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National curriculum assessments: guidance for local authorities

Information for local authorities to use when carrying out statutory activities for the national curriculum assessments.

Updates to this page

From:
Standards and Testing Agency and Department for Education
Published:
14 April 2015
Last updated:
1 September 2026
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  1. Added additional links to existing guidance on monitoring, moderation and standardisation.

  2. Added the latest guidance and information for the academic year 2025 to 2026 onwards.

  3. Collection page has been updated to include pages relevant for the 2022-23 assessment cycle.

  4. Addition of 2017 assessment and reporting arrangements.

  5. 2015 maladministration guidance added

  6. First published.

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.

The guidance in this collection will help local authorities complete their statutory duties related to the national curriculum assessments.

In addition, local authorities may also want to review the guidance collections for each of the national curriculum assessments, featured on the STA homepage.

Monitoring and moderation

Data collection

Maladministration

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