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Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the national curriculum for 2015 to 2016.
About the 2016 KS1 ARA and how to use the new manuals format
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and test administrators involved in administering the optional national curriculum tests for the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Information for schools about calculating and submitting teacher assessment (TA) data.
About the 2016 key stage ARA and how to use the new manuals format
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.
Information for schools and local authorities about scaled scores and the expected standard for the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests.
Statistics on national curriculum assessments at key stage 1 and phonics screening check results.
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
Guidance for schools and local authorities involved in the administration and internal moderation of non-statutory key stage 1 (KS1) teacher assessment (TA).
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2) in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Includes information about the legal status of ARA, the application of the ARA to different types of school and headteachers' responsibilities
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 1 national curriculum tests in 2016.
Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the KS2 national curriculum.
The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment (TA) judgements in English reading at the end of key stage 1 in 2019.
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.
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