Statutory teacher assessment and testing
EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The 2019/20 Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and national curriculum assessments will not take place due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Latest DfE updates:
EYFS
EYFS profile handbook: Early Adopter Schools – this is the latest information for those who applied to be an early adopter of the new EYFS Profile in 2020-2021, updated 1st July 2020
EYFS framework: Early adopter schools – this is the latest information for those who applied to be an early adopter of the new EYFS Profile in 2020-2021, updated 1st July 2020
Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms: consultation response – dated 1st July 2020
Reception Baseline Assessment – this is the latest information regarding the administration of the Reception Baseline Assessment, updated on 25th June 2020
Reporting to Parents Guidance
The DfE has released update guidance on reporting to parents which can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-reports-on-pupil-performance-guide-for-headteachers
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reporting-to-parents-at-the-end-of-key-stages-1-and-2
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/awarding-qualifications-in-summer-2020
Local Agreement
DfE Standards and Testing Agency (STA)
Standards and Testing agency website
Early Years Foundation Stage
- Reception Baseline Assessment Framework 2019-2020
- EYFS: assessment and reporting arrangements
- EYFS Handbook
- Early Years Foundation Stage Profile: exemplification materials
Key Stage 1 (and phonics) and Key Stage 2
- Key Stage 1: assessment and reporting arrangements
- Key Stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements
- STA 2019 Key Stage 1 TA Handbook
- STA 2019 Key Stage 2 TA Handbook
- Key Stage 1 Assessment Frameworks, Exemplification and general guidance
- Key Stage 1 – scenarios to illustrate a “Particular Weakness” in writing
- Key Stage 2 Assessment Frameworks and Exemplification
- Key Stage 2 – scenarios to illustrate a “Particular Weakness” in writing
- Key Stage 1 Pre-Key Stage Frameworks
- Key Stage 2 Pre-Key Stage Frameworks
- 2019 Moderation Appeals Procedure
Optional assessment grids
National Curriculum tests
- Test Administration Guidance – to be updated
- Access arrangements for KS1 – to be updated
- Access arrangements for KS2 – to be updated
- Past KS1 and KS2 tests - practice materials
- National curriculum test frameworks
- Multiplication tables check: development update
- Multiplication tables check: assessment framework
- Test dates for KS1 and KS2 from 2019-2021
- KS2 tests: how to apply for a timetable variation – to be updated
Teacher assessment consultations
The following links are to the relevant sections of the GOV.UK website:- Primary Assessment in England – government response
- The Rochford Review: Recommendations – government response
- The Rochford Review: Interim Recommendations – guidance to schools about how to report statutory assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum tests at Key Stages 1 and 2
- The Rochford Review: Final Report– including recommendations on assessing pupils with SEND who are working below the P Scales, plus other recommendations
Guidance on completing and sending documents
Guide to uploading and sending moderation documents and templates to the LA