Standards and Testing Agency
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Publications 21
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Guidance: Reception baseline assessment development handbook
Information on the design, development and delivery of the reception baseline assessment (RBA) from 2025.
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Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2026 scaled scores
You can use these tables to convert raw scores to scaled scores for the 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.
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Corporate report: Standards and Testing Agency: annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026
Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).
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Guidance: Phonics screening check: 2026 modified materials
Modified materials for the 2026 phonics screening check.
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Guidance: Phonics screening check: 2026 materials
Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2026 phonics screening check.
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Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests: 2026 English reading test materials
Optional key stage 1 (KS1) English reading test materials used in 2026.
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Statutory guidance: Reception baseline assessment: administration guidance
Guidance for schools administering the reception baseline assessment (RBA).
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Statutory guidance: Reception baseline assessment: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA).
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Guidance: Key stage 2 national curriculum tests and results: information for parents
Information for parents about the statutory assessments at the end of key stage 2, sometimes referred to as SATs.
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Reception baseline assessment: IT guidance
Guidance for schools to check device requirements and prepare devices to deliver the 2026 reception baseline assessment (RBA).
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Primary assessments: future dates
This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
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STA assessment updates
Latest information and deadlines relating to primary school assessments, provided by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).
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Understanding scaled scores at key stage 2
Information for schools and local authorities about scaled scores and the expected standard for the key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
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Teacher assessment moderation: standardisation and training process
Information for local authorities on training and standardisation for moderators of key stages 2 (KS2) English writing.
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Corporate report: Standards and Testing Agency Framework
Roles and responsibilities of the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an executive agency of the Department for Education.
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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.
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Statutory guidance: Key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).
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Key stage 2 tests: how to access results and test scripts
Information for headteachers, teachers and local authorities about accessing 2026 test results, scaled score conversion tables, marked scripts and test papers.
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Key stage 2 tests: how to become a marker
Guidance about how to become a marker for the key stage 2 (KS2) English and mathematics tests.
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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.
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Key stage 2 tests: applying for a review of pupils’ test results
Information about applying for a review of marking for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.