Updated Key Stage 2 assessment and reporting arrangements for 2016
Updated Key Stage 2 assessment and reporting arrangements for 2016 Children who are at the end of Key Stage 2 in May 2016 will be the first to be assessed against the new national curriculum. Ahead of...
View ArticleMinisters consider more rigorous assessments at the end of KS1
It has been reported that Ministers are considering more rigorous assessments for seven-year-olds. Nicky Morgan is expected to announce a review of primary school assessment in England on Tuesday 3rd...
View ArticleNicky Morgan proposes further reforms to primary assessment
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has spoken today about reforms to promote educational excellence in schools, including proposed changes to primary school assessment. As well as the ‘baseline tests’...
View Article2016 Statutory Moderation Requirements
Over on his blog, deputy head Michael Tidd has conveniently summarised the DfE’s latest instalment of information on statutory moderation requirements for 2016. It includes the new earlier dates that...
View Article2015 primary performance tables
The DfE this week praised English primary schools for the continued progress of children. The performance tables, published on 10th December, indicate that 90,000 more children are leaving primary...
View ArticleAssessment of children working below the standard of national curriculum tests
This month, the Standards and Testing Agency published the Rochford Review, a report which serves to provides guidance to schools about how to report statutory assessment outcomes for pupils working...
View ArticleOn-screen times table test to be introduced as part of KS2 national tests
It was reported yesterday that all children will be tested on their times tables as part of their KS2 national tests. Unveiled by education secretary Nicky Morgan on 3rd January, the tests will examine...
View ArticleTimelines for schools: mandatory and useful information
Spring term 2016 timelines have been published by the Department for Education to help headteachers, principals and governors plan for the term and academic year ahead. The ‘mandatory’ timelines help...
View ArticlePrimary school accountability in 2016
The Department for Education has released a guide with information for schools on how they will calculate primary school accountability measures. The 2016 performance tables will reflect the...
View Article2016 teacher assessment exemplifications for KS1 and KS2 mathematics
The Department for Education has released exemplification material for mathematics to support accurate teacher assessment at the end of key stages 1 and 2. This guidance should be used with the 2016...
View Article2016 teacher assessment exemplification: KS1 English writing
The Department for Education has published exemplification material for English writing to support accurate teacher assessment at the end of key stage 1 and key stage 2 in 2016. Each collection...
View ArticlePrimary school teacher assessment deadline changed to 30th June
Following a series of conversations with NAHT, the DfE has agreed to change the deadline for primary school teacher assessment for 2016 only. In a letter to NAHT, Schools Minister Nick Gibb confirmed...
View ArticleDfE provides clarification on KS1 and KS2 teacher assessment and moderation...
It has certainly been a couple of years of unprecedented change in primary school assessment, and the internet has been alive with debates and questions raised from the recent announcements by the...
View Article2016 national curriculum assessments wall chart
The Department for Education has released a series of helpful wall charts outlining key dates for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 national curriculum assessments. You can download the wall chart for Key...
View ArticleDfE announcement: Reception baseline comparability study
The Department for Education has published the results of a study that compares the three reception baseline assessments used by schools this academic year. The study concludes that the 3 different...
View Article2016 teacher assessment exemplification materials now published for English,...
The 2016 teacher assessment exemplification materials are now available for Key Stage 1 and 2 in English, mathematics and science. These exemplification materials have been published by the Department...
View ArticleModified test administration guidance for Key Stage 2 national tests
The Department for Education has released guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants on administering the 2016 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual...
View ArticleSchools Minister Nick Gibb’s statement following the accidental publication...
Following an urgent investigation into the impact of the accidental publication of a live key stage 1 grammar, punctuation and spelling test, the Department for Education has issued a statement which...
View ArticleUpdate to Key Stage 1 grammar, punctuation and spelling test administration...
The Department for Education has announced that in 2016 there will be no requirement to administer the KS1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test or to use the result as part of that...
View ArticleThe EEF’s review of the evidence on written marking
For the EEF’s latest report, A Marked Improvement, researchers at the Department for Education at the University of Oxford reviewed existing research to find out how teachers can use their time more...
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