Guidance for schools on managing national curriculum assessment agreements
Official title: National curriculum assessments: monitoring and moderation agreements
The useful part first
In 20 seconds.
- What changes
- The availability date for online agreement forms on the portal has been delayed to 2 November 2026.
- Who is affected
- This applies to local authorities, academies, and independent schools in England.
- What you may need to do
- Schools must ensure their monitoring and moderation agreements are in place and confirmed on the portal by the stated deadlines.
- When
- From 2 November 2026 through to January 2027.
- Legal status
- GuidanceAdvice, not a new law
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Key points
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Schools must have agreements for monitoring and moderating student assessments.
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The National Curriculum Assessments Portal is used to manage these agreements.
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Academies must confirm agreements if choosing a non-geographic local authority.
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Independent schools must confirm their chosen local authority by specific deadlines.
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Local authorities are responsible for approving or rejecting these requests.
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