Internal assessment (primary)

  • Assessing progress in foundation subjects (primary)
    Understand how to plan and assess effectively in foundation subjects, and use the assessment activities to help you. See how other primary schools have approached foundation subject assessment.
  • Assessing writing: cover and evidence sheets (primary)
    Use our templates to help you standardise the assessment of writing samples, when judging how pupils' writing meets attainment targets for KS1 and KS2 English in the National Curriculum.
  • How to assess early reading (primary)
    Find guidance on the use of formative and summative assessment of early reading, and see examples of reading assessment grids from other schools.
  • How to moderate teacher assessments: primary
    Learn how to moderate pupils' work, help teachers make accurate and consistent judgements of pupil progress and plan their next steps. Use our templates to help you moderate reading, writing and maths.
  • Progression grids: primary
    Progression grids can help teachers understand what progress looks like for their pupils. Have a look at these examples of subject and skills progression grids to help you develop your own.
  • Setting targets in primary schools
    Get to grips with what you need to consider when setting targets, and see examples of different approaches other primary schools have taken.