Department of Education Policy Framework for Statutory Assessment in Northern Ireland
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On 15 April 2026 the Department published a formal Response to the Independent Review of Statutory Assessment and the new Policy Framework for Statutory Assessment.
The new Statutory Assessment Policy Framework has been published establishing for the first time, a clear assessment pathway from Year 1 to Year 10, providing reliable developmental information at each stage. It introduces a sequenced suite of low workload, curriculum aligned assessments.