could mean the difference between a child passing or not. i.e. can they use a long vowel sound for a single vowel letters in a non-word?

Timeline

24 Apr 2024 Petition opened for signatures
29 May 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 154
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 24 Apr 2024
Closed 29 May 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.