Information: Cancellation of 2019/20 national curriculum assessments.
The Secretary of State for Education announced on 18 March that the 2019/20 national curriculum assessments will not take place due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Primary school performance measures will not be published for the 2019/20 academic year.
Government Publications
This page provides links to some of the most useful documents relating to assessment across all key stages.
Commission on Assessment Without Levels
The Rochford Review – final report
Government consultation response to Primary Assessment in England
Government consultation response to the Rochford Review
Early Years
EYFS: Assessment and reporting arrangements 2020
EYFS: National curriculum assessments: early years foundation stage
Primary Assessment
Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of key stage 1. For use from the 2018/19 academic year.
Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of key stage 2. For use from the 2018/19 academic year.
Pre-key stage 1: pupils working below the test standard. For use in the 2019/20 academic year.
Pre-key stage 2: pupils working below the test standard. For use in the 2019/20 academic year.
2020 key stage 1: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
2020 key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
Collections on Gov.uk
To make online navigation easier for primary schools and other web users, the DfE have improved their document collections, which contain information about assessments at KS1 and KS2. The following collections are available:
Key stage 1 teacher assessment
Key stage 2 teacher assessment
Phonics screening check: administration
National Curriculum practice materials
Guidance for local authorities
Statistical Releases
The latest in DfE statistics to help schools with comparison against national data sets:
Key Stage 4
Secondary accountability measures – DfE guide