Welcome to the National Strategies P scales area

The National Strategies site  provides guidance to support the effective use of P scales in order to improve outcomes for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) who are working below level 1 of the National Curriculum.

Reporting P scales is mandatory from September 2007, this means that schools must now use P scales to provide data for pupils with SEN who are working below level 1 of the National Curriculum.
 
The use of P scales is central to our commitment to recognise the attainment and progress of pupils with SEN, aged 5-16, who are working below level 1 of the National Curriculum. As mainstream schools and settings become more inclusive there will be an increasing need to include P scales in the whole school assessment and planning cycle as part of the continuum of learning and development. It is our intention that this site includes links and references to existing materials, processes and initiatives to support the use and alignment of P scales within that whole school perspective in both special and mainstream schools and settings.

The source of much of the resource material on this site originates from a three year DfES Regional Partnership research project in collaboration with the University of Northampton and the East Midlands Regional Partnership. The National Strategies have continued to collaborate with the University of Northampton to develop this site.