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Pre-key stage standards are for pupils who are working below the overall standard of national curriculum assessments, but who are engaged in subject-specific study.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for science at key stages 1 to 4.
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2023 phonics screening check.
The national curriculum secondary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 3 and 4.
For teachers to report assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum assessments (commonly called SATs) at the end of KS2.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for history for key stages 1 to 3.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for physical education (PE) at key stages 1 to 4.
Guidance for primary and secondary schools to meet existing expectations for teaching reading.
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2024 phonics screening check.
For teachers to make statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of KS2.
Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs).
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).
The qualifications that staff must hold to be included in the specified staff:child ratios at levels 2, 3 and 6 of the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2024 national curriculum tests.
English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2022.
The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for geography at key stages 1 to 3.
Frameworks for teachers who wish to make non-statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).
English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 1 in May 2023.
Examples of pupils' work to support teachers' assessment of English writing at the end of key stage 2.
Optional mathematics test materials used in 2024.
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