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<p>This publication provides the attainment of pupils in the 2023 phonics screening check and key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum teacher assessments (TA). </p><p>It includes statistics for pupils in schools in England:</p><ul><li>at national level, broken down by the following pupil characteristics: gender, disadvantage, free school meal eligibility, ethnicity, special educational need status, first language and month of birth;</li><li>at national level, broken down by the following school characteristics: school type, school phase, cohort size and school religious character;</li><li>at regional and local authority level, broken down by gender.</li></ul><p>Pupils take the phonics screening check at the end of year 1, typically aged 6. Pupils who do not meet the expected standard take the check again at the end of year 2, typically aged 7. </p><p>Pupils are assessed at the end of key stage 1 (year 2) in reading, writing, maths and science.</p><p>There were no assessments in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. </p><p>End of KS1 assessments will become non-statutory from the 2023/24 academic year onwards. Optional assessments will still be offered, but these statistics will not be published in 2023/24. The phonics screening check attainment section of this publication will continue to be published to the same schedule. </p><p>All gaps and percentage point differences are calculated from unrounded figures.</p>