Statutory guidance

Key stage 2 tests: modified test administration guidance (MTAG)

Guidance for administering the 2025 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments.

• From: Standards and Testing Agency
• Published: 11 April 2016
• Last updated: 10 March 2025 — See all updates

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Key stage 2 modified test administration guidance: administering modified large print versions

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Key stage 2 modified test administration guidance: administering braille versions

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Key stage 2 modified test administration guidance: administering to pupils with a hearing impairment

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Details

We will update this guidance in March 2026 for the academic year 2025 to 2026.

If you are involved in administering the 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments, you should prepare by reading:

• the KS2 test administration guidance (TAG)
• this modified test administration guidance (MTAG)

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 the tests
• sending the completed test scripts for marking

Published 11 April 2016

Last updated 10 March 2025 + show all updates

1. 10 March 2025

   Updated for the academic year 2024 to 2025

2. 11 March 2024

   Updated guidance for administering modified versions of the statutory end of key stage 2 tests in May 2024.

3. 13 March 2023

   Updated for 2023 test cycle

4. 14 March 2022

   Updated guidance for administering the 2022 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.

5. 16 March 2020

   Updated for the 2020 test cycle.

6. 18 March 2019

   Updated for the 2019 test cycle.

7. 19 March 2018

   Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

8. 21 March 2017

   Updated for the 2017 test cycle.

9. 11 April 2016

   First published.