Headteachers warned that the MTC would not tell teachers, parents or children anything they don’t already know. Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT headteachers’ union, said: “Children and teachers will have time taken away from their teaching and learning to take and administer these tests and the results will be used by Ofsted to…
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The check will be automatically scored and schools will be provided with the individual results. Interestingly, there will be no expected standard threshold, although schools will be provided with information about the number and percentage of pupils who achieve full marks. This suggests that the ‘pass mark’ will be 25 out of 25. Data gained from…
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There will be 25 questions worth one mark each. The questions will be in no particular order. Every question will follow the same format and will require the same type of response e.g. 4 x 8 = 32 Children will have a maximum of six seconds to answer each question – this is based on…
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The content domain for the MTC is based on the national curriculum (2014). The national curriculum states, ‘By the end of year 4, pupils should have memorised their multiplication tables up to and including the 12 multiplication table and show precision and fluency in their work’. The year 4 programme of study for mathematics also…
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The MTC will be delivered on-screen (using a computer or tablet) and online (using an internet connection). Schools will need to provide appropriate IT equipment to take the check. Information on IT equipment and operating systems are covered more comprehensively in the MTC administration guidance. This will be available before the national voluntary rollout in…
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The MTC assessment framework is now available. It provides details on the assessment specification for the MTC, including the purpose, format, content and cognitive demand of the check. View the Framework
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The MTC national voluntary pilot will provide schools with year 4 pupils the chance to familiarise themselves with this new assessment before it becomes statutory. The MTC administration area will be available to schools from 1 April 2019. Schools can use the administration area to register pupils and apply pupil accessibility features. Pupils will be able to use a…
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From the 2019/20 academic year onwards, schools in England will be required to administer an online multiplication tables check (MTC) to year 4 pupils. A national voluntary pilot will take place between 10 June and 28 June 2019. Schools can use this to familiarise themselves with the check before it becomes statutory in June 2020.…
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