2013 Phonics Screening Check
Download the 2013 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 2013 check was given to all children in Year 1 in England in June 2013. Schools chose a day within the week commencing 17th June 2013, with larger schools spreading the check across several days. It included a mix of real words and pseudo-words.
2013 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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| 2013 | 2013 Phonics Practice Materialsⓘ 2013 Phonics Screening Test Practice MaterialsThis practice sheet from 2013 provides example real words and pseudo-words used to familiarise children with the format of the Phonics Screening Check. The real words include examples such as in, at, beg, and sum. The pseudo-words include ot, ect, osk, and vap, which test decoding skills rather than word recognition. Questions: 8 | 2013 Phonics Assessment Materialsⓘ 2013 Phonics Screening Test Assessment MaterialsThis document is the children's materials for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check. It contains the 40 words that Year 1 pupils read aloud during the assessment, divided into Section 1 and Section 2. Each section includes real words (such as thin, cheek, milk, toy, spike) and pseudo-words (such as fot, keb, quorg, jorb, zale) to assess decoding skills. Questions: 40 | 2013 Phonics Answer Sheetⓘ 2013 Phonics Screening Test Answer SheetThis is the teacher's answer sheet for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check. It provides a grid for recording each of the 40 words as correct or incorrect, split across Section 1 and Section 2. The sheet includes tick boxes for each word and an optional comment field, with space to calculate the total correct score. Questions: 40 | 2013 Phonics Scoring Guidanceⓘ 2013 Phonics Screening Test Scoring GuidanceOfficial scoring guidance for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check. Sets the threshold mark at 32 out of 40 and explains that children scoring 31 or below must be considered for a re-take in Year 2. Lists all acceptable pronunciations for each pseudo-word in Section 1 and Section 2, including regional variations and alternative phoneme choices, to support consistent teacher marking. | ||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these 2013 Year 1 Phonics papers
- KS1 Phonics 2013 Phonics Check Practice Materials
- This practice sheet from 2013 provides example real words and pseudo-words used to familiarise children with the format of the Phonics Screening Check. The real words include examples such as in, at, beg, and sum. The pseudo-words include ot, ect, osk, and vap, which test decoding skills rather than word recognition.
- KS1 Phonics 2013 Phonics Check Assessment Materials
- This document is the children's materials for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check. It contains the 40 words that Year 1 pupils read aloud during the assessment, divided into Section 1 and Section 2. Each section includes real words (such as thin, cheek, milk, toy, spike) and pseudo-words (such as fot, keb, quorg, jorb, zale) to assess decoding skills.
- KS1 Phonics 2013 Phonics Check Answer Sheet
- This is the teacher's answer sheet for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check. It provides a grid for recording each of the 40 words as correct or incorrect, split across Section 1 and Section 2. The sheet includes tick boxes for each word and an optional comment field, with space to calculate the total correct score.
- KS1 Phonics 2013 Phonics Check Scoring Guidance
- Official scoring guidance for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check. Sets the threshold mark at 32 out of 40 and explains that children scoring 31 or below must be considered for a re-take in Year 2. Lists all acceptable pronunciations for each pseudo-word in Section 1 and Section 2, including regional variations and alternative phoneme choices, to support consistent teacher marking.
2013 Phonics Screening Check Word List
Below are all 40 words used in the 2013 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 | fot | Pseudo |
| 2 | keb | Pseudo |
| 3 | gan | Pseudo |
| 4 | ulp | Pseudo |
| 5 | poth | Pseudo |
| 6 | shan | Pseudo |
| 7 | veen | Pseudo |
| 8 | quorg | Pseudo |
| 9 | drap | Pseudo |
| 10 | flarm | Pseudo |
| 11 | lect | Pseudo |
| 12 | viosk | Pseudo |
| 13 | thin | Real |
| 14 | peck | Real |
| 15 | torn | Real |
| 16 | cheek | Real |
| 17 | trap | Real |
| 18 | snarl | Real |
| 19 | milk | Real |
| 20 | moist | Real |
| 21 | quigh | Pseudo |
| 22 | herks | Pseudo |
| 23 | jorb | Pseudo |
| 24 | zale | Pseudo |
| 25 | bluns | Pseudo |
| 26 | skarld | Pseudo |
| 27 | splot | Pseudo |
| 28 | strabe | Pseudo |
| 29 | toy | Real |
| 30 | spike | Real |
| 31 | fuel | Real |
| 32 | name | Real |
| 33 | props | Real |
| 34 | spoilt | Real |
| 35 | scram | Real |
| 36 | strike | Real |
| 37 | panic | Real |
| 38 | second | Real |
| 39 | tantrum | Real |
| 40 | reaching | Real |
20 real words, 20 pseudo-words.
2013 Phonics Screening Check Pass Mark & Threshold
The pass mark (threshold) for the 2013 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. So children who missed the mark in the 2012 Phonics Screening Check sat this 2013 check in Year 2.
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FAQ
Is the 2013 Phonics Screening Check free to download?
Yes. The full 2013 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 2013 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 2013 Phonics Screening Check?
The pass mark (threshold) for the 2013 Phonics Screening Check was 32 out of 40. Any child who scored below 32 retook the check the following year.
Who sat the 2013 Phonics Screening Check?
Two groups sat the 2013 check: Year 1 children, aged 5 to 6 (born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008); and Year 2 children who did not meet the expected standard in the 2012 check and were retaking it. For how the check works, see the Phonics Screening page.
What happened if my child did not pass the 2013 Phonics Screening Check?
A child who did not meet the expected standard (32 out of 40) in the 2013 check retook it in Year 2, the following year, in 2014.
