Guidance

Optional key stage 1 tests: test administration guidance (TAG)

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.

• From: Standards and Testing Agency
• Published: 18 March 2016
• Last updated: 13 March 2024 — See all updates

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Optional key stage 1 test administration guidance

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We will update this page with guidance for administering the 2025 optional KS1 tests in March 2025.

If you’re involved in administering the optional KS1 tests in 2024, you can prepare by reading this test administration guidance (TAG).

It includes information about:

• planning for the tests
• receiving test materials
• administering and marking the tests

Published 18 March 2016
Last updated 13 March 2024 + show all updates

1. 13 March 2024

   Updated guidance for administering the optional end of key stage 1 tests in 2024.

2. 13 March 2023

   Updated for 2023 test cycle

3. 14 March 2022

   Updated guidance for administering the 2022 key stage 1 national curriculum tests.

4. 16 March 2020

   Updated for the 2020 test cycle.

5. 18 March 2019

   Updated for the 2019 test cycle.

6. 19 March 2018

   Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

7. 21 March 2017

   Updated for the 2017 test cycle.

8. 29 April 2016

   Update added about the removal of the requirement to administer the 2016 KS1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.

9. 18 March 2016

   First published.