Manor pupils celebrate stunning results in phonics and times tables

We are delighted to be celebrating outstanding results in this year's national phonics and times tables assessments, outperforming national averages.

Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by correlating spoken sounds with letters or groups of letters in the alphabet. It teaches children to “decode” words by sounding them out rather than memorising them as a whole.

At Manor, 93% of Year 1 pupils met the expected standard in the phonics screening check, a rise of 22 percentage points on last year's 71% and one of the strongest improvements across the whole trust.

The improvements reflect a wider trend across GLF Schools, where the average phonics pass rate rose to 87.4%, up from 86.4% the previous year and well ahead of the 80% national average recorded last year.

Pupils also performed strongly in the Year 4 multiplication tables check, with Manor's average score improving to 23.2 out of 25, ahead of the 21.0 national average score recorded last year.

Ben Thomas, our Headteacher, said: “This is a remarkable set of results for Manor and I could not be prouder of our pupils and staff. 

“Such a significant improvement in phonics reflects the real focus we have put on early reading, and it is wonderful to see that hard work paying off so clearly.”