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Sample test materials are available to help teachers prepare for the 2016 national curriculum tests for pupils at the end of key stages 1 and 2
Schools Minister Nick Gibb’s oral statement on the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the KS2 national curriculum.
Includes information about the legal status of ARA, the application of the ARA to different types of school and headteachers' responsibilities
Standards and Testing Agency annual report and accounts 2018 to 2019 (for the year ended 31 March 2019).
Announcing the launch of consultations on primary assessment and the recommendations of the Rochford Review.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Information for schools and local authorities
An MoU describing how Ofqual and the Standards and Testing Agency will work together.
Dates throughout the 2015 to 2016 assessment cycle
Provisional marking review data for the 2016 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Government responds to the primary assessment consultations.
A summary of the main changes introduced for 2016
How different types of schools participate in the tests, which pupils should take them and details of access arrangements
Technical specification for software suppliers, educators and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 data collection 2016.
This report provides guidance to schools about how to report statutory assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum tests at key stages 1 and 2.
Details about the return of results to schools, reviews of marking and how the results are used
Report detailing the maladministration allegations reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) throughout the 2022 test cycle.
Report detailing the maladministration allegations reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) throughout the 2019 test cycle.
Information on monitoring the tests including maladministration
Standards and Testing Agency annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020.
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