Reminder: administer the reception baseline assessment
Practitioners must administer the RBA to all applicable pupils in the first six weeks after they enter reception. For most schools we are now coming to the end of this period.
To do so, log in to the Baseline ePortal (BeP). If your school is part of a multi-academy trust, please be aware that each school has unique log-in details.
All pupils must be uploaded to the BeP. If your school decides that it is not appropriate for a pupil to take the assessment, this must be recorded by using the school’s headteacher account to set a pupil’s status to ‘disapplied’.
Publication: assessment and reporting arrangements guidance for 2022/23
Assessment and reporting arrangements guidance for 2023 key stage 1 (KS1) and 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) were published on 10 October and are now live on GOV.UK. These detail the statutory requirements for assessing and reporting the national curriculum tests in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Publication: access arrangements guidance for 2022/23
KS1 tests: access arrangements and KS2 tests: access arrangements guidance for 2023 were published on 10 October and are now live on GOV.UK. These detail the access arrangements available for pupils participating in the national curriculum tests in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Publication: timetable variation guidance for 2022/23
Guidance for KS2 tests: varying the test timetable was published on 10 October and is now live on GOV.UK. This details how headteachers, or someone with delegated authority, can reschedule the KS2 national curriculum tests in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Publication: teacher assessment guidance for 2022/23
KS1 teacher assessment guidance and KS2 teacher assessment guidance was published on 10 October and is now live on GOV.UK. This details the requirements for academies, schools and local authorities (LAs) to follow, explaining the teacher assessment and moderation processes.
Reminder: 2022/23 primary assessment future dates
The primary assessments: future dates page on GOV.UK provides all the relevant dates for KS1 and KS2 assessments in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Action: review your Primary Assessment Gateway users
The Primary Assessment Gateway (PAG) is open to primary schools and LA for activities relating to 2022/23 national curriculum assessments.
Users with account manager permission can ‘Manage user accounts’ in their ‘My activity’ tab.
Account managers must carry out regular reviews ensuring that leavers are removed, and permission levels are amended, or new accounts created when staff join or move to a new role.
