As six-year-olds across England prepared to take the Government's controversial new reading test, three teaching unions raised fresh concerns that the check is "flawed" and could do more damage than ...

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Young children have struggled through a phonics test where they had to pronounce fake words. Children as young as four undertook a new test which measured their ability to say different letter ...