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Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the phonics screening check at key stage 1 (KS1).
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check in key stage 1.
Mathematics test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2025.
English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2026.
Optional key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test materials used in 2025.
Information for headteachers, teachers and local authorities about accessing 2026 test results, scaled score conversion tables, marked scripts and test papers.
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Examples of pupils' work to support teachers' assessment of English writing at the end of key stage 2.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for English at key stages 1 to 4.
To support teachers in making early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) judgements.
The full national curriculum framework for key stages 1 to 4, including programmes of study and attainment targets.
The qualifications that staff must hold to be included in the specified staff:child ratios at levels 2, 3 and 6 of the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
Frameworks for teachers who wish to make non-statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Optional key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2025.
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2025.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for mathematics at key stages 1 to 4.
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).
You can use these tables to convert raw scores to scaled scores for the 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
The writing framework outlines a common approach to teaching writing based on evidence and existing good practice.
Administration guidance for the multiplication tables check (MTC).
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