Statutory guidance

Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of key stage 2

For teachers to make statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of KS2.

• From: Standards and Testing Agency
• Published: 14 September 2017
• Last updated: 10 October 2022
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  1. 10 October 2022

     Edited the attachment - added ‘’onwards’’ for English writing section to indicate continuation of this document

  2. 19 July 2021

     Updated to remove cancellation of 2021 assessment information.

  3. 14 February 2018

     Updated to include the frameworks for use from the 2018/2019 academic year onwards.

  4. 14 September 2017

     First published.

Documents

Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of key stage 2 for 2018/19 onwards

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-211-7, STA/19/8302/e

PDF, 277 KB, 11 pages

Details

Following the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report and the associated government response in November 2025, future assessment arrangements are under review in line with the relevant recommendations. Assessment arrangements for the academic year 2026 to 2027 will remain unchanged.

Teacher assessment frameworks for the 2018/19 academic year onwards

Teachers must use these frameworks for the 2018/19 academic year onwards to make statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of key stage 2 in English writing and science.

The English writing frameworks remain unchanged from those introduced for 2017/18.

The frameworks do not include English reading and mathematics because schools are not required to make statutory teacher assessment judgements in these subjects.

Comparability over time

Changes made to the 2018/19 science key stage 2 teacher assessment frameworks mean that judgements made using this guidance will not be directly comparable to those made using the previous versions.