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11 July 2023
Headline facts and figures - 2023 KS2 SATs data These statistics cover the attainment of year 6 pupils who took assessments in summer 2023. These pupils experienced disruption to their…
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In this episode of Thinking Deeply about Primary Education podcast Neil Almond delves into the exciting changes happening in the world of Key Stage 1 assessment. With the removal of…
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The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has confirmed that the necessary legislative amendments for the end of key stage 1 tests no longer being statutory from the academic year 2023…
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Performance tables for primary schools have not been published since the pandemic, but are expected to return this year. However, next year there will be a problem. The progress measures…
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Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) was updated on 4th May 2023 with your school's final Key Stage 2 results for the 2022 testing cycle which includes the multiplication tables…
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Since summer 2022, STA and Capita have been conducting work to: identify lessons learnt from the issues which arose in the 2022 assessments test cycle for schools, trusts and local…
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Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. DfE have updated the key…
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Ofsted has updated the primary inspection data summary reports (IDSR) for schools with the following information: Key stage 2 revised data Key stage 1 final datat Phonics final data The…
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Revised Key Stage 2 data was released on 15th December, which indicated that the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading was 75%, not 74% as published in…
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Data expert James Pembroke drills down into how progress will be measured from KS1 assessments. As pupils returned to school at the start of September, the Department for Education published an…
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The latest statistics on the attainment of pupils in the 2022 multiplication tables check have been released. There is no expected standard in the multiplication tables check, but higher scores indicate…
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An additional bank holiday in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III will take place on Monday 8th May 2023. As this date had previously been announced as…
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