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 1^st 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 1^st July 2020

Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms: consultation response – dated 1^st July 2020

Reception Baseline Assessment – this is the latest information regarding the administration of the Reception Baseline Assessment, updated on 25^th 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

• Local Agreement document
• Local Agreement response form

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

• KS1 Writing
• KS1 Maths
• KS1 Reading
• KS2 Writing

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

• 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