Teaching children to read

Ruth Kelly has commissioned an independent review of primary school reading policies.

 

The education secretary announced on Friday that former senior schools inspector Jim Rose will examine best practice, including the widely hailed synthetic phonics method.

 

Ministers were accused earlier in the year of "sitting on" an academic report proving the success of the strategy.

 

The ex-Ofsted director of inspection will also look at how to meet the needs of children who have fallen behind the expected standard in reading as the government seeks to boost basic literacy across the country.

 

The Rose review will feed into a new national literacy framework which will guide teaching.

 

Government Response: Ruth Kelly, secretary of state department of education and skills