Primary

Changes to assessments in primary schools...

Ofqual - The focus of this paper is on large-scale, primarily summative assessments of writing at the end of primary/elementary education....

DfE - Revised information on the 2018 key stage 2 assessments and statistics on the performance of state-funded schools in multi-academy trusts. See also Primary school performance tables: 2018. ....

DfE - These statistics cover the attainment of pupils in the 2018 phonics screening check and key stage 1 national curriculum teacher assessments (TA)....

DfE - Achievements of pupils in each state-funded primary school in England. See also Key stage 2 and multi-academy trust performance, 2018 (revised). TES - More than 350 primaries below Sats floor target. BBC News - Primary school tables: Poor pupils won't catch up for 50 years. The...

STA - Report detailing the maladministration allegations reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) throughout the 2017 test cycle....

DfE - Pupils with multiple and complex needs will be assessed using a new ‘aspects of engagement’ approach. See also 7 aspects of engagement pilot: qualitative evaluation....

STA - This evaluation report was produced by IFF Research, working in partnership with Dr. Debs Robinson (University of Derby).  It looks at the use of the 7 aspects of engagement as a summative assessment tool at the end of key...

STA - Information for primary schools and other interested parties about the development of an online times tables check to be administered by schools to year 4 pupils from the 2019/20 academic year onwards (updated 1 April 2019). STA - Multiplication tables check...

DfE/STA - Provisional test review data for the 2018 key stage 2 national curriculum tests....

DfE - Statistics on national curriculum assessments at key stage 1 and phonics screening check results....

DfE/STA - Provisional 2018 key stage 2 results for pupils in schools in England at national, regional and local authority level....

British Educational Research Association (BERA) - This report sets out the case against the government’s proposal to use a baseline assessment test of pupils in reception to hold schools in England to account for the progress that pupils have made at...

STA - Key stage 2 comparative report template....

DfE/STA - Provisional statistics for 2018 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2....

STA - Information leaflet about the key stage 2 national curriculum assessment results (often referred to as SATs)....

STA - Future dates for the key stage 1 and key stage 2 tests (commonly referred to as SATs), phonics screening check, multiplication tables check and science sampling tests....

STA - Information leaflet for schools about the new reception baseline assessment....

STA - Information about the development of an assessment for pupils in reception to measure their progress in primary schools from 2020. DfE - New measure for fairer recording of primary school performance....

Ofqual - an observational study of local authority moderation of key stage 2 writing assessments in 2017.  It identifies factors that may have affected the consistency of moderation in 2017 and sets out the steps being taken by the Standards and...

DfE - Government follows up phonics success with new multiplication tables trial.  A select number of schools across the country will start trialling the multiplication tables check from next month, the Schools Standards Minister Nick Gibb has announced today (Wednesday 14 February). STA...

DfE - Ready reckoners to calculate progress scores for pupils and schools and key stage 2 transition matrices by key stage 1 prior attainment....

DfE - How to use school and college performance data to interpret pupil attainment and progress, and compare schools and colleges in England....

STA - A guide to help primary schools and local authorities find online content for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 assessments in 2018....

STA - 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....