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Key stage 2 tests: local authority monitoring visits

Guidance for local authorities undertaking monitoring visits for the key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests, including instructions for completing the KS2 monitoring visit form.

Updates to this page

From:
Standards and Testing Agency
Published:
24 April 2017
Last updated:
8 May 2026
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  1. Updated instructions for downloading collation data reports from the National Curriculum Assessments Portal.

  2. Updated for the academic year 2025 to 2026.

  3. Guidance and form updated for the academic year 2024 to 2025.

  4. Updated with 2018 guidance and monitoring visits form

  5. First published.

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2026 key stage 2 tests: monitoring visits guidance

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2026 key stage 2 monitoring visit form

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

This guidance is for local authorities undertaking monitoring visits for the KS2 national curriculum tests. It also contains instructions for completing the KS2 monitoring visit form.

Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to monitor the administration of the KS2  tests, to help to ensure that schools maintain the integrity, security and confidentiality of test materials and that schools administer the KS2 tests correctly and consistently.  

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