Statutory Assessment

BBC News Education - A "rogue marker" leaked a test the day before it was taken on Tuesday by children aged 10 and 11 in England, the Department for Education has said. TES News - Sats test leak investigation will 'identify the culprit',...

The Telegraph - Primary school children were left in tears after taking ‘one of the hardest’ tests teachers have ever seen....

BBC News Education - The government has been forced to cancel its controversial new spelling and grammar test after it was accidentally put online by officials. TES News - Ministers scrap this year's KS1 spelling punctuation and grammar test following online leak. The Guardian...

GOV.UK - This report provides advice to schools about how to develop new approaches to pupil assessment that are based on needs of the pupils, follow the school’s curriculum and support effective teaching. GOV.UK - Commission on Assessment Without Levels: government response. TES News - Life after levels...

DfE publications - The Framework for the National Curriculum - A report by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum review. DfE publications - Review of the National Curriculum in England: Summary report of the call for evidence. DfE publications - Review...

DfE - Reports from Lord Bew's review of key stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability. BBC news - A review of Sats tests in England's primary schools is calling for changes to English tests to increase creativity - but with more...

Learning Wales - Statutory assessment arrangements for the end of Foundation Phase and Key Stages 2 and 3....

Statutory assessment for NI Curriculum (Key Stages 1, 2 and 3)...