Statutory guidance: Phonics screening check: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)

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Following the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report and the associated government response in November 2025, future assessment arrangements are under review in line with the relevant recommendations. Assessment arrangements for the academic year 2026 to 2027 will remain unchanged.

  • all staff responsible for the phonics screening check
  • headteachers and senior leadership teams
  • local authority assessment co-ordinators
  • special schools, including maintained special schools and special academies
  • alternative provision (AP), including pupil referral units (PRUs), AP academies and AP free schools
  • maintained nursery schools with pupils who will reach the age of 6 before the end of the school year
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