Preparing you for the New SEND Pre-Key Stage Assessments 

SEND – Pre-Key Stage 1 & 2 Assessment 

Here’s our overview of the SEND Pre-Key Stage Assessments guidelines 
“These standards must be used for statutory assessment at the end of key stage 1&2 for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum assessments who are engaged in subject-specific study.”
Final pre-key stage 1 & 2 standards:

  • Standard 6 (working at the KS1 expected standard)
  • Standard 5 (working towards the KS1 expected standard)
  • Standard 4
  • Standard 3
  • Standard 2
  • Standard 1

SEND Subjects (SEND Pre-Key Stage Assessments)

English language comprehension and reading

Using the English language comprehension and reading pre-key stage standards

  • The six standards in this framework contain a number of ‘pupil can’ statements. To judge that a pupil is working at a standard in English language comprehension and reading, teachers need to have evidence which demonstrates that the pupil meets all the statements within that standard.
  • As stated in the guidance, teachers should assess each individual pupil based on their own method of communication, and disregard statements which a pupil is physically unable to access.

English writing

Using the English writing pre-key stage standards

  • The six standards in this framework contain a number of ‘pupil can’ statements. To judge that a pupil is working at a standard in English writing, teachers need to have evidence which demonstrates that the pupil meets the standard described overall.
  • A pupil’s writing should meet all of the statements within the standard at which they are judged. However, teachers can use their discretion to ensure that, on occasion, a particular weakness does not prevent an accurate judgement from being made of a pupil’s attainment overall. A teacher’s professional judgement about whether the pupil has met the standard overall takes precedence. This approach applies to English writing only.
  • A particular weakness could relate to a part or the whole of a statement (or statements), if there is good reason to judge that it would prevent an accurate judgement from being made.
  • As stated in the guidance, teachers should assess each individual pupil based on their own method of communication, and disregard statements which a pupil is physically unable to access.

Mathematics – using the mathematics pre-key stage standards

The six standards in this framework contain a number of ‘pupil can’ statements. To judge that a pupil is working at a standard in mathematics, teachers need to have evidence which demonstrates that the pupil meets all of the statements within that standard.

As stated in the guidance, teachers should assess each individual pupil based on their own method of communication, and disregard statements which a pupil is physically unable to access.

If you’d like to find out how E2P+SEND systems can support your SEND Pre-Key Stage Assessments please contact us