Year 1 SPaG Baseline Assessment
Use this Start of Year Baseline Assessment to identify where your Year 1 pupils are with their early SPaG knowledge before beginning the Year 1 scheme. This informal check covers key objectives from Development Matters and links closely with the Early Learning Goals for Literacy, helping you spot gaps and tailor your teaching right from the start.
The assessment includes tasks such as:
- Writing their name with correct use of capital letters
- Recognising and writing initial sounds
- Matching lowercase and capital letters
- Labelling pictures
- Writing simple decodable sentences using punctuation
Pupils are assessed on:
- Letter formation
- Sound-letter correspondence
- Sentence composition
- Use of capital letters and full stops
Each question is clearly marked and aligned with a small step from Development Matters, making it easy to track where children are and what they need next. Perfect for use during the first few weeks of the Autumn term to get a quick snapshot of SPaG starting points. Explore the rest of the year 1 spelling and grammar scheme.
