The Department said it will not proceed any further with the phonics retake for seven and eight year olds, after a pilot found that nearly half failed for a third time.
Of the 1,625 Year 3 pupils from 282 schools that took part in the pilot, 49 per cent failed to meet the ‘expected standard’.
The pilot was carried out in June 2016 by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) on behalf of the Standards Testing Agency (STA).
A questionnaire devised for teachers as part of the pilot also found that 77 per cent believed the extension of the phonics screening check into Year 3 had no impact at all on teaching of phonics to pupils who have fallen behind.
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