For many children/young people, using additional assessments, e.g. standardised reading test, will help clarify their needs and monitor progress.
This section suggests assessment tools that schools might use to learn more about the child/young person’s difficulties within the four broad areas of need.
B-Squared: A suite of packages to buy for pupil tracking to demonstrate learning for all pupils, across all areas, Simplify Pupil Tracking with B Squared Assessment Software
Communication and interaction
- WellComm - EYFS, KS1 and 2
- British Picture Vocabulary Scale - GL Assessment
- The Renfrew Language Scales - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press
- Progression Framework – Autism Education Trust
Cognition and learning
Standardised reading tests- accuracy and decoding scores
- New Salford Sentence Reading Test
- New Group Reading Test
- York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC)
Standardised spelling tests
Standardised phonological skills test
Handwriting
Standardised mathematics test
Working memory
Social, emotional and mental health
- Boxall profile: A comprehensive whole-school approach to assess and support the social, emotional, and behavioural development of all children and young people, to positively impact their learning, behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing Boxall Profile Online
- QCA assessment can be found here Personal Education Plan (PEP) Toolkit
- SDQ: The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) is a short behavioural screening questionnaire for children aged 3 to 16 SDQ Virtual School Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire or The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) : Mentally Healthy Schools
- Spence anxiety scales (child, parent and pre-school): The scale assesses six domains of anxiety including generalized anxiety, panic/agoraphobia, social phobia, separation anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and physical injury fears. It is designed to be relatively easy and quick for children to complete, normally taking only around 10 minutes to answer the questions. Young people are asked to rate the degree to which they experience each symptom on a 4-point frequency scale. SCAS Home - The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale
- A toolkit for schools and colleges from public health England that details positive mental health and wellbeing tracking tools. It summarises their purpose, age group, cost (many are free) etc. So that schools can choose the best tools for their own needs. Measuring and monitoring children and young people’s mental wellbeing | Anna Freud
- The Engagement for Learning Framework offers educators the resources to construct personalised learning pathways, the flexibility to adjust and optimise them, and an effective means to evidence children’s progress. Engagement 4 Learning – Barry Carpenter Education