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Optional key stage 1 tests: modified test administration guidance (MTAG)

Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2026.

Updates to this page

From:
Standards and Testing Agency
Published:
8 April 2016
Last updated:
9 March 2026
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  1. Updated for the academic year 2025 to 2026

  2. Updated for the academic year 2024 to 2025

  3. Updated guidance for administering modified versions of the optional end of key stage 1 tests in 2024.

  4. Updated for 2023 test cycle

  5. Updated guidance for administering the 2022 key stage 1 national curriculum tests.

  6. Updated for the 2020 test cycle.

  7. Updated for the 2019 test cycle.

  8. Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

  9. Updated for the 2017 test cycle.

  10. Documents updated to reflect the removal of the requirement to administer the KS1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test in 2016.

  11. First published.

Documents

2026 optional key stage 1 modified test administration guidance: administering modified large print versions

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2026 optional key stage 1 modified test administration guidance: administering braille versions

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2026 optional key stage 1 modified test administration guidance: administering to pupils with a hearing impairment

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Details

We will update this guidance in March 2027 for the academic year 2026 to 2027.

If you are involved in administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments, you can prepare by reading:

This will ensure that pupils using the modified large print (MLP) or braille versions of the tests, or who have a hearing impairment, can access the tests properly and are not at a disadvantage.

The guidance includes information about:

  • planning for the tests
  • receiving test materials
  • administering and marking the tests

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