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Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2024 national curriculum tests.
Information leaflet for parents about the multiplication tables check taking place in June 2025.
Guidance for primary and secondary schools to meet existing expectations for teaching reading.
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2022.
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
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 physical education (PE) at key stages 1 to 4.
Information about how headteachers, or someone with delegated authority, can reschedule the key stage 2 (KS2) tests.
Information for primary schools on how to register pupils for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests in 2025.
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the phonics screening check at key stage 1 (KS1).
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for history for key stages 1 to 3.
Guidance about how to become a marker for the key stage 2 (KS2) English and mathematics tests.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for geography at key stages 1 to 3.
This guidance supports IT staff who manage the school's ICT network in preparation for check administration.
Frameworks for teachers who wish to make non-statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Information and a training video regarding the structure and content of the phonics screening check to help administrators prepare.
For teachers to report assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum assessments (commonly called SATs) at the end of KS2.
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.
Guidance about teaching personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education in England.
Pre-key stage standards are for pupils who are working below the overall standard of national curriculum assessments, but who are engaged in subject-specific study.
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