Smartgrade Assessment Series
From Autumn 2026, HeadStart Primary Assessments will become Smartgrade Assessment Series
Smartgrade Assessment Series
From Autumn 2026, HeadStart Primary Assessments will become Smartgrade Assessment Series (SAS). SAS covers the same great papers from HeadStart with a range of improvements across all subjects including Reading Comprehension, Maths, GPS and Science. We have added Maths (White Rose Maths-aligned), Maths (NCETM-aligned) and are launching a new AI powered Reading Fluency test!
Maths (White Rose Maths aligned)
Maths (NCETM aligned)
Maths (NC aligned)
Grammar, Punctuation Spelling (GPS)
Reading Comprehension
Reading Fluency (Coming soon)
Science
Key Benefits
Curriculum-aligned: you're never asking questions on things you haven't taught.
High quality: our team has deep assessment expertise and our design principles are publicly available.
Standardised: you get nationally benchmarked grades, including our popular Scaled Score Indicators.
Cumulative: our maths assessments test you on both recent and prior year content.
Evolving: we review and update our assessments annually.
Insightful: our analysis module helps you spot gaps and inform decision-making at pupil, class, year and MAT level.
Designed to inform decision, not just provide scores
Get "Live" standardisation scores for your primary assessments and benchmark your school's performance against other schools at the same point in time.
Get a quote for Smartgrade Assessment Series (SAS)
SAS pricing is based on the number of pupils in your school per assessment topic. You save more per assessment by adding other partner assessments or practice SATs packages.
