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Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Check administration guidance for the multiplication tables check (MTC).
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
From September 2025, Pearson will provide the Test Operations Service, supporting national curriculum assessments on behalf of the Standards and Testing Agency.
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test in 2025.
Guidance about how schools can access and use the optional end of key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests.
Information for parents about the statutory assessments at the end of key stage 2, sometimes referred to as SATs.
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test in 2025.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 2 mathematics test.
Information about how headteachers, or someone with delegated authority, can request to reschedule the key stage 2 (KS2) tests.
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) English reading test in 2025.
Guidance for schools administering the reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Information and a training video regarding the structure and content of the phonics screening check to help administrators prepare.
Guidance for local authorities, academies and independent schools on implementing monitoring and moderation agreements for the national curriculum assessments.
How to read out particular types of questions in the key stage 1 and key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP), Unified English Braille (UEB) and uncontracted braille versions of the 2024 key stage 2 (KS2) English reading test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Information for parents about the pre-key stage standards used for primary school children working below the standards of the national curriculum assessments.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2024 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
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