tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/organisations/standards-and-testing-agency Standards and Testing Agency - Activity on GOV.UK HM Government 2025-05-13T13:45:04Z /government/publications/dispatch-of-exam-scripts-yellow-label-service#2025-05-13T13:45:04Z 2025-05-13T13:45:04Z Guidance: Dispatch of exam scripts: yellow label service Information for exams officers about using the Parcelforce Worldwide yellow label service to dispatch exam scripts for general qualifications. /government/publications/national-curriculum-test-development-handbook#2025-05-08T10:15:07Z 2025-05-08T10:15:07Z Guidance: National curriculum test development handbook Information on the design, development and delivery of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) and statutory key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests. /government/publications/key-stage-1-phonics-screening-check-administration-guidance#2025-05-01T14:00:03Z 2025-05-01T14:00:03Z Statutory guidance: Phonics screening check administration guidance Guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check in key stage 1. /guidance/understanding-scaled-scores-at-key-stage-1#2025-05-01T08:00:02Z 2025-05-01T08:00:02Z Understanding scaled scores at key stage 1 Information for schools and local authorities about scaled scores and the expected standard for the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests. /government/publications/key-stage-2-submitting-teacher-assessment-data#2025-04-28T08:30:01Z 2025-04-28T08:30:01Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2: submitting teacher assessment data This guidance is designed to be used as a step-by-step guide to support schools and local authorities when submitting data on the Primary Assessment Gateway. /guidance/primary-assessments-future-dates#2025-04-28T08:30:01Z 2025-04-28T08:30:01Z Primary assessments: future dates This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning. /government/publications/key-stage-2-assessment-and-reporting-arrangements-ara#2025-04-28T08:30:01Z 2025-04-28T08:30:01Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2). /government/publications/multiplication-tables-check-administration-guidance#2025-04-28T08:30:01Z 2025-04-28T08:30:01Z Statutory guidance: Multiplication tables check administration guidance Check administration guidance for the multiplication tables check (MTC). /guidance/multiplication-tables-check-it-guidance#2025-04-03T14:15:00Z 2025-04-03T14:15:00Z Multiplication tables check: IT guidance This guidance supports IT staff who manage the school's ICT network in preparation for check administration. /government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-assessment-and-reporting-arrangements-ara#2025-04-01T08:30:02Z 2025-04-01T08:30:02Z Statutory guidance: Reception baseline assessment: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA). /government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-framework#2025-04-01T08:30:02Z 2025-04-01T08:30:02Z Guidance: Reception baseline assessment framework A framework for test developers to use from the academic year 2025 to 2026 onwards. /government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-administration-guidance#2025-03-31T23:00:00Z 2025-03-31T23:00:00Z Statutory guidance: Reception baseline assessment: administration guidance Guidance for headteachers, reception teachers and practitioners administering the reception baseline assessment (RBA) in the academic year 2025 to 2026. /government/publications/phonics-screening-check-monitoring-visits-guidance-and-form#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z Statutory guidance: Phonics screening check: local authority monitoring visits Guidance for phonics screening check monitoring visits, including instructions for completing the monitoring visit form. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-monitoring-visits-guidance-and-form#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2 tests: local authority monitoring visits Guidance for local authorities undertaking monitoring visits for the key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests, including instructions for completing the KS2 monitoring visit form. /guidance/how-to-report-maladministration-at-key-stage-1-and-key-stage-2#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z How to report maladministration of primary school assessments Reporting concerns, including pupil cheating, about the administration of national curriculum assessments in primary schools. /government/publications/key-stages-1-and-2-investigating-allegations-of-maladministration#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z Statutory guidance: Primary assessments: investigating maladministration allegations Procedures and guidance for local authorities about investigating claims of cheating, malpractice or maladministration in the national curriculum assessments. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-special-consideration-guidance#2025-03-17T09:30:09Z 2025-03-17T09:30:09Z Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: special consideration guidance Guidance for schools whose pupils were affected by extremely distressing circumstances during or before the key stage 2 tests. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-test-administration-guidance-tag#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2 tests: test administration guidance (TAG) Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests. /government/publications/optional-key-stage-1-tests-guidance#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests guidance Guidance about how schools can access and use the optional end of key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests. /government/publications/key-stage-1-tests-modified-test-administration-guidance-mtag#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests: modified test administration guidance (MTAG) Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2025.