Guidance

Key stage 2 tests: test administration guidance (TAG)

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants about administering the 2023 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.

• From: Standards and Testing Agency
• Published: 31 March 2016
• Last updated: 13 March 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Key stage 2 test administration guidance

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-609-2, STA/22/8630/e

PDF, 883 KB, 42 pages

Details

If you’re involved in administering the key stage 2 tests in 2023, you should prepare by reading this test administration guidance (TAG).

It includes information about:

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

This video shows how schools submit their headteacher’s declaration form:

Headteacher’s declaration form

Published 31 March 2016
Last updated 13 March 2023 + show all updates

1. 13 March 2023

   Updated for the 2023 test cycle

2. 14 March 2022

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

3. 16 March 2020

   Updated for the 2020 test cycle.

4. 18 March 2019

   Updated for the 2019 test cycle.

5. 19 March 2018

   Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

6. 21 March 2017

   Updated for the 2017 test cycle.

7. 31 March 2016

   First published.