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Guidance to ensure schools have the correct devices to deliver the 2025 reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional English reading test in 2024.
Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Guidance for schools administering the reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Guidance for schools and local authorities involved in the administration and internal moderation of optional key stage 1 (KS1) teacher assessment.
Technical specification for software suppliers, schools and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection.
Information about applying for a review of marking for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2026.
Information on the design, development and delivery of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) and statutory key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
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.
Information for parents about the pre-key stage standards used for primary school children working below the standards of the national curriculum assessments.
Information about grants paid by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to local authorities and academies.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment judgements in English reading at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Information about the statutory requirement on selected schools to participate in national curriculum test trials
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) English reading test.
This guidance is designed to be used as a step-by-step guide to support schools and local authorities when submitting data on the Primary Assessment Gateway.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test.
Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2026.
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