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This guidance is for schools administering the phonics screening check to year 2 pupils during the second half of the 2021 autumn term.
Equality impact assessment of the reception baseline assessment (RBA).
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).
Reports detailing the range of allegations of maladministration reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).
This report details the range of allegations of maladministration reported to the STA maladministration team throughout the 2015 test cycle.
Information on disclosure of educational records and transferring records to a pupil's new school
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Technical specification for software suppliers, educators and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 data collection.
Primary school teachers are reminded of the change to the order of key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs) in May this year.
PDF format versions of the 2016 assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the early years foundation stage (EYFS) during the 2015 to 2016 academic year.
The NCT handbook contains information on the design, development and delivery of the 2018 key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
Headline results from the 2016 year 3 phonics screening check pilot.
Provisional 2017 key stage 2 results for pupils in schools in England at national, regional and local authority level.
An overview of the EYFS profile and information about completing the profile and exemptions from assessment
Information on the processes for the design, development and delivery of the 2016 and 2017 key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
About the 2016 key stage ARA and how to use the new manuals format
Standards and Testing Agency annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021.
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) and its supplier, Capita, outline the lessons learnt from issues that arose in the 2022 assessments.
Announcing the government response to the consultations on primary assessment and the recommendations of the Rochford Review.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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