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Guidance for completing attendance registers and returning key stage 2 (KS2) test scripts for marking.
Optional key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2025.
Administration guidance for the multiplication tables check (MTC).
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2024 phonics screening check.
Information for primary schools on how to register pupils for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests in 2026.
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2023 phonics screening check.
Guidance for local authorities undertaking monitoring visits for the key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests, including instructions for completing the KS2 monitoring visit form.
Information for schools and local authorities about scaled scores and the expected standard for the key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check in key stage 1.
Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2024 national curriculum tests.
Guidance for administering the 2026 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments.
Optional mathematics test materials used in 2024.
English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Mathematics test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Guidance about how to become a marker for the key stage 2 (KS2) English and mathematics tests.
Optional English reading test materials used in May 2024.
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the phonics screening check at key stage 1 (KS1).
Information for exams officers about using the Parcelforce Worldwide yellow label service to dispatch exam scripts for general qualifications.
Optional English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2024.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
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