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Key stage 2 tests: special consideration guidance

How schools apply for special consideration for pupils whose performance is affected by extremely distressing circumstances or incidents before the tests.

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Standards and Testing Agency
Published
19 March 2018
Last updated
2018 March 20232024 — See all updates

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Key stage 2 tests: special consideration guidance

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Special consideration may be awarded if a pupil’s performance in a key stage 2 (KS2) test has been affected by extremely distressing circumstances.

Approved applications for special consideration do not give the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) sufficient information to change a pupil’s scaled score itself, but the Department for Education (DfE) will take into account the fact that special consideration has been granted when calculating primary school performance measures.

Published 19 March 2018
Last updated 2018 March 20232024 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance for the key stage 2 tests in 2024.

  2. Updated for the 2023 test cycle.

  3. Updated for the 2022 test cycle.

  4. Updated for the 2020 test cycle.

  5. Updated for the 2018/19 academic year.