Editing National Curriculum assessment (section)

===Key Stage 2===
During May of [[Year Six|Year 6]], the final year of Key Stage 2, children in state-funded schools (and independent schools if they so choose) undertake three National Curriculum Tests: Reading; Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling; and [[Mathematics education|Mathematics]]. Writing is assessed solely based on teacher judgement against the assessment framework, following the recommendations of the 2011 Bew Review.<ref>{{cite web|title=Independent Review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability|url=http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/pdfs/2011-bew-report-ks2tests.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505085050/http://educationengland.org.uk/documents/pdfs/2011-bew-report-ks2tests.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2012|publisher=Department for Education|access-date=15 January 2017|ref=Bew}}</ref>
[[Science education|Science]] tests are taken biennially by a selected sample of pupils to monitor national performance in science; the results of these tests are reported to their future secondary schools and parents by June. The test is taken in May.<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Assessment and Reporting Arrangements (ARA)|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561723/2017_KS2_ARA_v1.0.pdf|website=Standards and Testing Agency|access-date=15 January 2017|ref=ks2ara}}</ref>

In addition to the tests, teachers are required to provide teacher assessments in the core subject areas of reading, writing, mathematics and science. As at Key Stage 1, these judgements are based on a framework of descriptors, for which a child must meet all requirements to be awarded the band grade. The judgements available at Key Stage 2 differ for the subjects because of the different roles played. Writing has most available judgements as it is part of the statutory accountability judgement. Reading and mathematics have fewer judgements as the statutory focus is on the test scores. Science has only one available judgement, as at Key Stage 1. The grades available, therefore, are:
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! Broad ability !! Mathematics !! Reading !! Writing !! Science
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| Above Expected || rowspan="2" | Working at the Expected Standard || rowspan="2" | Working at the Expected Standard || Working at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard || rowspan="2" | Working at the Expected Standard
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| Expected Standard || Working at the Expected standard
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| rowspan="5" | Below Expected || Has Not Met the Expected Standard || Working Towards the Expected Standard || Has Not Met the Expected Standard || rowspan="5" | Has Not Met the Expected Standard 
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| Growing Development of the Expected Standard || Growing Development of the Expected Standard || Growing Development of the Expected Standard 
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| Early Development of the Expected Standard || Early Development of the Expected Standard || Early Development of the Expected Standard
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| Foundations for the Expected Standard || Foundations for the Expected Standard || Foundations for the Expected Standard
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| Below the Standard of the pre-Key Stage || Below the Standard of the pre-Key Stage || Below the Standard of the pre-Key Stage
|}