Guidance

OptionalKey key stage 1 tests: test administration guidance (TAG)

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants about administering the optional2023 key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2024.tests.

From:
Standards and Testing Agency
Published
18 March 2016
Last updated
13 March 20242023 — See all updates

Documents

Optional

Key key stage 11: test administration guidance

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Ref: ISBN 978-1-78957-500-2, STA/20/8517/e PDF, 313 KB, 36 pages

Details

If you’re involved in administering the optionalkey KS1stage 1 tests in 2024,2023, you canshould prepare by reading this test administration guidance (TAG).(TAG).

It includes information about:

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

This video shows how schools submit their headteacher’s declaration form:

Headteacher’s declaration form

Published 18 March 2016
Last updated 13 March 20242023 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance for administering the optional end of key stage 1 tests in 2024.

  2. Updated for 2023 test cycle

  3. Updated guidance for administering the 2022 key stage 1 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.

  8. Update added about the removal of the requirement to administer the 2016 KS1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.