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Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2023 national curriculum tests.
Modified materials for the 2024 phonics screening check.
Information about primary school progress measures.
Guidance for administering the 2025 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP), Unified English Braille (UEB) and uncontracted braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) English reading test.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment judgements in English reading at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional mathematics test in 2024.
How to read out particular types of questions in the key stage 1 and key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2025.
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.
Modified materials for the 2023 phonics screening check.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Reporting concerns, including pupil cheating, about the administration of national curriculum assessments in primary schools.
Guidance for schools whose pupils were affected by extremely distressing circumstances during or before the key stage 2 tests.
Information about the statutory requirement on selected schools to participate in national curriculum test trials
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional English reading test in 2024.
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional English grammar, punctuation and spelling test in 2024.
Examples to support teachers' assessment of pre-key stage English language comprehension and reading at the end of key stage 1 and 2.
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