Specification for Key Stage 2 Teachers Assessment

LAs are required, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education, to validate a sample of KS2 Teacher Assessment judgements in English writing. Every year, LAs must externally moderate a sample of at least 25 per cent of LA maintained schools, plus 25 per cent of academies and participating independent schools that opt to be included in the LA's external moderation provision. External moderation is statutory. It gives confidence that schools' TA judgements for KS2 English writing are accurate and consistent with...