About statutory assessments

Overview

The end-of-year Key Stage Assessments are statutory for the current academic year (2023/24) and will need to be submitted during 2024's summer term.

Deadlines

These deadlines are the latest that schools can submit their data.

Where possible, please submit your data the week before, so that we can validate and check the data with you before submitting the final data to the DfE.

Please also allow extra time for potential import queries. In particular, the experience schools found with the Primary Assessment Gateway (PAG) in 2022 and 2023.

The DfE have announced that the Key Stage 1 teacher assessments would become non-statutory from the academic year 2023/2024. Schools will no longer need to submit their KS1 results to the LA/DfE.

Assessment types

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) - Reception

2023/24 will be the third year of the 'new' framework for EYFSP assessments.

More information is available in the Government’s guidance on EYFSP.

Phonics - Year 1 (and 2)

There will be a single summer check for all Year 1 pupils. Additionally, any year 2 pupil failing to pass the check in June 2023 as a year 1 pupil must take the check again in June 2024 during the same window.

More information is available in the Government's guidance on Phonics.

Key Stage 2 - Year 6

SATs tests need to be returned directly to the DfE/STA for marking by the schools without coming to the LA.

Writing will be teacher-assessed and schools need to submit the results using the Primary Assessment Gateway (PAG).

The Engagement Model remains statutory for all schools to assess pupils who are below the standards of the tests.

Pupils who are below the standard of the tests need to be assessed using the engagement mode.

More information is available in the Government’s guidance on KS2 teacher assessments.

Submitting and checking data

Guidance on how to use Integris for statutory assessments is now available, and also on the Integris help site.

To submit EYFS and Phonics, use the DfE sign in. You will need to use the 'School to School - Upload CTF file' option.

To submit KS2 teacher assessments, use the Primary Assessment Gateway.

To check your data, use Perspective Lite. Please check the Perspective Lite sold service guidance

If you have any queries about collecting and submitting primary assessments, please contact Debbie Peters by email debbie.peters@derby.gov.uk or telephone 01332 642710.

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