tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/organisations/standards-and-testing-agency Standards and Testing Agency - Activity on 188ÌåÓý HM Government 2025-04-01T08:30:02Z /government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-assessment-and-reporting-arrangements-ara#2025-04-01T08:30:02Z 2025-04-01T08:30:02Z Statutory guidance: Reception baseline assessment: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA). /government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-framework#2025-04-01T08:30:02Z 2025-04-01T08:30:02Z Guidance: Reception baseline assessment framework A framework for test developers to use from the academic year 2025 to 2026 onwards. /government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-administration-guidance#2025-04-01T08:30:01Z 2025-04-01T08:30:01Z Statutory guidance: Reception baseline assessment: administration guidance Guidance for headteachers, reception teachers and practitioners administering the reception baseline assessment (RBA) in the academic year 2025 to 2026. /government/publications/phonics-screening-check-monitoring-visits-guidance-and-form#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z Statutory guidance: Phonics screening check: local authority monitoring visits Guidance for phonics screening check monitoring visits, including instructions for completing the monitoring visit form. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-monitoring-visits-guidance-and-form#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2 tests: local authority monitoring visits Guidance for local authorities undertaking monitoring visits for the key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests, including instructions for completing the KS2 monitoring visit form. /guidance/how-to-report-maladministration-at-key-stage-1-and-key-stage-2#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z How to report maladministration of primary school assessments Reporting concerns, including pupil cheating, about the administration of national curriculum assessments in primary schools. /government/publications/key-stages-1-and-2-investigating-allegations-of-maladministration#2025-03-24T09:30:00Z 2025-03-24T09:30:00Z Statutory guidance: Primary assessments: investigating maladministration allegations Procedures and guidance for local authorities about investigating claims of cheating, malpractice or maladministration in the national curriculum assessments. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-special-consideration-guidance#2025-03-17T09:30:09Z 2025-03-17T09:30:09Z 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. /government/publications/key-stage-1-phonics-screening-check-administration-guidance#2025-03-17T09:30:09Z 2025-03-17T09:30:09Z Statutory guidance: Phonics screening check administration guidance Guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check in key stage 1. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-test-administration-guidance-tag#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2 tests: test administration guidance (TAG) Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the 2025 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests. /government/publications/optional-key-stage-1-tests-guidance#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests guidance Guidance about how schools can access and use the optional end of key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests. /government/publications/key-stage-1-tests-modified-test-administration-guidance-mtag#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests: modified test administration guidance (MTAG) Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2025. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-modified-test-administration-guidance-mtag#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2 tests: modified test administration guidance (MTAG) Guidance for administering the 2025 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments. /government/publications/key-stage-2-tests-returning-test-scripts#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Key stage 2: returning test scripts Guidance for completing attendance registers and returning key stage 2 (KS2) test scripts for marking. /government/publications/key-stage-1-tests-test-administration-guidance-tag#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests: test administration guidance (TAG) Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2025. /government/publications/key-stage-1-tests-access-arrangements#2025-03-10T09:30:06Z 2025-03-10T09:30:06Z Guidance: Optional key stage 1 tests: access arrangements Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2025. /government/publications/2024-maladministration-report#2025-03-03T09:30:04Z 2025-03-03T09:30:04Z Transparency data: 2024 maladministration report Report detailing the maladministration allegations reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) in the academic year 2023 to 2024. /government/publications/key-stage-2-teacher-assessment-data-collection-technical-specification#2025-03-03T09:30:04Z 2025-03-03T09:30:04Z Statutory guidance: Key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection: technical specification Technical specification for software suppliers, schools and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection. /guidance/reception-baseline-assessment-it-guidance#2025-02-03T09:30:05Z 2025-02-03T09:30:05Z Reception baseline assessment: IT guidance Guidance to help ensure schools have the correct devices required to deliver the 2025 reception baseline assessment (RBA). /government/publications/standards-and-testing-agency-business-plan-2024-to-2026#2025-01-20T09:30:00Z 2025-01-20T09:30:00Z Corporate report: Standards and Testing Agency business plan: 2024 to 2026 The Standards and Testing Agency’s (STA) business plan outlines the agency's priorities from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026.