In July 2015 the Minister for Schools established an independent review of statutory assessment arrangements for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests at key stages 1 and 2. The review group was chaired by Diane Rochford. The Rochford Review’s final report sets out the group’s recommendations to the Government. This follows the publication of the Rochford Review’s interim recommendations in December 2015.
The final report’s recommendations to Government include:
- the removal of the statutory requirement to use P scales to assess pupils with SEND who are working below the standard
- that the interim pre-key stage standards for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests are made permanent and extended to include all pupils engaged in subject-specific learning
- that schools assess pupils’ development in all four areas of need outlined in the SEND Code of Practice, but statutory assessment for pupils who are not engaged in subject-specific learning should be limited to the area of cognition and learning
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