Statutory guidance

P scales: attainment targets for pupils with SEN

• From: Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
• Part of: National curriculum, Schools: statutory guidance, Special educational needs and disability (SEND), School and college qualifications and curriculum, Exams, testing and assessment, and Special educational needs and disability (SEND)
• Published: 16 July 2014
• Last updated: 2 June 2017, see all updates
• Applies to: England

Performance (P scale) attainment targets for pupils with special educational needs (SEN).

Documents

Performance - P Scale - attainment targets for pupils with special educational needs

Ref: DFE-00484-2014 PDF, 527KB, 40 pages

Details

This guidance is for:

• headteachers
• governing bodies
• local authorities

It applies to:

• local-authority-maintained schools
• academies and free schools
• non-maintained special schools
• local authorities

It specifies performance attainment targets (P scales) and performance descriptors for pupils aged 5 to 16 with special educational needs (SEN) who are working below the standard of the national curriculum tests and assessments.

Statutory guidance sets out what schools and local authorities must do to comply with the law. You should follow the guidance unless you have a very good reason not to.

Document information

Published: 16 July 2014

Updated: 2 June 2017

+ full page history

1. 2 June 2017 Added information on the introduction of pre-key stage standards to assess pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum tests.
2. 16 July 2014 First published.

From: Department for Education Standards and Testing Agency

Part of: National curriculum Schools: statutory guidance Special educational needs and disability (SEND) School and college qualifications and curriculum Exams, testing and assessment Special educational needs and disability (SEND)