Assessing pupils working between the engagement model and the primary curriculum

Get to grips with the requirements for assessing pupils working between the engagement model and the level of the curriculum. You’ll also find advice on assessment for these pupils outside end-of-Key-Stage assessments.

Last reviewed on 6 September 2022
School types: All · School phases: Primary
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Contents
  1. End-of-Key-Stage assessments
  2. Use the pre-KS1 and KS2 standards for summative assessment only

End-of-Key-Stage assessments

Your teachers must use the pre-KS1 and KS2 standards set by the STA to make statutory teacher assessment judgements:

  • At the end of each Key Stage
  • For pupils engaged in subject-specific study, who are working below the National Curriculum teacher assessment frameworks

For reading, writing and mathematics, the interim standards of attainment are:

  • 4 standards in KS1, from 'standard 1' to 'standard 4'
  • 6 standards in KS2, from 'standard 1' to 'standard 6'

See the pre-KS1 and KS2 standards. 

Use the engagement model to assess pupils not yet engaged in subject-specific study

You must use the engagement model to assess pupils who are:

  • Working below the level of the National Curriculum, and
  • Not engaged in subject specific study

The model replaced P scales 1 to 4. 

Read more in our other article and the STA's statutory guidance.

Use the pre-KS1 and KS2 standards for summative assessment only

Are not a formative assessment tool Should not be used to: Track progress

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