Statutory guidance

Key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection: technical specification

Technical specification for software suppliers, schools and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection.

From:
Standards and Testing Agency
Published
10 February 2017
Last updated
3 March 2025 — See all updates

Documents

2025 key stage 2 teacher assessment: technical specification

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-937-6, STA/25/8943/e

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2025 key stage 2 teacher assessment: technical specification

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-937-6, STA/25/8943/e

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Details

This specification explains how to prepare and return key stage 2 teacher assessments, pre-key stage and engagement model data to the Department for Education during the assessment cycle.

It covers the validation rules which will be applied and should be read in conjunction with the common basic data set definitions.

Updates to this page

Published 10 February 2017
Last updated 3 March 2025 + show all updates

  1. Updated for the 2025 test cycle.

  2. Updated for the 2024 test cycle.

  3. Updated for the 2023 test cycle

  4. Updating the guidance for the current test cycle

  5. Page updated with the 2020 guidance.

  6. Updated for the 2018/2019 academic year.

  7. 2017 to 2018 teacher assessment technical specification added.

  8. First published.

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