KS1 Assessment Tasks – Tasks not Tests' 1 October 2024

The Joint Primary Group of the ATM and MA are pleased to launch ‘KS1 Assessment Tasks – Tasks not Tests’.
The tasks have been created by authors: Janine Blinko, Helen Williams, Pip Huyton and Alison Borthwick, edited by Cath Gripton and Liz Woodham.

These tasks are now freely available to access by all..

There are 12 tasks in total which cover all stands of the KS1 National Curriculum in the UK.

The tasks are designed to assess the understanding of all Year 2 children in the essential aspects of KS1 mathematics that prove the important foundation for their future learning of mathematics. The tasks provide teachers a way of assessing children without the need for a test. The tasks offer a more informative alternative to tests, with each task expected to take up the duration of a mathematics lesson. We believe that tests give limited information; these tasks are rich, genuine, playful and get to the heart of the important mathematics.

To access the KS1 Assessment tasks booklet and slides, please click here: Tasks Not Tests