Assess word reading, comprehension and spoken language
Assess these skills using the National Curriculum statements. These are set out on the following pages of the English programmes of study for Key Stages (KS) 1 and KS2:
- Spoken language (all year groups): page 7
- Word reading and comprehension (year 1): pages 10 and 11
- Word reading and comprehension (year 2): pages 17 and 18
Assessment should be regular and focused
This is to make sure that:
- Teaching matches pupils' capacity to learn
- Any issues are quickly identified and overcome
Formative assessment
This helps staff to adjust their teaching based on pupils’ misconceptions, for example by:
- Reviewing a grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPC)
- Repeating a step to support blending
- Directing their attention to any pupils who have lost focus
Summative assessment
Decide the frequency of summative assessment based on your phonics programme. This could be termly or half-termly.
What they’re getting out of the assessment
