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Early years foundation stage profile return

19 March 2024

The guide for local authorities and schools submitting early years foundation stage profile data for 2024 has been updated. The guide explains how local authorities and schools should submit data…

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Digital reception baseline assessment delayed

4 March 2024

The Standards and Testing Agency had planned to have children answer some reception baseline assessment (RBA) questions on a touchscreen device from this September. However, the STA has confirmed the…

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Future dates for primary assessments

18 February 2024

Below are the future dates for primary school assessments in the academic years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026. Please note that Key Stage 1 SATs are optional but…

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IDSR updated in December 2023

6 January 2024

Ofsted released the latest Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) in December. This release contains the following: - absence data for 2022/23 (autumn and spring terms)- final key stage 1 data-…

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2023 Primary performance tables published

5 January 2024

The Department for Education (DfE) has published the primary performance tables. The 2023 tables show: results from the key stage 2 test in: reading grammar punctuation and spelling mathematics key…

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Final KS2 data for 2023

3 January 2024

There has been one change to the headline data for KS2 in 2023 as the revised data has now been published. The combined reading, writing, mathematics score for 2023 is…

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Early years foundation stage profile results 2022/23

5 December 2023

Headline results 67.2% of children achieved a good level of development (up from 65.2% in 2021/22). 65.6% of children were at expected level across all early learning goals (pp from…

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Multiplication tables check data released

24 November 2023

The statistics for the 2023 Year 4 multiplication tables check have just been released. Headline facts and figures 29% of eligible pupils scored 25 (full marks) in the multiplication table…

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2024 assessment calendars

1 November 2023

The DfE has added the downloadable key stage 1 assessment calendar for 2023/24. These tests are now optional. If schools opt to use them, it is recommended they are administered…

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Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

25 October 2023

The attainment gap between disadvantaged primary school pupils and their better-off peers has stopped growing, but remains far above pre-pandemic levels. The Department for Education has published updated key stage 2…

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DfE won’t publish primary progress data in 2024 or 2025

20 October 2023

The government won’t publish data on primary school pupil progress next year or in 2025 because there are no key stage 1 SATs results to provide a baseline. The Department…

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Headline KS1 data released

16 October 2023

The DfE has published results data from last year's SATs, the last before they were made non-statutory. Attainment in the last set of national SATs for seven-year-olds shows a slight…

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