End of Key Stage statutory assessments

Guidance on EYFSP, KS1 and KS2 assessments and appeals.

Key Stage 1 (KS1) assessment

There is no longer a statutory requirement to carry out end of KS1 assessment. The existing end of KS1 assessment frameworks continue to be available for schools that wish to use them optionally as part of their ongoing assessment of children.

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) will continue to develop and supply materials for the optional, non-statutory end of KS1 tests in the following subjects:

  • English reading
  • English grammar, punctuation and spelling
  • mathematics

Assessment and moderation

For assessment and moderation use the following DfE guidance:

Exemplification materials​

For KS1 exemplification materials for English reading use the following DfE guidance:

For KS1 exemplification materials for English writing use DfE’s Teacher assessment exemplification: KS1 English writing guidance.

For KS1 exemplification material for mathematics use DfE’s Teacher assessment exemplification: KS1 mathematics.

For KS1 exemplification material for science use DfE’s Teacher assessment exemplification: KS1 science.

Administering the phonic screening check

For phonic screening checks use the following DfE guidance: