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English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Optional English reading test materials used in May 2024.
Optional key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2025.
Mathematics test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Scaled score conversion tables for schools to use for the optional 2024 national curriculum tests.
Optional mathematics test materials used in 2024.
Information for schools, local authorities and multi-academy trusts (MATs) on how to access the National Curriculum Assessments Portal (NCA Portal).
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs).
Frameworks for teachers who wish to make non-statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Guidance about teaching personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education in England.
Guidance for teaching mathematics at key stages 1 and 2 to help pupils progress through the national curriculum.
For teachers to use as an assessment tool for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for art and design at key stages 1 to 3.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for design and technology at key stages 1 to 3.
Guidance to support the provision of high-quality religious education (RE) in local-authority-maintained schools.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment judgements in English writing at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).
Scaled score conversion tables for schools to use for the optional 2025 national curriculum tests at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
A short course for secondary school staff and leaders to support readers at all levels.
Optional English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2024.
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