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Year 4 multiplication tables check: requirements and guidance

You're required to administer the multiplication tables check (MTC) between 1 and 12 June 2026. Find out what you need to do, including how to log in to the online system and how pupils can access practice tests.

Last reviewed on 6 May 2026See updates
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Contents
  1. What do we have to do, and when?
  2. What does the check cover?
  3. Test format
  4. Which pupils take it?
  5. How to log in to the system
  6. Get pupils to do a practice check
  7. How to create PINs for the official check
  8. Access arrangements
  9. How to administer the check
  10. Results and accountability: complete the headteacher's declaration form 

This article summarises the key points from the Standards and Testing Agency's (STA's) guidance on administering the multiplication tables check (MTC) to year 4 pupils, the 2026 Key Stage 2 assessment and reporting arrangements and the primary assessment: future dates guidance.

What do we have to do, and when?

  • From 27 April: access the MTC service via DfE Sign-in to prepare for the check
  • Monday 1 June to Friday 19 June: administer the check:
    • Between 1 June and 12 June: to all pupils who are present
    • Between 15 June and 19 June: to any pupils who were absent, or if there were any delays due to technical difficulties
  • By 5pm on 19 June: submit your headteacher's declaration form
  • From 22 June: access results (a total score for each pupil) in the 'view pupil results' section of the multiplication tables check service 

Find this information in section 1 of the guidance on administering the MTC.

The check tests knowledge of times tables up to 12. It's meant to