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Guidance about how to become a marker for the key stage 2 (KS2) English and mathematics tests.
Materials that concentrate on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
Information for parents about the pre-key stage standards used for primary school children working below the standards of the national curriculum assessments.
Guidance for schools to help teach music at key stages 1, 2 and 3 and progress pupils through the national curriculum.
Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4.
Information to help schools increase access to PE, physical activity and extra-curricular school sport, including examples of good practice.
Support and training materials for schools to help train teachers on relationships, sex and health education.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for music at key stages 1 to 3.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment (TA) judgements in English reading at the end of key stage 1 in 2019.
Examples of pupils' work to demonstrate teacher assessment (TA) judgements in science at the end of key stage 1.
Information about the new GCSE grades for parents, employers and further and higher education providers.
Guides for parents of primary and secondary age pupils that schools can use to communicate with them about teaching relationships and health education.
Information for primary schools on how to register pupils for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests in 2024.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for languages at key stages 2 and 3.
An assessment for pupils in reception to measure their progress in primary schools from 2021.
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.
How schools apply for special consideration for pupils whose performance is affected by extremely distressing circumstances or incidents before the tests.
Non-statutory guidance to schools on character education and development for pupils.
Find out about Ofqual's rules for the qualifications and assessments we regulate.
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