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National curriculum assessments: guidance for local authorities

Information for local authorities (LAs) supporting schools' key stage 1 and 2 tests and teacher assessment.

Published 14 April 2015
Last updated 21 October 2016 — see all updates

• From: Standards and Testing Agency and Department for Education

The 2021 national curriculum assessments, including key stage 1 and key stage 2 tests and teacher assessments, have been cancelled.

Local authorities do not need to undertake monitoring or moderation activities.

Use this collection to complete your statutory requirements. You should also be familiar with the phonics screening check: administration guidance (CAG) and key stage 2: test administration guidance (TAG).

You must complete statutory requirements by law, unless there’s a very good reason not to.

Statutory guidance

• 2021 early years foundation stage: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
  • 3 December 2020
  • Statutory guidance
• 2021 key stage 1: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
  • 8 January 2021
  • Statutory guidance
• 2021 key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
  • 8 January 2021
  • Statutory guidance

Planning

• National curriculum assessments calendar
  • 15 December 2020
  • Guidance

Data collection

• Key stage 1 assessments data collection: guide to submitting data
  • 24 January 2020
  • Guidance
• Phonics screening check data collection: guide to submitting data
  • 24 December 2020
  • Guidance

Monitoring visits

• Key stage 2 tests and phonics screening check: monitoring visits
  • 29 April 2019
  • Guidance
• Key stage 2 tests: local authority monitoring visits
  • 20 March 2019
  • Guidance
• Phonics screening check: local authority monitoring visits
  • 29 April 2019
  • Guidance

Teacher assessment

• Key stage 1 teacher assessment guidance
  • 3 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Key stage 2 teacher assessment guidance
  • 3 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Key stage 2: submitting teacher assessment data
  • 21 May 2019
  • Guidance
• Teacher assessment moderation: standardisation and training process
  • 11 November 2020
  • Guidance

Published 14 April 2015
Last updated 21 October 2016 + show all updates

1. 21 October 2016

   Addition of 2017 assessment and reporting arrangements.

2. 17 April 2015

   2015 maladministration guidance added

3. 14 April 2015

   First published.