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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.

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Standards and Testing Agency
Published
10 February 2017
Last updated
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Details

This specification explains how to prepare and return key stage 2 teacher assessments,assessment, pre-key stage and engagement model data to the DepartmentStandards forand EducationTesting Agency  during the assessment cycle.

It covers the validation rules which will be applied and should be read in conjunction with the the common basic data set definitions. definitions.

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2026-02-12 09:00
Updated for the academic year 2025 to 2026. Changes reflect dates for this academic year, the common transfer file (CTF) 25 specification, and the move from the Primary Assessment Gateway to the National Curriculum Assessments Portal (since Pearson has been providing the Test Operations Service on behalf of STA since September 2025). The format of the guidance has also been updated to meet accessibility regulations – this is now in HTML format with the example file structure for XML returns as a separate downloadable ODS file.

2025-03-03 09:30
Updated for the 2025 test cycle.

2024-04-10 10:35
Updated for the 2024 test cycle.

2023-03-14 15:30
Updated for the 2023 test cycle

2022-03-08 09:55
Updating the guidance for the current test cycle