Collection

National Reference Test: information

Information about the National Reference Test being used by Ofqual to support the awarding of GCSEs in England.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 2 September 2016
• Last updated: 16 September 2024 — See all updates

You can also see blog posts on the National Reference Test at The Ofqual Blog.

Documents

• National Reference Test - Information for schools
  • 16 September 2024
  • Guidance
• The National Reference Test in 2024
  • 22 August 2024
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2023
  • 24 August 2023
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2022
  • 25 August 2022
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2021
  • 9 December 2021
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2020
  • 20 August 2020
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2019
  • 5 November 2019
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2018
  • 22 August 2019
  • Research and analysis
• The National Reference Test in 2017
  • 14 December 2017
  • Guidance
• Contextual information about the National Reference Test
  • 13 December 2019
  • Research and analysis
• National Reference Test: General information
  • 22 August 2024
  • Guidance
• Contract for the provision of the National Reference Test
  • 2 September 2016
  • Transparency data
• National reference test: implementation arrangements
  • 24 March 2016
  • Consultation outcome
• National reference test: implementation
  • 30 November 2015
  • Written statement to Parliament

News stories

• Ofqual publishes NRT results and contextual analysis 2021
  • 9 December 2021
  • News story
• 2017 National Reference Test successfully completed
  • 22 March 2017
  • News story
• First National Reference Test to be held in spring 2017
  • 2 September 2016
  • News story
• National reference tests: an overview
  • 1 June 2015
  • News story
• Ofqual signs national reference tests contract
  • 17 April 2015
  • News story
• New National Reference Tests to launch in 2017
  • 30 March 2015
  • Press release

Published 2 September 2016
Last updated 16 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 16 September 2024

   Added "National Reference Test - Information for Schools"

2. 2 September 2024

   Added "The National Reference Test in 2024".

3. 22 September 2023

   Added 'National Reference Test 2024 - information for schools' to the document collection page.

4. 25 August 2022

   Added the 2022 National Reference Test documents to the collection.

5. 9 December 2021

   Added 'The National Reference Test in 2021' documents and 'Ofqual publishes NRT results and contextual analysis 2021' to the document collection.

6. 13 October 2020

   Updated to include the 2021 information for schools and remove the 2020 information for schools

7. 20 August 2020

   Updating the document collection to include the National Reference Test documents for 2020.

8. 13 December 2019

   Added the document 'Contextual information about the National Reference Test'.

9. 5 November 2019

   News stories are grouped under new heading, board papers and postcards removed from document collection.

10. 12 September 2019

    Addition of 'National Reference Test 2020 - Information for schools' document

11. 21 August 2019

    Addition of NRT 2019 documents

12. 22 February 2019

    Added NRT documents relating to the 2018 test.

13. 24 May 2018

    NRT privacy notice added

14. 21 March 2018

    Added a link to the July 2017 board papers which contain the National Reference Test Annual Report.

15. 14 December 2017

    Added 'The National Reference Test 2017'.

16. 4 April 2017

    Added a document to the collection: 2017 National Reference Test successfully completed.

17. 2 September 2016

    First published.