STA 2018 KS1 Expected Standard

Year 2 collection (Kim)

KS1 · 6 pieces

Published exemplification — the same live marking as the product, on government or exam-board material, not a pupil’s book. STA KS1 English writing exemplification. Contains material developed by the Standards and Testing Agency for 2018 national curriculum assessments and licenced under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Writing moderation

Year 2 / End of Key Stage 1

Kim

Year 2 Writing Teacher Assessment Framework

Agreed

Proposed standard

Working at the Expected Standard

Outcome: Agreed

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System evidence coverage: MediumSystem verification success: High

Collection suitability: Suitable

This collection meets the framework's evidence requirements.

Evidence matrix

Statement

Collection

segment spoken words into phonemes and represent these by graphemes, spelling many of these wordsWorking at the Expected Standard

form capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one anotherWorking at the Expected Standard

write about real events, recording these simply and clearlyWorking at the Expected Standard

use present and past tense mostly correctly and consistentlyWorking at the Expected Standard

write simple, coherent narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real or fictional)Working at the Expected Standard

demarcate most sentences in their writing with capital letters and full stopsWorking at the Expected Standard

use co-ordination (such as or/and/but) and some subordination (such as when/if/that/because)Working at the Expected Standard

spell many common exception wordsWorking at the Expected Standard

use spacing between words that reflects the size of the lettersWorking at the Expected Standard

use the punctuation taught at KS1 mostly correctlyWorking at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

add suffixes to spell most words correctly in their writingWorking at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

spell most common exception wordsWorking at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

use the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join some lettersWorking at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

make simple additions, revisions and proof-reading corrections to their own writingWorking at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

write effectively and coherently for different purposes, drawing on their readingWorking at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right placeWorking Towards the Expected Standard

segment spoken words into phonemes and represent these by graphemes, spelling some words correctlyWorking Towards the Expected Standard

use spacing between wordsWorking Towards the Expected Standard

form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another in some of their writingWorking Towards the Expected Standard

demarcate some sentences with capital letters and full stopsWorking Towards the Expected Standard

spell some common exception wordsWorking Towards the Expected Standard

write sentences that are sequenced to form a short narrative (real or fictional)Working Towards the Expected Standard

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Towards: Working at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

To reach Working at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard (GDS), the two mandatory GDS criteria that are not yet secure must be secured, with cross-piece consistency met for the mandatory criterion.

Framework checklist

Working at the Expected Standard

Phonics and spelling

Handwriting — letter formation

Non-fiction recount

Grammar — tense

Narrative technique

Sentence punctuation

Grammar — sentence construction

Spelling — common exception words

Handwriting — spacing

Working at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard

Punctuation — KS1 range

Spelling — suffixes

Spelling — common exception words

Handwriting — joining

Composition process

Purpose and audience

Working Towards the Expected Standard

Handwriting — letter formation

Phonics and spelling

Handwriting — spacing

Sentence punctuation

Spelling — common exception words

Narrative technique

Collection details

Pupil: Kim
Year group: Year 2
Key stage: KS1
Framework: Year 2 Writing Teacher Assessment Framework v2026.2
Framework type: Statutory
Pieces in collection: 6
Created: 27 Aug 2026, 00:42

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