Curriculum and assessment news

To view information about the Awarding Organisations (AOs) that NAHT regularly meets with, use the links below; these AOs hold termly meetings with NAHT and other school leader and teaching associations.

If you wish to access information and updates from AQA please click here
If you wish to access information and updates from Pearson please click here
If you wish to access information and updates from OCR please click here
If you wish to access information and updates from WJEC please click here

You can also access additional information from Ofqual and JCQ

Reception baseline assessment: national voluntary pilotThe national voluntary pilot of the reception baseline assessment (RBA) is taking place in autumn 2019. 18 September 2019
Multiple Concerns: NAHT members' response to the multiplications tables check pilotWe don't need a national test to tell teachers what they already know. 09 September 2019
2019 GCSE results statistics - England, Wales and Northern IrelandThe Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has published provisional national results for GCSEs. 06 September 2019
Statistics published: 2019 AS and A level results - England, Wales and Northern IrelandThe Joint Council for Qualifications has published the 2019 national results for AS and A levels for all UK candidates. 05 September 2019
How NAHT is supporting its members to meet their responsibilities under the Equality ActIn a few instances, school leaders have found resistance from parents regarding the introduction of the new guidance. 30 August 2019
Reception baseline: useful information for parents from ParentkindParentkind has produced some helpful information aimed at parents about the reception baseline assessment. 23 August 2019
Guide to GCSE results for England 2019Ofqual has released a guide to results, standards and grade boundaries for the 2019 GCSE results in England. 22 August 2019
T Level action plan 2018The DfE has published a T Level action plan. 21 August 2019
The DfE confirms funding will stop for 'legacy' Applied Generals and Tech Levels qualifications from August 2020The DfE has published a list of pre-existing qualifications in the 16 to 18 performance tables that they will stop funding from 1 August 2020, as part of their review of post-16 qualifications at... 25 July 2019
Research report: improving literacy in secondary schoolsThe Education Endowment Foundation has published a guidance report on improving literacy in secondary schools. 22 July 2019