We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Latest information and deadlines relating to primary school assessments.
Guidance for test developers working on key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Examples to support teachers' assessment of pre-key stage English language comprehension and reading at the end of key stage 1 and 2.
Procedures and guidance for local authorities about investigating claims of cheating, malpractice or maladministration in the national curriculum assessments.
Information leaflet for schools about the new reception baseline assessment (RBA).
We develop and deliver assessments for children in education between reception and the end of key stage 2.
We’re seeking views on the future of assessment in primary schools and the implications for accountability.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and Unified English Braille (UEB) versions of the 2022 key stage 2 (KS2) mathematics test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2023 key stage 1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) mathematics test.
This guidance is designed to help schools ensure they have the correct devices required to deliver the 2025 reception baseline assessment (RBA).
Information about primary school progress measures.
Information on the design, development and delivery of the 2019 key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
A change to the date we return 2023 KS2 test results to schools by one week will be necessary due to the additional bank holiday in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III taking place on Monday 8 May 2023.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 2 English reading test.
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and Unified English Braille (UEB) versions of the 2022 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test.
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 1 national curriculum tests in 2016.
Information about applying for a review of marking for key stage 2 national curriculum tests, sometimes referred to as SATs.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).