2012 Phonics Screening Check
Download the 2012 Year 1 Phonics Screening Check materials for free, including the practice materials, assessment materials, answer sheet, scoring guidance, word list, PowerPoint presentation and a complete ZIP file.
The 2012 check was given to all children in Year 1 in England in June 2012. Schools chose a day within the week commencing 18th June 2012, with larger schools spreading the check across several days. It included a mix of real words and pseudo-words.
2012 Phonics Screening Check Past Papers
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| Year | Practice Materials | Assessment Materials | Answer Sheet | Scoring Guidance | Spelling Materials | PowerPoint | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
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| 2012 | 2012 Phonics Practice Materialsⓘ 2012 Phonics Screening Test Practice MaterialsThis is an official practice sheet from 2012 used to familiarise Year 1 children with the format of the Phonics Screening Check before taking the statutory assessment. It contains two sections: a real words sheet with examples such as in, at, beg, and sum, and a pseudo-words sheet with examples including ect, osk, and vap, enabling children to practise decoding both word types. | 2012 Phonics Assessment Materialsⓘ 2012 Phonics Screening Test Assessment MaterialsThis document contains the pupil materials for the 2012 Phonics Screening Check. It presents the 40 words that children read aloud during the assessment, divided into Section 1 and Section 2. Each section includes real words such as jazz, farm, goat, and flute, alongside pseudo-words like yop, queep, kigh, and strom to assess decoding skills. Questions: 40 | 2012 Phonics Answer Sheetⓘ 2012 Phonics Screening Test Answer SheetThis is the teacher's answer sheet for the 2012 Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. It provides a recording grid where the teacher marks each of the 40 words as correct or incorrect as the child reads them aloud. The sheet is divided into Section 1 and Section 2, each containing 20 words (a mix of real words and pseudo-words), with space for optional comments and a total score. Questions: 40 | 2012 Phonics Scoring Guidanceⓘ 2012 Phonics Screening Test Scoring GuidanceThis is the official scoring guidance for the 2012 Year 1 phonics screening check. It confirms the threshold mark of 32 out of 40 and provides teachers with the acceptable pronunciations for all twenty pseudo-words in the check. Each pseudo-word is listed with phonemic representation and example rhymes to ensure consistent marking across Section 1 and Section 2. | ||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these 2012 Year 1 Phonics papers
- KS1 Phonics 2012 Phonics Check Practice Materials
- This is an official practice sheet from 2012 used to familiarise Year 1 children with the format of the Phonics Screening Check before taking the statutory assessment. It contains two sections: a real words sheet with examples such as in, at, beg, and sum, and a pseudo-words sheet with examples including ect, osk, and vap, enabling children to practise decoding both word types.
- KS1 Phonics 2012 Phonics Check Assessment Materials
- This document contains the pupil materials for the 2012 Phonics Screening Check. It presents the 40 words that children read aloud during the assessment, divided into Section 1 and Section 2. Each section includes real words such as jazz, farm, goat, and flute, alongside pseudo-words like yop, queep, kigh, and strom to assess decoding skills.
- KS1 Phonics 2012 Phonics Check Answer Sheet
- This is the teacher's answer sheet for the 2012 Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. It provides a recording grid where the teacher marks each of the 40 words as correct or incorrect as the child reads them aloud. The sheet is divided into Section 1 and Section 2, each containing 20 words (a mix of real words and pseudo-words), with space for optional comments and a total score.
- KS1 Phonics 2012 Phonics Check Scoring Guidance
- This is the official scoring guidance for the 2012 Year 1 phonics screening check. It confirms the threshold mark of 32 out of 40 and provides teachers with the acceptable pronunciations for all twenty pseudo-words in the check. Each pseudo-word is listed with phonemic representation and example rhymes to ensure consistent marking across Section 1 and Section 2.
2012 Phonics Screening Check Word List
Below are all 40 words used in the 2012 Phonics Screening Check. Each is either a real word or a pseudo-word (a made-up, nonsense word that checks a child's decoding skills rather than their vocabulary).
| Question | Word | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pib | Pseudo |
| 2 | vus | Pseudo |
| 3 | yop | Pseudo |
| 4 | elt | Pseudo |
| 5 | desh | Pseudo |
| 6 | chab | Pseudo |
| 7 | poil | Pseudo |
| 8 | queep | Pseudo |
| 9 | stin | Pseudo |
| 10 | proom | Pseudo |
| 11 | sarps | Pseudo |
| 12 | thend | Pseudo |
| 13 | chip | Real |
| 14 | jazz | Real |
| 15 | farm | Real |
| 16 | thorn | Real |
| 17 | stop | Real |
| 18 | truck | Real |
| 19 | jump | Real |
| 20 | lords | Real |
| 21 | kigh | Pseudo |
| 22 | girst | Pseudo |
| 23 | baim | Pseudo |
| 24 | yune | Pseudo |
| 25 | flods | Pseudo |
| 26 | groiks | Pseudo |
| 27 | strom | Pseudo |
| 28 | splaw | Pseudo |
| 29 | fair | Real |
| 30 | flute | Real |
| 31 | goat | Real |
| 32 | shine | Real |
| 33 | crept | Real |
| 34 | shrubs | Real |
| 35 | scrap | Real |
| 36 | stroke | Real |
| 37 | index | Real |
| 38 | turnip | Real |
| 39 | waiting | Real |
| 40 | portrait | Real |
20 real words, 20 pseudo-words.
2012 Phonics Screening Check Pass Mark & Threshold
The pass mark (threshold) for the 2012 Phonics Screening Check was 32 out of 40. A child needed to read at least 32 of the 40 words correctly to meet the expected standard.
Any child who did not meet the standard retook the check the following year, in Year 2.
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FAQ
Is the 2012 Phonics Screening Check free to download?
Yes. The full 2012 Phonics Screening Check is free to download. It includes the Pupils' Materials booklet (with words for the child to read aloud) and the Answer Sheet for the teacher.
Where does the 2012 Phonics Screening Check come from?
The Phonics Screening Check is produced annually by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), part of the Department for Education, and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What was the pass mark for the 2012 Phonics Screening Check?
The pass mark (threshold) for the 2012 Phonics Screening Check was 32 out of 40. Any child who scored below 32 retook the check the following year.
Who sat the 2012 Phonics Screening Check?
The 2012 Phonics Screening Check was sat by Year 1 children, aged 5 to 6 - that is, children born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007. 2012 was the first year of the check, so there was no Year 2 retake cohort. For how the check works, see the Phonics Screening page.
What happened if my child did not pass the 2012 Phonics Screening Check?
A child who did not meet the expected standard (32 out of 40) in the 2012 check retook it in Year 2, the following year, in 2013.
