All schools and academies are required to submit assessment data to the Local Authority (LA) for each eligible pupil for the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, Year 1 Phonics check (including Year 2 Phonics rechecks where required) and Key Stage 1 Teacher Assessment.  Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessments need to be submitted via the Primary Assessment Gateway.

For 2023 collections schools are asked to send results to the School Management Support Team (SMST) by the following dates:

EYFSP Monday 19th June ⁺

Phonics Screening Check Friday 16th June *

Key Stage 1 Tuesday 20th June ⁺

* Schools need to return their phonics check results files by this date, but the LA will accept amendments for pupils who were absent during the main Phonics Check week up until 23rd June.

⁺ We will accept data from schools, including any amendments to correct errors or as a result of moderation, up until 26th June.  However please note that any schools submitting their initial return after 19th/20th June will not receive a data checking pack or summary results files.

Key Stage 2 (Teacher Assessments) need to be submitted on the Primary Assessment Gateway by Friday 30th June

CTF submission files

Schools will need to use Assessment Manager in SIMS, or an alternative Management Information System (MIS), in order to record and export their 2023 results and detailed guidance notes will be made available to schools by their MIS support provider.  If you use another package just for assessment and tracking that produces end of key stage results (e.g. Target Tracker) then you should export the results from these packages and import the results into your MIS - this ensures that the results are held as part of the student record and can be included in CTFs when a pupil transfers between schools.

Further information on each key stage is available through the School Bulletin.

How to submit your files

Files need to be submitted to the LA using the AnyComms Plus secure file transfer system.

Once logged on (https://securetransfer.buckscc.gov.uk) select the upload files to the LA option, browse to locate the saved ctf file you created, then select either File Type EYFSP Results, Phonics check results, KS1 Results or KS2 Results and select the destination service SMST- Performance data. Click the Upload all files button. Repeat for each of the other ctf files you created.

Support

The SMST works with MIS support providers to run data collection seminars and provide guidance notes for schools.  Guidance notes on the use of your MIS are available from your particular support provider, but the slides outlining requirements, key deadlines and dates, codesets etc are available at the bottom of this page.

Key contacts for each collection are available in the bulletin and are included on the slides.  Alternatively please contact the School Management Support Team  - primaryassessmentdata@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

At the beginning of May we ran an Assessment and Reporting Arrangement Briefing for headteachers and assessment leads.  The slides from these sessions are available below.

ARA Briefing Slides