Ofsted finds positive response to phonics

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 14 May 2008

Phonics teaching methods in schools have developed well in response to the Rose Review, according to an Ofsted survey.

A briefing paper on the results of a short survey of schools' responses to the Rose Review was published by Ofsted last week. Inspectors visited 20 schools, gathered 43 e-mail questionnaires, and text-searched 2005/07 section 5 inspection reports. They found that 19 out of the 20 schools visited had responded positively to the Rose Review. In a letter to children's secretary Ed Balls earlier this year, Sir Jim Rose said that at least three-quarters of primary schools were using phonics to...

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