Assessment
DEVELOP, PROGRESS, GROW
Welcome to our Assessment page!
I am Mrs Ward and I am the Assessment Lead in school.
I hope you find this page useful and a good source of information regarding what assessment looks like at Dane Royd.
Academic Year 2024-2025
Reception Baseline Assessment
Schools must complete the reception baseline assessment for each child in the first 6 weeks after they enter reception.
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KS1 optional tests
It is recommended that the optional key stage 1 tests are administered during May 2025.
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UKS2 SATS
The statutory key stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 12 May to Thursday 15 May 2025.
LKS2 Multiplication Tables Check
Schools must administer the multiplication tables check within the 2-week period from Monday 2 June 2025.
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KS1 Phonics Screening Check
Schools must administer the phonics screening check within the 1-week period from Monday 9 June 2025.
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) Assessment
Schools must complete the early years foundation stage profile assessment between between April and June of the academic year in which children turn 5, which is usually the reception year.
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Early Years
Children in UFS will take a baseline assessment. This focuses on maths, language, communication and literacy.
The results will be used as the starting point to assess how much progress schools are making with their pupils. Results for individual children or schools are not published.
The EYFSP assessment summarises a child’s attainment. Reception teachers will use their knowledge of what each child knows, understands and can do in order to decide the outcomes. These will be shared with the child’s parents/carers and their year 1 teacher.
Key Stage One
Children in Year 1 will take a phonics screen to check their ability to decode words.
Children in Year 2 will take optional tests to measure their attainment and progress. 2022/23 was the last year of statutory assessment at the end of KS1.
Lower Key Stage Two
Children in Year 4 will take an online multiplication tables check. This tests recall of times tables up to 12.
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Upper Key Stage Two
Children in Year 6 will complete SATs. These are statutory assessments of primary pupils’ progress and attainment.
These tests are more formal and school-level results are normally published in national performance tables allowing for comparison with other schools. These are often known as league tables.
Teacher Judgements
UKS2 teachers must make judgements using:
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Teacher Assessment framework in English writing and science – for pupils who have completed the KS2 programme of study and are working at the standard of national curriculum assessments.
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pre-key stage standards in English reading, English writing and mathematics – for pupils who are working below the standard of national curriculum assessments and are engaged in subject-specific study, or who have not completed the relevant programme of study.
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the engagement model if a pupil is working below the standard of national curriculum assessments and is not yet engaged in subject-specific study.
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The pre-key stage standards are teacher assessment and attainment target setting tools. Schools use them to support pupils who are working below the standard of the national curriculum tests and assessments but remain engaged in
subject-specific study. ​Your child may be assessed using pre-key stage standards if they have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The engagement model is a teacher assessment tool to help schools support pupils who are working below the level of the national curriculum and not engaged in subject-specific study. Your child may be assessed using the engagement model if they have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND
Progress Measures
Progress measures provide parents with information to help them understand how their school is performing.
National Curriculum
