There is national and international evidence to support the use of effective formative assessment practice as a key approach to school improvement. However, the Government believes that schools are best placed to know what works for them and their individual circumstances and does not intend to prescribe or enforce any particular approach to formative assessment or to pupil tracking.
Therefore, APP will continue as a voluntary approach to pupil tracking and whilst many schools may find it useful, it is for the school to decide if they want to use it or not. There are no plans to make APP statutory or to introduce it for other subjects. The Department will continue to review APP in line with any changes to the National Curriculum.
