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How schools apply for special consideration for pupils whose performance is affected by extremely distressing circumstances or incidents before the tests.
Check administration guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check.
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in 2024 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs).
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and test administrators involved in administering the optional national curriculum tests for the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2024.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the 2024 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
Information for parents about the optional end of key stage 1 assessments and mandatory end of key stage 2 assessments, sometimes referred to as SATs.
Guidance for administering the 2024 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments.
This guidance is designed to help schools ensure they have the correct devices required to deliver the 2025 reception baseline assessment (RBA).
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
Information for primary schools on how to register pupils for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests in 2024.
Guidance for schools and local authorities involved in the administration and moderation of statutory key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment in 2024.
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2) in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Latest information and deadlines relating to primary school assessments.
Guidance about how to become a marker for the key stage 2 (KS2) English and mathematics tests.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and Unified English Braille (UEB) versions of the 2022 key stage 2 (KS2) mathematics test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and Unified English Braille (UEB) versions of the 2022 key stage 2 (KS2) English reading test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) mathematics test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP), Unified English Braille (UEB) and uncontracted braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) English reading test.
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