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Moratorium in place for any new technical and applied qualifications entering the Yellow Label Service (YLS).
A change to the date we return 2023 KS2 test results to schools by one week will be necessary due to the additional bank holiday in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III taking place on Monday 8 May 2023.
A change to the KS2 test schedule next year will be necessary due to the additional bank holiday in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III taking place on Monday 8 May 2023.
Moratorium in place for any new technical and applied qualifications entering the Yellow Label Service.
Primary school teachers are reminded of the change to the order of key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs) in May this year.
Announcing the government response to the consultations on primary assessment and the recommendations of the Rochford Review.
Government responds to the primary assessment consultations.
New assessment to provide better starting point to measure progress and the impact of schools.
Latest information and actions from the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) for schools, academies, local authorities and academy trusts.
Announcing the launch of consultations on primary assessment and the recommendations of the Rochford Review.
Consultation launched on the future of the primary assessment system.
Written ministerial statement by Education Secretary Justine Greening on primary education
Key stage 2 results for 2016 published.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb’s oral statement on the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Statement from Jennifer Coupland, Standards and Testing Agency's Chief Executive, about the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Statement from Jennifer Coupland, Standards and Testing Agency Chief Executive, on the accidental publication of a live key stage 1 test.
Information for schools and local authorities
Sample test materials are available to help teachers prepare for the 2016 national curriculum tests for pupils at the end of key stages 1 and 2
Information about the Standards and Testing Agency's email newsletters for early years providers and key stage 1 and key stage 2 schools.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Find out more about the new tests for key stage 1 and key stage 2.
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