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Optional key stage 1 tests guidance

Guidance about how schools can access and use the optional end of key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests.

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Standards and Testing Agency
Published
10 October 2024

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2025 optional key stage 1 tests guidance

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The optional KS1 tests are designed to assess pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the KS1 programmes of study. Schools can choose to use these to support their own measurement of pupil attainment.

The optional KS1 tests consist of:

  • English reading Paper 1: combined reading prompt and answer booklet
  • English reading Paper 2: reading booklet and reading answer booklet
  • mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic
  • mathematics Paper 2: reasoning
  • English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: spelling
  • English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: questions

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Published 10 October 2024

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