These set out the national curriculum programme of study for each phase in KS1 and 2 and are presented as assessment criteria. Designed to support teacher assessment of reading, statements have been grouped in what we hope is a helpful and intuitive way:
- Decoding.
- Reading for pleasure.
- Inference.
- Prediction.
- Clarifying.
- Questioning.
- Summarising.
- Language for effect.
- Themes and convention.
We’ve also roughly matched Accelerated Reader and reading age markers and, where appropriate, book bands to age-related expectations.
Schools can adapt these to match their own assessment policies.
The sheets are particularly suited to recording periodic summative assessment and can be used in conjunction with our guided reading records, though teachers will no doubt wish to mix and match as they see fit.
The following documents were designed for printing purposes only, and with that in mind will not be fully accessible to someone using assistive technology such as a screen reader.
Year 1 reading assessment sheet
This sets out the national curriculum for Year 1 reading and corresponding assessment criteria.
Year 2 reading assessment sheet
This sets out the national curriculum for Year 2 reading and corresponding assessment criteria.
Year 3 to 4 reading assessment sheet
This sets out the national curriculum for Year 3 to 4 Reading and corresponding assessment criteria.
Year 5 to 6 reading assessment sheet
This sets out the national curriculum for Year 5 to 6 Reading and corresponding assessment criteria.
2016-23 KS1 Reading standards questions
Questions from previous years’ tests have been cross-referenced with end of key stage 1 standards in order to support teachers with making final judgements, and in moderation.