Primary curriculum, key stage 2

Teaching and assessing the primary curriculum at key stage 2, primary school performance data, frameworks for teacher assessments.

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Services

• ISSP primary curriculum project application form

  Application form for schools to propose new independent/state school partnerships (ISSPs) for specific subject teaching at primary level.

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Guidance and regulation

• Key stage 2 tests: 2025 mathematics test materials
  • Guidance
  • 23 May 2025
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• National curriculum in England: primary curriculum
  • Statutory guidance
  • 6 May 2015
  • Department for Education
• Key stage 2 tests: 2025 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials
  • Guidance
  • 23 May 2025
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Key stage 2 tests: 2024 mathematics test materials
  • Guidance
  • 24 May 2024
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Key stage 2 tests: 2025 English reading test materials
  • Guidance
  • 23 May 2025
  • Standards and Testing Agency

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News and communications

• Reading and writing boost to drive high and rising standards
  • 5 February 2025
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Attainment in maths and writing SATs increases compared to 2022
  • 11 July 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• England moves to fourth in international rankings for reading
  • 16 May 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Change to dates for return of key stage 2 test results for 2023
  • 9 March 2023
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • News story
• Changes to key stage 2 assessment dates in 2023
  • 25 November 2022
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Key stage 2 attainment and lifetime earnings
  • 6 July 2025
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Key stage 2 attainment (revised): 2024
  • 12 December 2024
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Multiplication tables check attainment: 2024
  • 21 November 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• Key stage 2 attainment (revised): 2023
  • 14 December 2023
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Multiplication tables check attainment: 2023
  • 23 November 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• STEM Engagement across the NDA Group
  • 14 November 2018
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 17 August 2018
• Regulating national assessments
  • 6 March 2018
  • Ofqual
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 20 December 2017
• Primary school pupil assessment: Rochford Review recommendations
  • 14 September 2017
  • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 22 June 2017
• Improving the curriculum and assessment system
  • 18 March 2025
  • Department for Education
  • Call for evidence outcome
• 2022 national curriculum assessments: lessons learnt
  • 27 April 2023
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• 2024 maladministration report
  • 3 March 2025
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency
• National assessments regulation annual report 2024
  • 17 December 2024
  • Ofqual
  • Corporate report
• 2023 maladministration report
  • 28 March 2024
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency
• National assessments regulation annual report 2023
  • 25 March 2024
  • Ofqual
  • Corporate report
• 2022 maladministration report
  • 5 May 2023
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Standards & Testing Agency

• Ofqual
• Ofsted
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

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