Teacher Assessment - English writing standardisation and training

Information: temporary teacher assessment standardisation roles We will shortly be inviting bids for temporary teacher assessment (TA) deputy standardisation team leader (DSTL) roles at key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2). These roles will consist of quality assuring training materials, and facilitating at our on-line national moderator training events.

National training and standardisation will ensure the TA frameworks (TAFs) are applied accurately and consistently across the country, which will provide a robust and reliable national data set. We are planning for the specification to go live from 7 September until 10am 2 October 2021 on the Department for Education's (DfE) e-procurement system, Jaggaer, and a notice will appear on Contracts Finder.

The link for supplier registration and log in is: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html This is also published on the 'Procurement at DfE' GOV.UK page to advise suppliers of the DfE system upgrade. All support to suppliers is available from Jaggaer directly.

No hard copy documents will be issued and all communications with the Authority (including final submission of Tender responses) must be conducted via Jaggaer. Access to the Jaggaer portal is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year anywhere in the world via the internet unless notified otherwise by the Jaggaer portal.

If you have already completed both registration steps, please ensure you can still access Jaggaer Please note our competition will be a two-part process where bidders have to pass a mandatory requirements section in order to complete part two of the bidding process. The mandatory requirements we require when applying for these opportunities are: knowledge of the English programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2 and the following guidance: 2019/20 teacher assessment frameworks at the end of KS1 2019/20 teacher assessment frameworks at the end of KS2 demonstrable experience of KS1 or KS2 moderation (within the last 3 years) experience of awarding English writing TA judgements or moderating standards against the KS1 or KS2 teacher assessment frameworks (TAFs) have received approval to moderate from STA within the last 3 years Contract term: It is likely, subject to approval, that this competition will be for