For those on the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, we record their starting date and entry point on the tracker to monitor the rate at which they are making progress. We can also easily identify those who joined the programme later. In addition, we use a standardised NTS reading test (year 2) so that we can ensure that the gains our pupils are making are age-appropriate.
This is what we expect our children to know by the end of Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2:

At St. Alban’s we use the Fisher Family Trust Aspire Reading Assessment Programme to regularly assess our children in four areas:
• Decoding
• Reading Accuracy
• Speed
• Expression
• Comprehension
The assessment then produces a report which shows the Words per Minute, Reading Accuracy and Reading Age. We use this to inform the types of books each child should be taking home.

We use the National Test-Style Assessment from Hodder Education as an accurate and informative summative assessment. These tests give us standardised scores we can compare against national standards. We use the results from the NTS assessments to determine the following terms whole class focus or interventions.