Statutory guidance

Pre-key stage 2 standards

For teachers to report assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum assessments (commonly called SATs) at the end of KS2.

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Teachers should use pre-key stage standards for those pupils working below the standard of key stage 2 but are engaged in subject specific study. The use of this guidance will further support teacher assessment judgments.

Where pupils are not engaged in subject specific study the engagement model should be used.

This guidance is available for use from academic year 2020-21 onwards.

Pre-key stage standards are for pupils who are working below the overall standard of national curriculum assessments, but who are engaged in subject-specific study.

Pre-key stage 2 standards for the 2020/21 academic year onwards

Teachers must use these standards to make statutory teacher assessment judgements at the end of key stage 2 for pupils who are working below the national curriculum tests and teacher assessment frameworks and engaged in subject-specific study.

Pre-key stage standards information video

You can view the pre-key stage standards information video below. It provides details about the pre-key stage standards and explains how they should be used.

New pre-key stage standards in primary schools

This video makes reference to the engagement model which is a teacher assessment tool for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests and not engaged in subject-specific study.

Published 10 September 2018
Last updated 10 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Edited attachment - removal of coronavirus (COVID-19) related text

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  3. Updated for use from the 2019/20 academic year onwards.

  4. First published.