Links to our provisional assessment calendars:
- Primary Schools - Smartgrade assessment calendar for 2026/27
- Secondary Schools - Smartgrade assessment calendar for 2026/27
The calendars detail when we expect to publish assessments from the Smartgrade Assessment Series (SAS) and our partners Ark Curriculum Plus, CUSP and United Curriculum. It also contains details of our National Curriculum Practice SATs windows and Phonics Screening Checks.
The calendars include the dates on which we'll run an interim and final standardisation:
- The interim standardisation takes place before the end of the relevant standardisation window. It gives an early indication of the standardised grades, but please bear in mind that not all schools will have submitted their data at this point.
- The final standardisation is calculated after the window has ended, and so incorporates data from all schools entering data during the relevant window. This should be considered the authoritative standardisation for analysis purposes and once it has been produced the interim standardisation is overwritten.
Please ensure that all markbooks are submitted before the relevant standardisation dates if you would like your school or MAT to be included in the calculations.
If you are interested in more information on any of our partner assessments, contact us for more information and sample papers.
You can find out more about ordering pre-printed copies of selected assessment papers in this help article.
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