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Teachers should use pre-key stage standards for those pupils working below the standard of key stage 1 but are engaged in subject specific study. The use of this guidance will further support teacher assessment judgments.
Where pupils are not engaged in subject specific study the engagement model should be used.
This guidance is available for use from academic year 2020-21 onwards.
Pre-key stage 1 standards for the 2020/21 academic year onwards
Teachers must use these standards to make statutory teacher assessment judgements at the end of key stage 1 for pupils who are working below the national curriculum teacher assessment frameworks, and engaged in subject-specific study.
Pre-key stage standards information video
You can view the pre-key stage standards information video below. It provides details about the pre-key stage standards and explains how they should be used.
New pre-key stage standards in primary schools
This video makes reference to the engagement model which is a teacher assessment tool for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests and not engaged in subject-specific study.