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Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) English reading test.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.
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
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and test administrators involved in administering the key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
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.
Includes information about scaled scores, sample test materials, test frameworks, modified test materials and test orders
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment (TA) judgements in science at the end of key stage 1.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment (TA) judgements in mathematics at the end of key stage 1.
Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2024.
English reading test materials were administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 in May 2019.
Examples to support teachers' assessment of pre-key stage English language comprehension and reading at the end of key stage 1 and 2.
English reading test materials were administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 in May 2023.
Examples of pupils' work to support teachers' assessment of English writing at the end of key stage 1.
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