Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the KS2 national curriculum.

For those who may wish to print out the guidance in full, there is also a PDF format version of this publication available.

Updated version March 2016

Updates reflect the information contained in Clarification: key stage 1 and 2 teacher assessment and moderation guidance, published on 8 March 2016.

If you are already familiar with this guidance, you do not need to re-read it but should refer to the updated sections below:

  • section 2.3, 3.2, 9.1, 9.7, 9.8 and 13.3 - change of date for submission of TA assessment data
  • section 9.3 - clarification of evidence required to support TA judgements
  • section 9.6 - clarification of dates for TA moderation visits