“Whole classes” of pupils are leaving primary school without basic reading skills because of a failure to focus on systematic synthetic phonics (SSP), according to a teaching consultant. Anne Glennie ...

Parents in Wales "should be up in arms" about standards in teaching young children to read in schools, according to an education specialist. Welsh 15-year-olds scored lower in tests than pupils in ...

British schools minister Nick Gibb is urging Australia to embrace phonics as part of a national strategy to help children read. He is here to meet educators, teachers and politicians as the Turnbull ...