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Key stage 2 tests: test administration guidance (TAG)

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants about administering the 20232024 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.

From:
Standards and Testing Agency
Published
31 March 2016
Last updated
1311 March 20232024 — See all updates

Documents

Key stage 2 test administration guidance

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-609-2

HTML, STA/22/8630/e PDF, 883 KB, 42 pages

Details

If you’re involved in administering the keyKS2 stage 2 tests in 2023,2024, you should prepare by reading this test administration guidance (TAG).

It includes information about:

  • planning for the tests
  • receiving test materials
  • administering the tests

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Headteacher’s declaration form

Published 31 March 2016
Last updated 1311 March 20232024 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance for administering the statutory end of key stage 2 tests in May 2024.

  2. Updated for the 2023 test cycle

  3. Updated guidance for administering the 2022 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.

  4. Updated for the 2020 test cycle.

  5. Updated for the 2019 test cycle.

  6. Updated for the 2018 test cycle.

  7. Updated for the 2017 test cycle.