Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from government agencies to investigate curriculum, teacher standards, spelling and the orientation and education of ...

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%. This increase, ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.