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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.

Last reviewed on 19 January 2026
School types: All•School phases: Primary•Ref: 11999
Contents
  1. Who should be involved, and how 
  2. How often to moderate 
  3. How to make moderation sessions effective 
  4. Download our templates to moderate reading, writing and maths 
  5. EYFS: how to moderate the profile internally 

We’d like to thank our associate education experts David New, Nina Siddall-Ward, Carolyn Unsted and Jazz Williams for their help with this article.

Who should be involved, and how 

Teachers They will: Carry out the in-class assessment, marking and ranking  Bring