2012
Statutory Assessment
EYFSP and Y2
 Requirements continue as in previous
years
 Schools have been notified if they are to
receive a moderation visit
 Increase in number of schools where there
are teachers new to the relevant year group
and thus have to be visited
 Increase in numbers of schools requesting a
visit
Statutory Assessment –
new for 2012
 New aspects of work for schools in
2012:
 KS2 writing moderation
and
 Y1 phonics screening checks
 KS2 is pilot
 Y1 checks are statutory
Y1 phonics screening checks
 Pilot in 2011 – small number of Essex
schools took part
 Now statutory and must be carried out in
w/b 18 June on all children
 Separate ARA (can be downloaded from
123assessment.co.uk)
 40 words in sections; some words will be
“non-words” – to test phonics
understanding
 Schools already have practice materials
 Actual materials to arrive by 1 June
Y1 phonics screening checks
 Must be administered to individual by
teacher, not TA or LSA
 HTs must submit HDF by 29 June
 Must submit data to LA (Target Tracker is
aware)
 Data collection team will provide dates
 LA must submit data to DfE by end of July
 DfE will publish national and LA statistics
Y1 phonics screening checks
- the role of the LA
 to ensure schools carry out all
statutory assessment arrangements
 ensure correct administration so must
undertake monitoring visits before,
during and after phonics checks week
 10% sample as for KS2 – random
unannounced spotchecks
 Logistical challenges re spotchecks
Request to HTs of KS1 schools
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Email asking for a timetable
To be sent in May
Straightforward
Easy to fill in
Not mandatory
Would help spotcheck team
Save on petrol and wasted time
Phonics timetable
9am to 10am
10am to 11 am
11am to noon
noon to 1pm
1pm to 2pm
2pm to 3pm
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
18 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
Friday
22 June
KS2 writing assessment
 Pupils must still take writing tests
 Teachers also carry out Teacher
Assessment (TA)
 BUT only Teacher Assessment will be
reported to parents and DfE
 Implications for reporting and
RAISEonline
 unclear how subject level will be calculated
 only reading will have test result
KS2 writing assessment
 Schools will be in one of three
groups:
1. told by STA they must take externally
marked tests (to be taken on 15 May)
2. school has chosen to do externally
marked tests (to be taken on 15 May)
3. school has chosen to do and mark tests
internally (materials should have been
received by now – may be administered
any time)
KS2 writing assessment –
moderation requirements
 LA must carry out moderation of
writing in 25% of schools
 LA has already been informed of the
schools to be moderated
 Moderators will have to pass a
“standardisation test”
 Materials and information about
standardisation test and the training
of moderators coming from STA
KS2 writing assessment –
moderation process
 As far as we know:
 moderation visits will follow a similar
pattern to those at EYFSP and KS1
 a visit note will be provided by STA
 funding should allow us to spend one day
in larger schools
 We plan:
 to carry out most visits in June (few in
May)
 to use both LA and school-based staff
Some concerns/unknowns about
moderation process
 Details of moderation process not yet
sent to LAs by STA (including
standard visit note); also
 Because of the standardisation test
do not know who will pass and
therefore be able to be in the team
 May not know whether schools visited
are having externally or internally
marked tests
KS2 writing assessment moderation
 Samples of ordinary class work
 NOT special portfolios of work
 Expect to look at three samples per
class (but this is not yet confirmed)
 Teachers will need time to talk with
moderator
 Schools are representative sample
 LA must only give two weeks’ notice
KS2 writing assessment – a few
issues
 Two weeks’ notice period not very
convenient for schools or LA
 Moderators have been asked to review
test results against TA – but only
schools carrying out internal marking
may have results
 LA can require school to change and resubmit levels – schools can challenge
this but “must pay any costs”