Standards and Testing Agency

Information for exams officers about using the Parcelforce Worldwide yellow label service to dispatch exam scripts for general qualifications.

Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA).

Roles and responsibilities of the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an executive agency of the Department for Education.

You can use these tables to convert raw scores to scaled scores for the 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.

Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).

Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the national curriculum at key stage 2 (KS2).

Guidance for schools whose pupils were affected by extremely distressing circumstances during or before the key stage 2 tests.

Information for parents about the statutory assessments at the end of key stage 2, sometimes referred to as SATs.

Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2026 phonics screening check.

Modified materials for the 2026 phonics screening check.

Optional key stage 1 (KS1) English reading test materials used in 2026.

Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test in 2026.

Guidance for schools administering the reception baseline assessment (RBA).

Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) English reading test in 2026.

Optional key stage 1 (KS1) mathematics test materials used in 2026.

Optional key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials used in 2026.

Scaled score conversion tables for schools to use for the optional 2026 national curriculum tests at the end of key stage 1 (KS1).

Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test in 2026.

Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP), Unified English Braille (UEB) and uncontracted braille versions of the 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) English reading test.

English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2026.

Mathematics test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2026.

Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) mathematics test.

English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2026.

Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.

Guidance for local authorities undertaking monitoring visits for the phonics screening check, including instructions for completing the monitoring visit form.

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 for schools and local authorities on submitting teacher assessment data on the National Curriculum Assessments Portal (NCA Portal).

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.

Guidance for completing attendance registers and returning key stage 2 (KS2) test scripts for marking.

Administration guidance for the multiplication tables check (MTC).

Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the phonics screening check at key stage 1 (KS1).

Procedures and guidance for local authorities about investigating claims of cheating, malpractice or maladministration in the national curriculum assessments.

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check in key stage 1.

Guidance for administering the optional key stage 1 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments in 2026.

Guidance for administering the 2026 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments.

Guidance for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants administering the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2026.

Report detailing the maladministration allegations reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) in the academic year 2024 to 2025.

Guidance for schools and local authorities involved in the administration and moderation of statutory key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment.

Technical specification for software suppliers, schools and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 teacher assessment data collection.

Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in 2026 key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs).

Guidance for schools about access arrangements available for pupils participating in the optional key stage 1 (KS1) national curriculum tests in 2026.

Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).

Report detailing the maladministration allegations reported to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) in the academic year 2023 to 2024.

The Standards and Testing Agency’s (STA) business plan outlines the agency's priorities from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026.

Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).

Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) and its supplier, Capita, outline the lessons learnt from issues that arose in the 2022 assessments.

For teachers to report assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum assessments (commonly called SATs) at the end of KS2.

For teachers to make statutory teacher assessment judgements for pupils at the end of KS2.

Annual report and accounts for the Standards and Testing Agency.

We’re seeking views on the future of assessment in primary schools and the implications for accountability.

We’re seeking views on recommendations for assessing primary school pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum tests.

Statutory assessment arrangements for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests at key stages 1 and 2 (known as SATs).

This report provides guidance to schools about how to report statutory assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum tests at key stages 1 and 2.

Advice for schools on assessment after the removal of the national curriculum levels system for grading children.