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mental health and wellbeing 

GL Assessment 

GL Assessment is a leading provider of integrated assessment 

for children’s education, mental health and wellbeing. Our 

rigorous and high-quality assessments have been used by 

education, health and psychology professionals for three 

decades. Highlights include the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), 

Progress in English (PiE) and, more recently, the Pupil Attitudes 

to Self and School (PASS) survey. 

Our assessments are supported by a wide range of data 

services that comprise comprehensive scoring, reporting, 

interpretation and analysis services. This joined-up approach 

to assessment ensures our customers get the most out of our 

resources and assessment data is used to its full potential. 


GL Performance 

GL Performance is a provider of management tools and 

resources that are designed to maximise the impact of 

self-evaluation, school development planning and school 

improvement in primary, secondary, independent and special 

schools as well as schools with Academy status. Our solutions 

include Kirkland Rowell Surveys, Professional Development 

Services and Schoolcentre. 

www.gl-performance.co.uk 

GL Assessment and GL Performance are divisions of the GL Education Group. 

Please Note – it is an offence to photocopy our Answer Sheets (except where stated). All our material is protected by copyright.

Look out for our 

2 new assessments 

Cognitive Abilities Test: 

Fourth Edition (CAT4) 

Unlock pupil potential with the new edition of the UK’s most popular 

test of reasoning ability – see pages 10–13 

New Group Reading Test Digital 

The new online test that adapts to the reading ability of the pupil – 

see pages 26–27 

contents 

Our services to customers 

REASONING CONTENTS 

Introduction .....................................................2–3 

Area Consultants ..............................................4–5 

Quick Guide to our resources..........................6–7 

Customised Assessments ................................8–9 

Reasoning.....................................................10–23 

Literacy .........................................................24–42 

Numeracy .....................................................43–47 

Science ................................................................48 

Assessment for Learning ...................................49 

Pupil Attitudes .............................................50–52 

Special Educational Needs ..........................53–55 

Early Intervention ........................................56–59 

Personal and Social Development..............60–63 

Thinking Skills..............................................64–66 

School Improvement ...................................67–73 

Real Training.......................................................74 

Order Form ...................................................77–79 

International Distributors .................................80 

Index ...................................................................81 

GL Assessment aims to give customers the best possible service. 

To help you make your resource shopping simple, straightforward 

and hassle-free, we offer: 

• Expert advice and a friendly telephone ordering service. 

Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm (excluding bank holidays) 

on 0845 602 1937 

• Assessment Consultants who can demonstrate the latest 

assessments to you 

• No credit card required - we invoice your school 

• Fast reliable delivery 

• A comprehensive online shop where you can browse and buy 

resources anytime, anywhere at www.gl-assessment.co.uk 

Find your Area Consultant on pages 4–5 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk 

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INTRODUCTION 

GL Assessment – an introduction 

For over 30 years, GL Assessment has provided 

rigorous and high-quality assessments and 

services for children's education, mental health 

and wellbeing. 

Originally founded by the National Foundation for Educational Research 

(NFER), with whom we continue to work with today, GL Assessment 

leads literacy, numeracy and ability testing in UK schools and our 

resources are used in over 100 countries worldwide in British, bilingual 

and international schools. Over 3 million pupils in UK primary and 

secondary schools take our tests every year and we have delivered over 

4 million online tests to date. GL Assessment is a division of the 

GL Education Group. 

We have published the world’s first test for Dyscalculia and the first 

standardised test of emotional literacy in the UK. We have also worked 

with numerous leading organisations to create assessments that 

incorporate the very latest thinking and research within the education 

sector. We are the official assessment provider of the National 

Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and some of our partners include 

King’s College London, the University of York, the University of Michigan 

and the Australian Council for Educational Research. 

Our extensive portfolio of educational assessments includes the 

Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) - the UK's most widely used test of 

reasoning abilities, Progress in English (PiE) - the standardised English 

assessment of choice in many schools and more recently, the Pupil 

Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) survey - an all-age attitudinal survey 

that provides a robust measurement of a pupil’s attitudes towards 

themselves as learners and their attitudes towards school.

A complete approach to assessment… 

Often, an assessment solution needs to involve a number of 

assessments that together address a specific purpose or a particular 

need. With this in mind, it does not make sense that we create 

assessments that only work as single, separate resources. A more 

joined up approach is required: one that focuses on assessments that 

are able to gel together to satisfy a broad range of requirements. 

GL Assessment strives to provide teachers and SENCOs with 

assessments that can be used together effectively at different levels and 

for particular purposes to suit their individual requirements. Throughout 

this catalogue we have provided guidance on how our assessments can 

be used together. 

Focusing on the pupil as a whole… 

In a continually changing educational landscape, it is clear that placing 

the pupil at the centre of the learning process will be an enduring theme. 

Personalised learning and concentrating on the pupil ‘as a whole’ will 

continue. 

Assessment must therefore do more than just focus on a pupil’s 

academic ability alone. Our comprehensive portfolio reflects this by 

providing assessments that: 

• measure knowledge, understanding and progress 

• measure ability and how children think in different situations and 

contexts 

• help diagnose and monitor special educational needs 

• help identify and develop the social, cognitive and emotional skills 

that are essential to a child’s personal and social development 

• contribute to the understanding of children’s mental health 

• focus on child development 

• aid early identification and intervention of speech, language and 

communication difficulties. 

Assessment Services… 

At GL Assessment, we understand that assessment is not just about 

taking a test; it is about continually using assessment data to respond 

quickly to the needs of every child at every stage of his/her learning and 

development. We therefore take a very joined-up approach; one that 

provides our customers with a comprehensive range of services that 

ensures they can receive, interpret and use the assessment data to its 

full potential. 

Encompassing scoring, reporting, interpretation and analysis and 

customised testing, our assessment services complement and extend 

our portfolio of published tests and meet a wide variety of assessment 

needs. They are available to single schools an academies as well as 

local authorities, clusters, federations and other consortia of schools. 

You will find further information on these assessment services 

throughout the catalogue, demonstrating how they can help schools, 

teachers and pupils alike. 

Online Testing… 

INTRODUCTION 

Alongside government policy, technology is recognised as a main driver 

for educational change. GL Assessment has pioneered a powerful 

online testing system ‘Testwise’, which is used today by over half a 

million children each year in the UK and over 100 countries worldwide. 

Online testing removes the burden of test administration, whilst 

delivering instant results and diagnostic reports at the touch of a button. 

As a result, our digital assessment portfolio has grown accordingly with 

many of our paper assessments available online, including our top five. 

You will find further information on all of our digital assessments and the 

benefits of online testing throughout the catalogue. 

Our digital assessments portfolio encompasses: 

• Cognitive Abilities Test Digital • Dyscalculia Screener Digital 

• Dyslexia Screener Digital • New Group Reading Test Digital 

• Progress in Maths Digital • Progress in English Digital 

• Single Word Spelling Test Digital • Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital 

• Suffolk Reading Scale Digital • Verbal Reasoning Digital. 

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AREA CONSULTANTS 

Area Consultants 

To find your local Area Consultant, 

please use the colour-coded map. 

In addition to your Area 

Consultant, there is now a 

dedicated member of the 

Customer Services Team for each 

area of the UK that can help with 

your enquiries. Please see opposite 

for details. 

For international enquiries, please 

call +44 (0)208 996 8440/5 or email 

international@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Bahrain, Europe, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar 

Agnes Lesti 

Tel: +44 (0)20 8996 3325 

E-Mail: agnes.lesti@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Technical Enquiries – Tel :+44 (0)845 602 1937 

Rest of the World 

Paloma Gutierrez-Keever 

Tel: +44 (0)20 8996 3633 

E-Mail: international@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Technical Enquiries – Tel :+44 (0)845 602 1937

East Scotland 

Linda Hearton 

Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll & Bute, Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, 

Dumfries & Galloway, Dundee City, East Lothian, Eilean Siar, Falkirk, Fife, Highland, 

Midlothian, Moray, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth & Kinross, Scottish Borders, 

Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, Stirling & West Lothian 

Tel: 0131 551 2425 Mobile: 07850 034 584 

E-Mail: linda.hearton@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Mandy Pritchard – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

West Scotland 

Frank Devine 

East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North 

Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire 

Tel: 0141 334 4918 Mobile: 07788 914 954 

E-Mail: frank.devine@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Susan Giles – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

Northern Ireland 

Janice Forbes 

Belfast, North Eastern, South Eastern, Southern, Western 

Tel: 0289 042 4464 Mobile: 07787 280 784 

E-Mail: janice.forbes@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Joanne Archer – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

North West England & North Wales 

Barbara McHugh 

Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire, Conwy, Cumbria, 

Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Halton, Isle of Anglesey, Isle of Man, Knowsley, 

Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, St Helens, 

Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral, Wrexham 

Tel: 0161 626 8241 Mobile: 07919 167 896 

E-Mail: barbara.mchugh@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Sandie Green – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

Northern England 

Mo Brown 

Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, 

Gateshead, Hartlepool, Kingston Upon Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Newcastleupon-Tyne, 

North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, 

Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Tyneside, 

Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Wakefield, York 

Tel: 01977 663 504 Mobile: 07775 722 639 

E-Mail: mo.brown@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Claire McAstocker – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

South Wales 

Nikki Kidd 

Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, 

Herefordshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port, Talbot, Newport, North 

Somerset, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Gloucestershire, 

Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan 

Tel: 01633 257 203 Mobile: 07887 663 354 

E-Mail: nikki.kidd@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Mandy Pritchard – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

South West England 

Nikki Scarisbrick 

Bournemouth, Channel Islands, Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Poole, Somerset, Torbay 

Tel: 01934 712 169 Mobile: 07889 530 164 

E-Mail: nikki.scarisbrick@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: James Fisher – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

West Midlands 

Esther Partridge-Warner 

Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, Derby, Derbyshire, Dudley, Gloucestershire, 

Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford 

and Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire 

Tel: 01886 887846 Mobile: 07818 512310 

E-Mail: esther.partridge-warner@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Claire MacAstocker – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

Central Southern England 

Amanda Berridge 

Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Milton Keynes, 

Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Swindon, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, 

Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham 

Tel: 01793 516374 Mobile: 07889 075037 

E-Mail: amanda.berridge@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Susan Giles – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

East Midlands 

Tina Plail 

Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, Nottingham, Coventry, Leicester, Leicestershire, 

Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough, Rutland, 

Solihull, Suffolk, Warwickshire 

Tel: 0116 287 9829 Mobile: 07500 605 577 

E-Mail: tina.plail@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Loraine Philpott – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

London, East Anglia and Home Counties 

Jackie Berman 

Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bedfordshire, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Essex, 

Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hertfordshire, 

Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Luton, Newham, Redbridge, 

Southend-On-Sea, Thurrock, Waltham Forest, Westminster 

Tel: 0208 360 4958 Mobile: 07787 280 783 

E-Mail: jackie.berman@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Loraine Philpott – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

South London, Surrey and Sussex 

Lesley Cutt 

Bexley, Brighton & Hove, Bromley, City of London, Croydon, East Sussex, Greenwich, 

Kent, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Medway, Merton, Richmond Upon 

Thames, Southwark, Surrey, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, West Sussex 

Tel: 020 8657 9300 Mobile: 07990 506 412 

E-Mail: lesley.cutt@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Area Advisor: Sandie Green – Tel: 0845 602 1937 

Republic of Ireland 

Tel: +44 (0)845 602 1937 

E-Mail: info@gl-education.com 

Book a free no-obligation appointment with one of our specialist 

consultants to view our products first hand, and to discuss your 

assessment requirements. 

Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk 5

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QUICK GUIDE TO OUR RESOURCES 

PAGE TEST AGE SCHOOL PAPER/ GROUP OR ASSESSING 

GROUP AGE DIGITAL INDIVIDUAL 

Early Years/ Screening Phonics Access Special Early 

Primary/ Arrange- Educational Inter- 

Secondary ments Needs vention 

Reasoning 

10 Cognitive Abilities Test: Fourth Edition (CAT4) 7–17+ EY / P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

14 Cognitive Abilities Test: Third Edition (CAT3) 7–17+ EY / P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

19 Reasoning 5–7 Test Series 4–8 EY / P P G ✔ ✔ ✔ 

19 Further Education Reasoning Test Digital (FERT) 16+ S D G/I ✔ ✔ 

20 Verbal Reasoning (VR) 5–13 P / S P/D G/I ✔ 

22 Non-Verbal Reasoning (NVR) 5–14 P / S P/D G/I ✔ 

22 Spatial Reasoning 6–14 P / S P G/I ✔ ✔ 

Literacy 

24 New Group Reading Test (NGRT) 6–16 P / S P/D G ✔ ✔ 

28 York Assessment for Reading and Comprehension: 

Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary 4–11 EY /P P I ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 

30 York Assessment for Reading and Comprehension: 

Passage Reading Secondary 11–16 S P I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

32 Progress in English (PIE) 5–14 EY / P / S P/D G/I 

34 British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition (BPVS3) 3–16 EY / P / S P I ✔ ✔ 

35 Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes (DTWRP) 5–12 P / S P I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

36 Suffolk Reading Scale (SRS) 6–14 P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔ 

37 Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) 6–14 P / S P I ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 

38 Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) 6–12 P P I 

38 Reading Now 5–7 P P G ✔ 

39 Teaching Talking 1–8 EY / P P I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

39 Wordchains 7–18+ P / S P G ✔ ✔ 

40 Single Word Reading Test (SWRT) 6–16 P / S P I ✔ 

40 Middle Infant Screening Test and Forward 

Together (MIST) 5–6 P P G ✔ ✔ ✔ 

41 Single Word Spelling Test (SWST) 6–14 P /S P/D G 

42 British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition (BSTS2) 6–13 P / S P G 

Numeracy 

43 Sandwell Early Numeracy Test - Revised (SENT-R) 4–8 EY / P P I ✔ 

44 Progress in Maths (PIM) 4–14 EY / P / S P/D G 

46 Mental Mathematics 6–11+ P P G/I 

47 Measuring Success in Maths 5–11 P P G/I 

Science 

48 Measuring Success in Science 5–11 P P G/I 

Assessment for Learning 

49 Black Box Series 5–18 P / S P 

Pupil Attitudes 

50 Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) 4–18+ EY /P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

Special Education Needs 

53 Dyslexia Screener Digital 5–16+ P / S D I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

53 Dyslexia Guidance 5–16+ P / S P I ✔ 

54 Dyslexia Portfolio 6–16 P / S P G/I ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 

55 Dyscalculia Screener Digital 6–14+ P / S D I ✔ ✔ ✔ 

55 Dyscalculia Guidance 6–14 P / S P I ✔ 

Early Intervention 

56 WellComm: A Speech and Language Toolkit for the 

Early Years 0–6 EY / P P I ✔ ✔ 

58 Schedule of Growing Skills (SGS) 0–5 EY P I ✔ ✔ 

Personal and Social Developments 

60 Measures of Children's Mental Health and 

Psychological Wellbeing (MCH) 2–20 EY / P / S P G/I ✔ 

62 The Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (PI-ED) 8–16 P / S P I ✔ ✔ 

63 Emotional Literacy: Assessment and Intervention 7–16 P / S P/D I ✔ ✔ 

Thinking Skills 

64 Let's Think! Series 4–11 EY / P P G 

66 Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through the Arts 11–14 S P G 

Self Evaluation and School Improvement 

68 Schoolcentre 5–18 P / S D G 

69 Kirkland Rowell Surveys 5–18 P / S P/D G 

71 GO 4 Schools 5–18 P / S D G 

72 Professional Development Modules P / S D G

Diag- Monitoring Pupil Health & Guidance Instant Data Scoring & Evidence 

nostic Progress Potential Wellbeing Resources Reporting Inter- Reporting for School 

pretation Service Inspections 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ PiM/PiE/PASS 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ PiM/PiE/PASS 

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CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ GRT/YARC Primary and Secondary/BPVS3 

NGRT/BPVS3/YARC Primary/WellComm Toolkit/ 

✔ ✔ Dyslexia Portfolio 

✔ ✔ NGRT/Dyslexia Portfolio 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT 

✔ NGRT/YARC Primary and Secondary 

✔ PhAB 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Reading Now 

✔ DTWRP 

✔ 

✔ SRS 

WellComm Toolkit 

✔ Dyslexia Screener Digital/Dyslexia Portfolio 

NGRT 

✔ 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ BSTS 

✔ SWST 

✔ ✔ ✔ PIM3/4 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT/SENT-R 

✔ 

✔ 

✔ 

✔ 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT/MCH/Emotional Literacy/PI-ED 

✔ ✔ Dyslexia Portfolio/Dyslexia Guidance 

✔ Dyslexia Screener/Dyslexia Portfolio 

✔ ✔ Dyslexia Screener Digital/Dyslexia Guidance/ 

Wordchains/YARC Primary and Secondary 

✔ ✔ Dyscalculia Guidance 

✔ Dyscalculia Screener 

✔ ✔ ✔ NGRT/YARC Primary/Teaching Talking 

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✔ ✔ ✔ Emotional Literacy/PASS/PI-ED 

✔ ✔ ✔ MCH/PASS 

✔ ✔ ✔ MCH/PASS/PI-ED 

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ADDITIONAL SERVICES 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT data 

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CUSTOMISED ASSESSMENTS 

Customised Assessments 

Premium test design services that enable you to get 

exactly the information you want from your assessment 

programme. 

GL Assessment offers a Customised Assessment Service for schools, 

local authorities or a consortium of schools that are interested in the 

idea of developing their own customised tests in order to meet specific 

assessment criteria. 

Bespoke tests are available in the areas of verbal reasoning, non-verbal 

reasoning, mathematics and english. 

Our customised assessments are original tests that are created uniquely 

for a school, local authority or a consortium of schools to ensure the 

customer gets exactly what they want from their assessment 

programme. 

Why use Customised Assessments? 

Customised assessments are unique and specific to the needs and 

requirements of the school, LA or consortium. You can decide what you 

specifically need the assessment for and tailor it to your needs. The 

tests can be used for admission testing, targeted measurements, 

monitoring standards and for grouping and banding of pupils by 

ability/attainment 

Creating your own tests for your school or consortium allows you to 

decide: 

• When you need to use it 

• Which subjects you would like to assess 

• How many pupils you would like to assess 

• The format you would like the assessment to be in 

• Whether you would like to score it in house or use a scoring system 

The tests 

The unique tests are compiled from secure banks of questions which 

have been thoroughly trialled and validated in advance. Each question is 

rigorously controlled to ensure that each customised test is unique to 

the customer who has commissioned it for the duration of the testing 

programme. The test will not have been published previously, making it 

highly unlikely that children will have seen any of the questions before. 

As such, the reliability of information that the test produces is not going 

to be compromised by prior testing or coaching. For customers 

commissioning a bespoke test to inform decisions about intake, the test 

can be changed each year if necessary. 

When a customer commissions a test, we work closely with them to 

ensure that all their requirements are met. This involves careful 

consideration of style and level of questions, length of test, marking 

options, the quality of information it produces and, ultimately, verification 

that every aspect of the test is fit for purpose.

Additional Services 

To ease the administrative burden of the testing and scoring process, 

GL Assessment offers a range of additional options: 

Overprinting Services – This involves the printing of candidate name, 

date of birth and other details such as Pupil Registration Number or 

School Number on to the OMR (Optical Mark Registration) sheets. 

The benefits of this include shorter testing times, accurate readable 

information and it also speeds up the electronic scoring process. 

Administration Service – If schools require complete impartiality from 

the testing sessions, GL Assessment can arrange for experienced 

educationalists to administer the tests to groups on site. 

Registration Services – GL Assessment offers a hassle free online 

registration system that operates on our secure online testing platform, 

Testwise. This can help reduce the high levels of administration facing 

schools 

Scoring – To save time GL Assessment offers a quick and reliable 

scoring service that produces accurate results and reports within a 

maximum of 15 working days after receipt of tests. Results are sent 

electronically in Excel/ CSV and/or PDF format and so can be imported 

into your school’s Management Information System. Our scoring service 

guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking, 

interpretation, analysis and calculation of scores 

Data Interpretation Services – A range of data interpretation services 

are available. The most popular of which involves the analysis of test 

results against admission criteria that a school or authority has in place 

and the subsequent banding of results so that customers can see 

immediately which candidates have been successful in their application 

and which have not made selection. Information can be supplied as raw 

data or as a report. Data interpretation services are also available for 

customised tests such as target setting or evaluation effectiveness of 

literacy or numeracy initiatives. Data interpretation can help you identify 

information and embed it fully into ongoing teaching and learning 

practices. 

Standardisation – Customers can choose to have their results 

standardised. GL Assessment can organise the production of 

conversion tables based on your own local data, providing samples 

include at least 300 children. Local standardisation can have an 

advantage over national standardisation in that it is completely 

independent from the state run system, and that it allows local decisions 

to be made based on local results that are not influenced by national 

data. Results can also provide a much higher level of differentiation 

giving finer detail on where to set a cut-off point. In some cases, national 

standardisation may be more appropriate. 

For further information on our premium test design services or to 

arrange a visit from one of our consultants to discuss your 

customised testing requirements in more detail, please contact 

one of our consultants (see pages 4–5 for more details) 

Familiarisation materials 

Where tests are being used to aid decisions on admissions there 

is a strong argument that children should be provided with a 

good grounding in the format and type of questions they are 

likely to face before sitting the tests themselves. GL Assessment 

can supply different kinds of material for this purpose. 

There is a broad range of familiarisation materials, including the 

Official 11+ Practice Papers Series. 


quick guide 

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REASONING 

NEW! Cognitive Abilities Test: Fourth Edition (CAT4) 

David F Lohman and Pauline Smith 

Age Range: 

7 years–17+ years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Exam Officers and 

SENCOs 

Administration: 

Group 

Timed: 

45 minutes per test part 

2 hours 15 minutes in total 

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CAT4 WEBSITE 

Visit www.cat4support.com for 

additional information about 

CAT4, frequently asked 

questions, sample reports and 

videos/demonstrations of the 

assessment 

NEED MORE ADVICE? 

For help and advice or to 

arrange a no-obligation 

demonstration of CAT4, 

please call 0845 602 1937 

or send an email to 

info@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Published in September 2012, 

CAT4 is the fourth edition of 

GL Assessment’s Cognitive 

Abilities Test, the UK’s most 

widely used test of reasoning 

abilities. Fully standardised on 

25,000 UK pupils, the suite of 

tests has been developed to 

support schools in understanding 

pupils’ developed abilities and 

likely academic potential. Results 

from CAT can help in intervention, 

monitoring progress and setting 

targets for future attainment. 

Aimed at pupils between 7:06 to 

17+ years, the test is available in 

both paper and digital formats 

and can be administered 

individually or in a group setting. 

CAT4 assesses a pupil’s ability to 

reason with and manipulate 

different types of material, 

through a series of Verbal, Nonverbal, 

Quantitative and Spatial 

Ability tasks. Together, these four 

tests provide teachers with a 

comprehensive profile of a pupil’s 

reasoning abilities, and as such 

the core abilities related to 

learning. 

The resulting data can then be used to identify a pupil’s strengths, 

weaknesses and learning preferences, providing accurate and reliable 

information that is essential for personalised learning. The more we 

know about a pupil, the better position we should be in to offer a 

learning environment and ways of teaching and learning that allow 

pupils to maximise their potential. Information about a pupil’s reasoning 

ability will be key to many decisions and should be considered alongside 

attainment data and other factors known to impact on learning, such as 

attendance and attitude. 

CAT4 Age range for Target year group 

Level general England Scotland Northern 

population norms & Wales Ireland 

A 8:00 to 9:11 Y4 P5 Year 5 (P5) 

B 9:00 to 10:11 Y5 P6 Year 6 (P6) 

C 10:00 to 11:11 Y6 P7 Year 7 (P7) 

D 11:00 to 12:11 Y7 S1 Year 8 (F1) 

E 12:00 to 13:11 Y8 S2 Year 9 (F2) 

F 13:06 to 14:11 Y9 S3 & S4 Y10 & Y11 

G 15:00 to 17:11 Y11 & Y12 S5 & S6 Y11 & Y12


Why a fourth edition? 

While the premise of CAT has remained exactly the same, we have 

made some significant changes to the new edition based on the latest 

cognitive research and extensive customer feedback. 

A brand new suite of data rich reports 

One of the most exciting features of CAT4 is the development of a 

brand new suite of reports, offering richer and far more comprehensive 

assessment data. Users can now select from a range of eight new 

reports, including an enhanced Group report for teachers. The inclusion 

of more narrative in the 3 individual reports, makes them much easier to 

read and understand, supporting the interpretation of the data further. 

Designed with specific audiences in mind, the reports appear in a range 

of different formats from PowerPoint ® presentations for school 

leadership teams and governing bodies, to easy-to-understand reports 

for parents and pupils. These explain what the data means and how 

pupils can be supported in their learning, both at home and at school. 

A new structure with spatial ability at its heart 

As for the test itself, one of the main changes is an increased focus on 

spatial ability, with the introduction of a separate test. In CAT3, Nonverbal 

Reasoning and Spatial Ability were combined, however research 

has shown that by testing these abilities separately a more accurate 

assessment of a pupil’s potential is provided, allowing schools to report 

on these distinct abilities separately. 

The spatial test has been developed from research that has found pupils 

with high spatial ability may find it more difficult to learn during their 

school careers. This is because teaching, even in Science, Technology, 

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, has a strong verbal bias 

and pupils cannot play to their strengths even in subjects where spatial 

ability is required. 

Identifying and recognising pupils with high spatial ability is not only 

important for individual pupils but also for the economy; a workforce 

educated to a high level in the STEM subjects is key to economic 

success. 

Example question from CAT4 – Level D 

Example question from CAT4 – Level G 

REASONING 

Up-to-date normative data 

To ensure rigour, CAT4 was standardised on 25,000 Primary and 

Secondary School pupils in Autumn 2011. This extensive 

standardisation process means that teachers can be assured that CAT4 

provides them with accurate data about their pupils’ potential based on 

the performance of today’s pupils across the UK. 

Other improvements in CAT4 

In addition to the developments outlined above, the fourth edition of 

CAT gave the opportunity to incorporate a number of improvements 

which are listed below. 

• The overall time for CAT4 is shorter than that for CAT3, despite the 

inclusion of the new Spatial Ability test. This has been achieved by 

reducing the number of tests in each part from three to two. 

• A new Level G has been developed. This is set at an ‘above average’ 

ability to reflect the bias in usage of CAT4 in Years 11/S5 and 12/S6 

and Year 13 for Northern Ireland. 

• By carefully developing question and answer options, the items in 

Verbal Reasoning are more up-to-date and culturally universal. 

• The extent to which scoring on the Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning 

tests depends on past education has been reduced. This has been 

achieved by removing Sentence Completion and Equation Building, 

which necessitated reading comprehension skills and knowledge of 

mathematical conventions respectively. 

• Levels of the tests are now less tightly linked to the adjacent ages, to 

enable each level to be more accurately pitched at the midpoint of 

each age group’s ability range. 

CAT4 WEBSITE 

Visit www.cat4support.com for additional information about CAT4, 

frequently asked questions, sample reports and videos/ 

demonstrations of the assessment. 

Find your Area Consultant on pages 4–5 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk 

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Why use CAT4? 

• CAT4 identifies a pupil’s strengths, weaknesses and learning 

preferences, providing accurate and reliable information that is 

essential for personalised learning. 

• CAT4 is unique in the way it can ‘unlock potential’ – that is, identify a 

pupil with high level ability who may have been overlooked or who is 

in danger of underachieving. 

• A new Spatial Ability test has been developed building on the latest 

research which confirms the importance of assessing pupils’ spatial 

ability in order to develop and support spatial skills which are so 

important across the curriculum and the basis for success in STEM 

subjects and careers 

• Results from CAT can help in intervention, monitoring progress and 

setting targets for future attainment. 

• A brand new suite of easy-to-understand reports offer richer and far 

more comprehensive assessment data. 

• Different reports are available for teachers, senior leaders, parents 

and pupils in a number of formats. 

• CAT4 has been newly standardised to provide accurate, up-to-date 

data. 

• It can be used to inform appropriate target-setting, with indicators of 

attainment provided at KS2, KS3 and KS4, AS/A Level, Scottish 

Standard Grade and Intermediate Levels 1 and 2. 

And CAT4 Digital? 

• CAT4 Digital removes the burden of test administration, as all 

practice, instructions and timings are computer-administered. 

• Instant scoring gives teachers results at the touch of a button 

• Accurate and reliable reports are delivered straight to a teacher's 

desktop, enabling results to be analysed with ease and integrated 

with other school information, better informing target-setting at both 

individual and group level. 

• Computer-based assessment often feels less daunting for pupils and 

fast feedback is proven to be more motivating. 

• Schools moving from paper to digital assessments can be assured of 

full continuity of data. 

CAT4 Scoring & Reporting 

Example from CAT4 Summary Report for Senior Leaders – Level D 

As previously mentioned one of the most exiting features of CAT4 is the 

development of a brand new suite of reports. Following extensive 

market research and customer feedback on CAT3, these new reports 

are not only tailored to specific audiences but offer richer and far more 

comprehensive assessment data. 

Users of both the paper and digital editions of CAT4 will automatically 

receive a Group report for teachers as part of GL Assessment’s Scoring 

and Analysis Service and through Testwise (please note that CAT4 

paper users must subscribe to the Scoring and Analysis Service as 

CAT4 is no longer available for hand scoring). The user-friendly Group 

report for teachers provides a group level analysis of the selected group 

or cohort of pupils and is a much richer and more comprehensive report 

than the current CAT3 Group report. In addition, users can also choose 

from a range of seven additional reports, which can be purchased 

separately from as little as £1.99 per pupil. 

The inclusion of much more narrative makes the reports much easier to 

read and understand, supporting the interpretation of the data further. 

Designed with specific audiences in mind, the reports appear in a range 

of different formats from PowerPoint ® presentations for school senior 

leadership teams and governing bodies, to easy-to-understand reports 

for parents and pupils. These explain what the data means and how 

pupils can be supported in their learning, both at home and at school. 

Users of both the CAT4 paper and digital editions will automatically 

receive: 

• CAT4 Group report for teachers 

In addition, users will be able to choose from a range of seven additional 

reports, which can be purchased separately: 

• CAT4 Individual report for teachers 

• CAT4 Individual report for students 

• CAT4 Individual report for parents 

• CAT4 Summary report for senior 

leaders 

• CAT4 Summary presentation for 

senior leaders (this is in 

PowerPoint® format) 

• CAT4 Excel report 

• CAT4 Cluster report. 

Example from CAT4 Group Report for Teachers – Level D


Cognitive Abilities Test Attitudinal Survey (CATAS) 

To coincide with the launch of CAT4, GL Assessment has collaborated 

with the highly respected Centre for Successful Schools, Keele 

University, to create an attitudinal survey that may be used alongside 

CAT4 Levels D, E or F measures attitudes to different aspects of school 

life, offering an effective way of finding out what Y7–Y9 (S1–S3) pupils 

think. If administered year-on-year CATAS can be used to monitor 

trends and changes in pupils’ attitudes and how these reflect and 

respond to school initiatives. 

Available as a paper or digital survey, CATAS has been developed in 

response to the need for schools to collect, analyse and evaluate 

evidence of pupils’ views and perceptions about the quality of their 

school’s provision. 

Contents: The CAT4 Teachers Guide Pack contains: Administration Information, 

Scoring & Reporting details and Technical Information. Student Books and Answer 

Sheets are purchased separately 

Prices 

CAT4 Paper 

CAT4 Student Booklet 

*+VAT 

Level A 978 07087 20912/GLA500 £7.95 

Level B 978 07087 20929/GLA500 £7.95 

Level C 978 07087 20936/GLA500 £7.95 

Level D 978 07087 20943/GLA500 £7.95 

Level E 978 07087 20950/GLA500 £7.95 

Level F 978 07087 20967/GLA500 £7.95 

Level G 978 07087 20974/GLA500 £7.95 

CAT4 OMR Answer Sheets (Pack of 10 plus Group Header Sheet) 

Level A 978 07087 20998/GLA500 £12.99* 

Level B 978 07087 21001/GLA500 £12.99* 

Level C 978 07087 21018/GLA500 £12.99* 

Level D 978 07087 21025/GLA500 £12.99* 

Level E 978 07087 21032/GLA500 £12.99* 

Level F 978 07087 21049/GLA500 £12.99* 

Level G 978 07087 21056/GLA500 £12.99* 

CAT4 Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 21063/GLA500 £60.00 

CAT4 Evaluation Pack Primary 978 07087 21070/GLA500 £23.85 

CAT4 Evaluation Pack Secondary 978 07087 21087/GLA500 £31.80 

CAT4 Digital – Individual Administration (minimum order of 10 

administrations are required) 








REASONING 

The addition of this short survey offers a time-efficient and effective way 

of finding out what pupils think. The resulting data can then be 

considered and evaluated alongside data on their abilities, as evidenced 

by CAT4. From this an enhanced picture of each individual can be built, 

enabling teachers to focus more on pupils’ needs and personalise 

pupils’ learning further. 

For schools requiring a more in-depth and detailed psychometric 

audit for pupils aged 4 -18 years, or for those looking for a 

reliable means of identifying and tackling low attainment, 

behavioural issues and poor attendance, our Pupil Attitudes to 

Self and School (PASS) provides the perfect solution. See pages 

50–52 for further details. 

NEED MORE ADVICE? 

For help and advice or to arrange a no-obligation demonstration of 

CAT4 or CATAS, please call 0845 602 1937 or send an email to 

info@gl-assessment.co.uk. 

CAT4 Scoring Service (including the Group report for teachers) 








CAT4 Overprinting Service 

Additional CAT4 Reports 

978 07087 21346/GLA500 £0.90* 

Summary report for senior leaders 

Summary presentation for senior 


leaders 978 07087 21209/GLA500 £49.00* 

Individual report for teachers 978 07087 21216/GLA500 £1.99* 

Individual report for parents 978 07087 21223/GLA500 £1.99* 

Individual report for students 978 07087 21230/GLA500 £1.99* 

Excel report 978 07087 21247/GLA500 £99.00* 

Cluster report 

CATAS Digital 


Individual Administrations (minimum order of 10) 



Level F 

CATAS Paper 

Pupil Booklets (pack of 10) 


Inclusive of Scoring Level D 978 07087 20400/GLA500 £13.50* 

Inclusive of Scoring Level E 978 07087 20417/GLA500 £13.50* 

Inclusive of Scoring Level F 978 07087 20424/GLA500 £13.50* 

CATAS Annual Licences are also available 



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Cognitive Abilities Test: Third Edition (CAT3) 

David F Lohman, Elizabeth P Hagen and Robert L Thorndike; adapted by GL Assessment 

Age Range: 

7 years–17+ years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Exam Officers and 

SENCOs 


Group 

Timed: 

50 minutes per test battery 

� � 

Also Available: 

Pupil Attitudes to Self and 

School (PASS). Integrating your 

CAT3 results with the attitudinal 

results from PASS will provide you 

with a comprehensive 

understanding of a pupil’s overall 

ability. See pages 50–52 

Why use CAT3? 

• Provides indicators of outcomes at Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, 30 GCSEs, 

19 AS/A level subject indicators and Scottish Standard Grades 3 Int 1 

and 5 Int 2 

• Identifies a pupil’s individual strengths, needs and learning preferences, 

providing you with a complete profile of their ability 

• Monitors trends or changes in the ability profile of an intake over time, 

allowing you to measure the added value that your school achieves 

• Standardised scores allow you to compare your pupils’ results along 

with group/class comparisons 

• Informs target-setting, the development of individual learning plans and 

aids the implementation of more timely intervention strategies 

• Provides a sound basis for comparisons over time 

CAT3 Level Age Group England & Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 

A 7:06 to 9:11 Year 4 Primary 5 Year 5 (P5) 

B 8:06 to 10:11 Year 5 Primary 6 Year 6 (P6) 

C 9:06 to 11:11 Year 6 Primary 7 Year 7 (P7) 

D 10:06 to 12:11 Year 7 Secondary 1 Year 8 (F1) 

E 11:06 to 13:11 Year 8 Secondary 2 Year 9 (F2) 

F 12:06 to 14:11 Year 9 Secondary 3 Year 10 (F3) 

G 13:06 to 15:11 Year 10 Secondary 4 Year 11 (F4) 

H 14:06 to 17:00+ Year 11 + Secondary 5+ Year 12 (F5)+ 

The Cognitive Abilities Test: Third Edition (CAT3) is the UK’s most widely 

used test of reasoning abilities. Fully standardised, it helps identify 

pupils’ strengths, weaknesses and learning preferences, providing 

accurate, reliable and objective assessment data that is essential to the 

shaping of an individual’s learning. CAT3 is not about knowledge recall 

and requires no preparation, offering all pupils the same opportunity to 

show their underlying ability. Aimed at pupils between 7 years and 6 

months to 17+ years, CAT3 is available in both paper and digital formats 

and can be administered individually or as a group test. 

CAT3 measures the three principle areas of reasoning – verbal, nonverbal 

and quantitative – as well as an element of spatial ability, allowing 

teachers and SENCOs to test the full range within an entire class or 

year. 

Rich data provided by CAT3 gives a comprehensive profile of pupils’ 

reasoning abilities, producing standardised scores for each of the three 

abilities. This data can be used to build an understanding of an 

individual’s potential and learning style and to inform the development of 

effective teaching and learning programmes and interventions. Pupils 

will benefit through more effective target-setting that ensures the right 

degree of challenge. The CAT3 results are also invaluable for providing 

feedback directly to pupils and their parents, as well as governors and 

school administrators. 

. . . and CAT3 Digital? 

Did you know? 

Over 50% of 

secondary schools in 

the UK take CAT3 

every year! For many, 

it has proved a robust 

and reliable 

alternative for KS3 

National Tests 

Suitable for use in 

implementing the 

Curriculum for 

Excellence 

• CAT3 Digital removes the burden of test administration, as all 

practice, instructions and timings are computer-administered 

• Instant scoring gives you results at the touch of a button, saving you 

hours of marking time 

• Instant diagnostic reports are delivered straight to your desktop, 

enabling you to analyse results with ease and integrate them with 

other school information 

• Computer-based assessment often feels less daunting for pupils and 

fast feedback is proven to be more motivating

a complete approach 

Each question has a sentence with one word left out. Look at the answer choices 

and choose the word that completes the sentence. Look at the example. 

A sudden gust of _________ knocked over our picnic table. 

Answer Options: sun water light wind heat 

Pupils are required to select the one word from the five options presented that 

sensibly fills a gap in the sentence. 

CAT3 in our portfolio 

Assessment is at the heart of understanding each pupil’s potential 

and making informed decisions. CAT3 can be particularly powerful 

when used with a range of other evidence, such as assessments in 

core skills to identify a child’s potential and to inform targeted 

intervention strategies. 

CAT3 data provides a comprehensive profile of a pupil’s ability. 

Combined with data from Progress in Maths (page 44) and 

Progress in English (pages 32–33), ability can be compared with 

attainment to identify anomalies and provide additional insights into a 

child’s learning. 

CAT3, combined with our Pupil Attitudes to Self and School 

(PASS) (pages 50–52) attitudinal survey, can provide a complete 

picture of a pupil’s ability and attitudes. By providing a highly reliable 

measurement of nine core attitudinal factors, PASS answers many of 

the questions raised when there are discrepancies between 

attainment and CAT3 scores. 

Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital 

demo – www.gl-assessment.co.uk/cat 

CAT3 Assessment Overview Available 

The CAT3 Assessment Overview gives you a clear synopsis of each test, 

details how the assessment can be used along with a selection of sample 

questions and reports. 

Why not book a free no obligation appointment with one of 

our consultants to discuss our range of CAT products and 

services. Call 0845 602 1937 now! 

Example questions from CAT3 Verbal Reasoning – Level A (7:06 to 9:11 years) 

REASONING 

Contents: Teacher Guide Packs for CAT3 Paper comprise: Administration Manual, 

Technical Manual, Pupil Booklets (one for each level) and a sample Answer Sheet 

Prices 

CAT3 Paper 

*+VAT 

Teacher Guide Pack Levels A–D 978 07087 11101/GLA500 £51.50 

Teacher Guide Pack Levels C–F 978 07087 11118/GLA500 £51.50 

Teacher Guide Pack Levels G–H 978 07087 11361/GLA500 £51.50 

Pupil Booklet A 978 07087 11149/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet B 978 07087 11156/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet C 978 07087 11125/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet D 978 07087 11132/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet E 978 07087 11163/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet F 978 07087 11170/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet G 978 14060 52145/GLA500 £7.95 

Pupil Booklet H 978 14060 52152/GLA500 £7.95 

Answer Sheet A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11187/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11194/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet C (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11200/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet D (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11217/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet E (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11224/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet F (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11231/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet G (Pack of 10) 978 14060 52169/GLA500 £12.05* 

Answer Sheet H (Pack of 10) 978 14060 52176/GLA500 £12.05* 

Administration Manual A–F 978 07087 11248/GLA500 £40.00 

Administration Manual G–H 978 14060 52190/GLA500 £40.00 

Technical Manual A–H 978 07087 11255/GLA500 £40.00 

CAT3 Assessment Overview GLA203 F.O.C 

Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment 

packages. See pages 4–5 for details. 

See page 17–18 for prices on our CAT3 Interpretation & Analysis services 


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CAT3 Digital 

Offering the same validity and robustness as its paper-based equivalent, 

CAT3 Digital gives teachers and pupils faster results, a more motivating 

test experience and greater flexibility in administering the tests. 

Powered by GL Assessment’s unique online assessment platform, 

Testwise, CAT3 Digital is easy to use for pupils and teachers alike. 

Automatic scoring means that results are delivered at the touch of a 

button, significantly reducing teacher workload. Detailed reports can be 

created instantly and delivered straight to teachers’ desktops, providing 

them with more time to review the reports and take appropriate action. 

Reports are available as PDF and Excel files and results can be 

exported directly into a School’s Information System. 

“Students’ CAT3 scores are an essential part of getting the 

target-setting process right as they provide us with a wealth of 

information on each child’s individual strengths and 

weaknesses.” 

Des Deehan, Head Teacher, Weald of Kent Grammar 

CAT Digital Non-verbal Reasoning: Figure Analysis Q2 of 18 

Level D (10:06 – 12:11 years) 

Prices 

CAT3 Digital 

Individual Administration Minimum order of 10 administrations required 

*+VAT 








Level H 978 07087 13730/GLA500 £7.50* 



See pages 17–18 for prices on our CAT3 Interpretation & Analysis services 

CAT3 Scoring & Reporting Service 

Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with our 

CAT3 Scoring & Reporting Service. CAT3 scores are bought to life 

through a wide variety of reports, enabling teachers, SENCOs and other 

educational professionals to build a comprehensive picture of a pupil 

and his or her learning needs. Traditionally, these services have been 

administered by post. However, our recently launched Testwise 

Reporting System (TRS) has transformed them into a fully functional 

online service, reducing the turnaround time for reports even further and 

enabling easy ordering of additional reports. Data files and even PDF 

reports of pupils’ profiles can also be imported directly into your School 

Information System, giving teachers and school management teams 

immediate and easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test 

scores. 

Why use CAT3 Scoring & Reporting Service? 

• It makes analysis simpler, quicker and more focused 

• Guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking, 

interpretation and calculation of scores 

• Delivers scores and reports within a maximum of 15 working days after 

receipt, ensuring there is no long wait before the assessment data can 

be fed back into the classroom 

• Stores your data on a secure system 

• Makes it possible to log in to the system at 

any time to check the status of your order 




Excellence 

Prices 

CAT3 Scoring & Reporting Service 

Standard Scoring Service 

*+VAT 

Level A Answer Sheet 978 14060 51957/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level B Answer Sheet 978 14060 51964/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level C Answer Sheet 978 14060 51971/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level D Answer Sheet 978 14060 51988/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level E Answer Sheet 978 14060 51995/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level F Answer Sheet 978 14060 52008/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level G Answer Sheet 978 14060 52015/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Level H Answer Sheet 

Optional Extras 

978 14060 52022/GLA500 £2.11 per test* 

Summary of Results by Merit 978 14060 52039/GLA500 52p per test* 

Summary of Results by Gender 978 14060 52046/GLA500 52p per test* 

Summary of Subtest Results 

Cognitive Strengths and 

978 14060 52053/GLA500 52p per test* 

Weaknesses Profile 978 14060 60355/GLA500 52p per test* 

Key Stage 2 Indicators 978 14060 52060/GLA500 52p per test* 

Key Stage 3 Indicators 978 14060 52077/GLA500 52p per test* 

GCSE Indicators 978 14060 52084/GLA500 52p per test* 

Standard Grade Indicators 978 14060 52114/GLA500 52p per test* 

AS/A Level Indicators 978 14060 52138/GLA500 52p per test* 

School Results Data 978 14060 52091/GLA500 £99.00* 

LA Results Data 978 14060 52107/GLA500 £175.00* 

Overprinting Service 978 14060 52121/GLA500 90p per test*

CAT Interpretation & Analysis 

Services 

For users of Cognitive Abilities Test 3 (CAT3), GL Assessment has 

developed a series of CAT3 Interpretation & Analysis Services, a flexible 

support programme to help schools maximise their use of CAT data in 

their learning and teaching. 

To enable customers to choose a level of support that best suits their 

own specific requirements, three different kinds of service are available: 

• CAT3 Workshop 

• CAT3 Strategic Report 

• CAT3 Consultancy Service. 

All services are delivered by accredited facilitators who offer extensive 

experience at senior leadership level and have worked with schools on 

the use of data to inform school improvement and review. They are also 

well practised in the use of CAT. 

A range of Interpretation & Analysis Services are also available for the 

new CAT4 (pages 10–13) – more information overleaf. 

Why use CAT Interpretation & Analysis 

Services? 

• They help schools gain full benefit from the powerful assessment 

contained within CAT. 

• Schools are in a better position to embed fully the power of CAT 

predictions into teaching and learning. 

• Results can help identify and meet the learning needs of every pupil. 

• They provide an objective view of your school’s progress towards 

improvement goals and enable schools to more easily address whole 

school strategic planning. 

• All CAT Interpretation & Analysis Services carry the ISO quality 

management standard. In addition, our ISO 27001 accreditation 

means that your data is safe with us. 

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CAT Interpretation & Analysis 

Services 

CAT3 Workshop 

Designed for up to 15 participants and especially suited to school 

clusters, federations and academy chains, our CAT3 Workshop builds 

the capacity of participants and schools to fully understand and 

interrogate their CAT3 data. 

It is aimed at participants who are already familiar with the 

administration of CAT3, but are looking for a deeper insight into the 

interpretation and analysis of the data. The workshop is carried out on a 

school’s own premises. 

Ideal for use at an INSET day or as a twilight session, the workshop 

provides a thorough examination of sample sets of CAT3 data and 

reports. Participants will also benefit from explanations of statistical 

terminology and clarification on who should receive your CAT3 data, 

when and for what purpose. The benefits of using CAT3 alongside other 

standardised datasets are also explored (e.g. Fischer Family Trust (FFT) 

data). 

£ 

£ 

Half-day: £595 + VAT 

Full-day: £895 + VAT 

Maximum of 15 participants per workshop. 

CAT3 Strategic Report 

The CAT3 Strategic Report is a time efficient and cost effective 

summary of your school’s existing CAT3 data for a specific level and/or 

year group. Written as a school-specific report, it summarises the main 

points and key questions highlighted by the data, providing you with a 

wealth of valuable information that can be used more strategically to 

inform decisions at individual and school level. As such, it saves you 

considerable time, removing the burden of analysing reams of pupil 

data. 

The comprehensive report provides a clear focus on the implications for 

learning and teaching, based on exemplar pupil profiles, alongside a 

narrative summary of all group reports. 

£ 

£2.05 + VAT per pupil 

(Subject to a minimum price of £50 and a maximum of £295) 

Gender and test battery 

analysis for CAT Level D 

CAT3 Consultancy Service 

Available together with the CAT3 Strategic Report or to schools that 

have previously received a CAT3 Strategic Report, our CAT3 

Consultancy Service is the ideal choice for schools looking for an even 

deeper and more strategic level of analysis than is possible through the 

CAT3 Workshop. 

As part of the service, your school is partnered with a skilled and 

experienced facilitator who works closely with the School Leadership 

Team (SLT) to analyse in detail the priorities, strategies and processes 

that address the key questions arising from the CAT3 Strategic Report, 

taking into account other school-specific information. 

In addition to a half-day meeting with the SLT, schools receive a final 

enhanced school-specific summary identifying the key questions and 

plans for improvement agreed at the visit. 

£ 

£695 + VAT 

(If combined with the CAT Strategic Report, up to £200 spent on 

the report can be offset against the CAT Consultancy Service) 

Interpretation & Analysis Services for CAT4 

GL Assessment also offers comprehensive Interpretation & Analysis 

Services for the brand new CAT4 (pages 10–13). Throughout the 

2012/13 academic year, customers can choose between the CAT4 

Workshop and CAT4 Consultancy Service. Like its CAT3 equivalent, the 

CAT4 Consultancy Service involves partnership with a skilled facilitator 

who, together with the SLT, examines a school’s CAT4 reports, focusing 

on the strategic implications for school improvement and helping to 

identify and prioritise next steps. For the CAT4 Consultancy Service, a 

Strategic Report is currently not required. 

For further information, please contact us: 

T: 0845 602 1937 E: pds@gl-assessment.co.uk 

Professional Development Modules 

In addition to our CAT Interpretation & Analysis Services, we also offer 

63 Professional Development Modules (pages 72–73), including four 

modules that help schools get more from their CAT data. These 

modules are provided by GL Performance, our school improvement 

division, and are available for both CAT3 and CAT4. 

While the remaining 59 modules do not focus on CAT specifically, many 

of these may come into consideration for schools as a ‘next step’ in the 

continual drive for school improvement on the back of the findings from 

the CAT Consultancy Service. 

Go online for a detailed overview of all modules – 

www.gl-performance.co.uk/pds

Further Education Reasoning Test 

Digital 

David F Lohman, Elizabeth P Hagen and Robert L Thorndike 


Age Range: 

16+ Years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Lecturers, 

Tutors and SENCOs 


Group or Individual 

Timed: 

80 minutes 

Group summary of 

strengths/weaknesses profile and 

Individual student profile 

The Further Education Reasoning Test Digital (FERT Digital) is a 

computer based standardised assessment that measures key cognitive 

abilities and can be used to identify student potential and learning styles. 

The test measures the three principal forms of reasoning – verbal, non 

verbal and quantitative, allowing the pupil to be tested on the full range 

of abilities in a single session 

It is designed to assess the potential of students who are entering, or 

are in sixth form, further or higher education colleges. The results give 

an indication of how students assimilate new information and highlight 

their thinking skills above and beyond their formal literacy and 

mathematical abilities. 

Why use FERT? 

• Standardised scores allows you to compare your pupils’ results with 

the national average 

• It provides a diagnostic profile of relative cognitive strengths and 

weaknesses 

• It is ideal for assessing the abilities of students with English as an 

additional language or dyslexia 

• Group feedback on visual-verbal preferences is given 

• Digital testing removes the burden of test administration, as all 

practice, instructions and timings are computer administered in a 

single test session 

• Instant scoring and reporting gives you results at the touch of a 

button 

Prices *+VAT 

Individual Administration 978 07087 17769/GLA500 £5.50 

Set of 10 Administrations 978 14060 70644/GLA500 £55.00* 

Reasoning 5-7 Test Series 

Pauline Smith and Crescentius Fernandes 


Age Range: 

4 years – 8 years 

Suitable for: 

SENCOs and teachers 


Group 

Timed: 

30 -40 minutes 

REASONING 

The Reasoning 5-7 Test Series is 

an effective way of assessing 

both verbal and non-verbal 

reasoning in primary school 

pupils. It helps to assess their 

future potential and acts as a 

reliable baseline test to inform 

teachers about the cognitive 

abilities of their pupils. It is a 

standardised assessment series 

that tests pupils’ facility with 

language and content-free visual 

information to measure their wider 

reasoning ability. 

Reasoning 5-7 doesn’t require any reading by the pupils, with the verbal 

section comprising orally-administered questions and pictorial response 

options. Non-Verbal Reasoning 6 and 7 also involve no reading and 

provide insight into the abilities of those who struggle with reading, who 

seem to lack motivation, or who have English as an additional language. 

The results give an indication of how pupils assimilate new information, and 

highlight their skills in verbal thinking above and beyond their formal literacy 

abilities. They also highlight pupils’ abilities to acquire new concepts and 

information that may not be evident from their usual class work. 

Why use Reasoning 5-7 

• Acts as a baseline test for reasoning abilities 

• Identifies potential in all pupils, including EAL pupils 

• Provides a measure of pupils’ potential to learn across the curriculum 

• Feeds perfectly into other GL Assessment’s Verbal and Non-Verbal 

Reasoning tests for pupils aged 8–14 

Contents: Teacher Guide Packs contain: Teacher’s Guide and At-a-Glance Guide. 

Sample Pupil Booklets are available to download from www.gl-assessment.co.uk 

Prices *+VAT 

Teacher Guide Pack 5 978 07087 16328/GLA500 £21.75 



Pupil Booklet 5 (Pack of 10) 978 07087 16359/GLA500 £17.50* 

Pupil Booklet 6 (Pack of 10) 978 07087 16373/GLA500 £17.50* 

Pupil Booklet 7 (pack of 10) 978 07087 16397/GLA500 £17.50* 



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REASONING 

Verbal Reasoning 

Neil Hagues and Denise Courtenay 

Age Range: 

8–13 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers and SENCOs 



Timed: 

40–50 minutes 

� � 

NB: Combine Verbal Reasoning 

and Non-Verbal Reasoning to 

provide a baseline test for 

reasoning ability 

Available in both paper and digital formats Verbal Reasoning is suitable 

for pupils aged 8 to 13 years and can be administered individually or in 

a group setting. These standardised tests measure a pupil’s ability to 

engage with the language medium in order to identify their wider 

reasoning ability and potential. 

Verbal Reasoning highlights pupils’ skills in verbal thinking above and 

beyond their formal literacy abilities and can be used alone or as part of 

a wider assessment programme. The results provide teachers and 

SENCOs with an indication of how a pupil assimilates new information 

that may not be evident from their usual class work. 

The series covers various types of questions, testing vocabulary, verbal 

analogies, logical reasoning, symbol manipulation using letters, numbers 

and words in sentences. 

Verbal Reasoning Digital offers the same quality, rigour and reliability as 

its paper-based equivalent, with the added benefit of automatic scoring, 

a more motivating test experience and instant diagnostic reports 

Practice item from Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 

delivered at the touch of a button. 

The diagnostic reports illustrate 

information such as: 

• Pupils’ results by Standard Age 

Score 

• Comparison of group with 

national scores 

• Comparison of pupil results by 

criteria including gender, 

ethnicity and free school meals 

• Key Stage 2 and 3 National 

Curriculum Level Indicators


Why use Verbal Reasoning? 

• The assessment highlights pupils’ skills in verbal thinking above and 

beyond their formal literacy skills 

• You will obtain a measure of your pupils’ potential to learn across the 

curriculum using the English language 

• You will be able to compare your pupils’ results with the national 

average through the identification of Standard Age Scores 

• Results can be used to aid individual target-setting and learning 

programmes 

• End of Key Stage 2 and 3 indicators are available 

. . . and Verbal Reasoning Digital? 

• Digital testing removes the burden of test administration, as all practice, 

instructions and timings are computer-administered 




enabling you to analyse results with ease and integrate them with other 

school data sets 

• Computer-based assessment often feels more relevant and less 

daunting for pupils and fast feedback is proven to be more motivating 

The Online Marking Tool 

Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for Verbal 

Reasoning, offering a higher level of accuracy than scoring by 

hand and reducing marking time significantly. A range of basic 

reports are produced along with the option of requesting further 

reports and data files at an additional cost. Please call 

0845 602 1937 for further information. 

Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal 

Reasoning in our portfolio 

Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning can be used as an 

alternative to the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 10–18), 

particularly for those wanting a slimmer and shorter battery to 

measure a pupil’s ability. The reasoning tests are ideal for use with 

primary children of who may find the three CAT test batteries too 

long. 

Go online to view sample reports and a digital demo – 

www.gl-assessment.co.uk/vrdigital 

Item from Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 

REASONING 



/vrsamples 

Prices 

Verbal Reasoning Paper 

*+VAT 

Teacher Guide Pack 8 & 9 978 07087 16793/GLA500 £21.75 


Teacher Guide Pack 12 & 13 

Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10) 

978 07087 16816/GLA500 £21.75 

Pupil Booklet 8 & 9 978 07087 12047/GLA500 £17.50* 


Pupil Booklet 12 & 13 

Verbal Reasoning Digital 

Individual licences 


Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 978 07087 19442/GLA500 £3.60* 

Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19459/GLA500 £3.60* 

Verbal Reasoning 12 & 13 Digital 

Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital & 


Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 



Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19428/GLA500 


£6.20* 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 12–14 Digital 978 07087 19435/GLA500 £6.20* 

Minimum order of 10 administrations required 

Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75090/GLA500 £80.00* 





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REASONING 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 

Pauline Smith and Neil Hagues 

Age Range: 

8–14 years 

Suitable for: 




Timed: 


� � 

NB: Combine Non-Verbal 

Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning 

to provide a baseline test for 

reasoning ability 

Available in both paper and digital formats 

Non-Verbal Reasoning is suitable for pupils 

aged 8 to 14 years and can be administered 

individually or in a group setting. These 

standardised tests measure a pupil’s ability to 

engage with context-free visual information in order to identify their 

wider reasoning ability and potential. 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 8–14 involves no reading, so can provide insight 

into the abilities of pupils who think more easily in images than words 

and those who have limited reading skills, for example dyslexics, poorly 

motivated pupils who haven’t learned to read, or those who speak 

English as an Additional Language (EAL). 

These standardised assessments offer a reliable indication of how easily 

a pupil may acquire new concepts in a wide range of subjects including 

Maths, Science and Design and Technology. A short practice test 

ensures that all pupils understand what is expected of them before they 

start the test. 

Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital offers the same quality, rigour and 

reliability as its paper-based equivalent, with the added benefit of 

automatic scoring, a more motivating test experience and instant 

diagnostic reports delivered at the touch of a button. The diagnostic 

reports illustrate information such as: 

• Pupils’ results by Standard Age Score 

• Comparison of group with national scores 

• Comparison of pupil results by criteria including gender, 

ethnicity and free school meals 

• Key Stage 1 and 2 National Curriculum Level Indicators 

Practice item from 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 

The Online Marking 

Tool 

Our brand new Online Marking 

Tool (OMT) is available for Non- 

Verbal Reasoning, offering a higher 

level of accuracy than scoring by 

hand and reducing marking time 

significantly. A range of basic 

reports are produced along with 

the option of requesting further 

reports and data files at an 

additional cost. Please call 0845 

602 1937 for further information.


Why use Non-Verbal Reasoning? 

• Non-Verbal Reasoning is ideal for helping you assess the abilities of 

dyslexic pupils or others who are stronger at thinking via the visual 

medium, particularly as it involves no reading 

• Identifies the potential in all pupils as the assessment is word-free and 

non-culturally specific, and therefore not biased towards any social, 

cultural or linguistic group 

• You will be able to compare your pupils’ results with the national 

average through the identification of Standard Age Scores 

• It is suitable for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) 

. . . and the digital versions? 

• Digital testing removes the burden of test administration, as all practice, 

instructions and timings are computer-administered 




enabling you to analyse results with ease and integrate them with other 



daunting for pupils and fast feedback is proven to be more motivating 

Non-Verbal Reasoning and Verbal 

Reasoning in our portfolio 

Non-Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning can be used as an 

alternative to the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 10–18), 

particularly for those wanting a slimmer and shorter battery to 

measure a pupil’s ability. The reasoning tests are ideal for use with 

primary children of who may find the three CAT test batteries too long. 


www.gl-assessment.co.uk/nvrdigital 

Spatial Reasoning 

Spatial Reasoning is still available to purchase. The standardised 

assessment series for pupils aged 6-14 tests a pupil’s ability to visualise 

shapes and patterns and to think in three dimensions. The assessment 

helps identify pupils with a visual thinking bias who may find words a 

barrier to realising their potential. Visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk/ 

spatialreasoning for further details. 

Item from Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 

REASONING 



/nvrsamples 

Prices 

Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 

*+VAT 



Teacher Guide Pack 12–14 





Pupil Booklet 12–14 

Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital 

Individual licences 


Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 978 07087 19381/GLA500 £3.60* 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19398/GLA500 £3.60* 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 12–14 Digital 



Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 



Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19428/GLA500 


£6.20* 

Non-Verbal Reasoning 12–14 Digital 978 07087 19435/GLA500 £6.25* 


Spatial Reasoning 




Teacher Guide Pack 12–14 






Pupil Booklet 12–14 978 07087 11972/GLA500 £16.00* 






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New Group Reading Test 

Bethan Burge, Ben Styles, Bernadetta Bizyska, Louise Cooper, Yarim Shamsan, Fancesca Saltini 

and Liz Twist. National Foundation for Educational Research 

Age Range: 

6–16 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Literacy Co-ordinators, 

SENCOs and Educational 

Psychologists 


Group 

Timed: 



York Assessment of Reading for 

Comprehension: Passage 

Reading Primary and Secondary 

See pages 28–31 and British 

Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third 

Edition See page 34 

The New Group Reading Test (NGRT) is the third 

edition of the best selling Group Reading Test, 

developed by GL Assessment and the National 

Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). 

NGRT is an ideal screening/monitoring test for groups 

of pupils. It enables the assessment of reading and 

comprehension in a single test, helping to identify, for 

instance, competent readers with weak 

comprehension skills who would benefit from a followup 

individual assessment and learning support. 

Easy to score and administer, NGRT measures how a 

pupil is performing compared to their peers at national 

level. The addition of two new equivalent form tests for 

pupils aged 14 to 16 years means that, NGRT is now suitable for use with GCE/GCSE 

pupils, enabling progress to be tracked across the primary and secondary stages. 




Excellence 

Why use NGRT? 

• NGRT is the reading assessment of choice for many as it allows the 

assessment of reading and comprehension in a single test, whilst 

providing a wealth of diagnostic information 

• NGRT will provide you with comprehensive overview of a pupil’s 

reading and comprehension ability whilst identifying areas where they 

may be experiencing difficulties, to better inform target-setting 

• You will be provided with overall scores broken down into separate 

scale scores, showing how sentence completion scores compare to 

those for comprehension, allowing for the implementation of better 

intervention strategies 

• The assessment is an ideal tool for monitoring progress over time and 

facilitates the evaluation of teaching methods 

• It is an ideal as a group screening test to identify those pupils who need 

to be assessed individually by a specialist for Access Arrangements 

• You will receive standard age, age equivalent scores and National 

Curriculum Levels for reading 

NGRT Year group Standardised Scores 

Test England & Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Years:Months 

Test 1 Year 1 P2 P2 5:00 – 7:03 

Test 2A/2B Years 2–4 P3–5 P3–5 6:00 – 10:05 

Test 3A/3B Years 5–8 P6–7 P6–7 9:00 – 14:05 

S1–2 Years 8–9 

Test 4A/4B Years 9–11 S3–5 Years 10–12 13:00 – 17:05 

Please Note – it is an offence to photocopy our 

Answer Sheets (except where stated). 

All our material is protected by copyright.


New Group Reading Test Scoring & Reporting 

Service 

Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with our New 

Group Reading Test Scoring & Reporting Service. Our comprehensive 

service takes the work out of using NGRT to deliver fast and accurate 

results in a range of reports tailored to your needs. 

Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data NGRT provides, 

our recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has transformed 

the traditional service administered by post to a fully functional online 

service. The service guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the 

marking, interpretation and calculation of scores, a reduction in the 

turnaround time for reports and the option to order additional reports 

easily. Data files in Excel and CSV format and even PDF reports can be 

imported directly into your School Information System, providing 

immediate and easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test 

scores. 

In order to subscribe to the NGRT Scoring & Reporting Service, you must 

pre-register, call 0845 602 1937. 

For schools that choose to score their own papers, a brand new Online 

Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased. Please call 0845 602 1937 for 

further information. 

To make the administering and scoring of NGRT more efficient, we can 

overprint candidate name, date of birth and other details onto your 

answer sheets prior to administration of the tests. The Overprinting 

Service includes new booklets specifically for scoring NGRT and these 

must be used to enable scoring to be carried out. 

Group Reading Test is still available as an online assessment. 

Visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk/grtdigital for further details 

NGRT in our portfolio 

York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension: Passage 

Reading Primary and Secondary (YARC Primary and YARC 

Secondary) (pages 28–31) are an ideal follow-up assessment to 

NGRT. Whilst NGRT screens and monitors the reading ability of 

pupils on a group level to identify those with potential difficulties, 

YARC Primary and YARC Secondary will enable you to carry out 

and in-depth, individual assessment of a pupil’s decoding and 

comprehension skills. A wealth of invaluable diagnostic information 

on a pupil’s reading skills can be used to inform timely and 

appropriate intervention strategies. 

LITERACY 

Contents: Teacher Guide Pack contains: Teacher’s Guide, Sample Pupil Booklets 

and At-a-Glance Guide for each level 

Prices 

NGRT Paper 

*+VAT 

Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 20073/GLA500 £31.00 

Test 1 Pack of 10 Booklets 

Equivalent Form Tests 2A/2B 


Test 2A Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20011/GLA500 £13.40* 

Test 2B Pack of 10 Booklets 




Test 3B Pack of 10 Booklets 




Test 4B Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20066/GLA500 £13.40* 

First Edition forms are still available: 

Form A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07593/GLA500 £12.50* 

Form B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07609/GLA500 £12.50* 

Form C (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07616/GLA500 £12.50* 

Form D (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07623/GLA500 £12.50* 

Form X (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07630/GLA500 £12.50* 

Form Y (Pack of 10) 

NGRT Scoring & Reporting Service 


Hand Scoring 978 14060 74994/GLA500 £2.50 per test* 

Standard Service 978 14060 75007/GLA500 £1.35 per test* 

Individual Pupil Profiles 978 14060 75038/GLA500 52p per test* 



Find your Area Consultant on pages 4– Tel: 084 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk 2


26 

LITERACY 

NEW! New Group Reading Test Digital 

National Foundation for Educational Research 

Age Range: 

7–16 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Literacy Co-ordinators, 

SENCOs and Educational 

Psychologists 



Timed: 

Approx 40 minutes 


York Assessment of Reading for 



See pages 28–31 

Example passage comprehension question 

With the New Group Reading Test Digital (NGRT Digital), 

GL Assessment has taken the power of online testing to a new level by 

making the test adapt to the reading ability of the student. In other 

words, students will see a different version of the test depending on 

how they are scoring as they move through the items. 

NGRT Digital comprises three sections: phonics, sentence completion 

and passage comprehension. Students enter the test according to their 

age and begin with the sentence completion section. Depending on 

their score, they will progress to either phonics tasks or a passage 

comprehension at a suitable level of difficulty. The difficulty is then 

adjusted until the student’s scores begin to show that the test is 

becoming too challenging. 

Developed by GL Assessment and the National Foundation for 

Educational Research (NFER), NGRT Digital is an ideal 

screening/monitoring test for groups of students. Its capacity to show 

Example phonics 

question 

ongoing progression and 

achievement of students makes it 

an essential tool that satisfies the 

literacy assessment requirements 

of all four UK inspection 

frameworks. 

With a testing time of 

approximately 40 minutes, NGRT 

Digital is quick and easy to 

administer. Standard scores, age 

equivalent scores and National 

Curriculum levels for reading are 

provided instantly in a group 

report. 

Example sentence completion question


NGRT Digital in our portfolio 

Example reports 

York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension: 

Passage Reading Primary and Secondary (YARC 

Primary and YARC Secondary) (pages 28–31) are 

ideal follow-up assessments to NGRT Digital. Whilst 

NGRT Digital screens and monitors the reading ability of 

pupils on a group level to identify those with potential 

difficulties, YARC Primary and YARC Secondary will 

enable you to carry out and in-depth, individual 

assessment of a pupil’s decoding and comprehension 

skills. A wealth of invaluable diagnostic information on a 

pupil’s reading skills can be used to inform timely and 

appropriate intervention strategies. 

Why use NGRT Digital? 

LITERACY 

• Students are not exposed to test material at an inappropriate level, 

making the testing process a much more positive and motivating 

experience 

• Teachers and SENCOs are provided with accurate results that reveal 

the level of their students’ reading ability. Students with weak skills 

can be tested with material at a lower level than that determined by 

age, while students with high level skills are presented with material 

that better reflects their ability 

• NGRT Digital is a time-efficient and accurate test of a student’s 

reading progress that can be administered at key points – for 

instance, on transfer from primary to secondary school – or used 

year-on-year to check progress 

• The assessment is ideal to screen students for additional support and 

will help determine what level of intervention or further assessment 

may be required. It can also help identify students who need to be 

assessed individually for Access Arrangements 

• NGRT Digital offers the many benefits of online testing, including ease 

of administration, instant scoring and reporting, and a testing 

environment that is often considered to be less daunting 

Prices *+VAT 

NGRT Digital 

Single administration Form A 978 07087 20868/GLA500 £5.00* 

Single administration Form B 978 07087 20875/GLA500 £5.00* 



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LITERACY 


Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary 

Charles Hulme, Susan E Stothard, Paula Clarke, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Angela Harrington, Emma Truelove, 

Margaret J Snowling and Kate Nation, University of York, Centre for Reading and Language 

Age Range: 

4–11 years 

Suitable for: 

Literacy Co-ordinators, Learning 

Support Teachers, SENCOs and 

Educational Psychologists 


Individual 

Timed: 

Approx 20 minutes for 

each test 




Excellence 

primary 

only 

Now Available: 

Australian edition of YARC: 

Early Reading and Passage 

Reading Primary 


New Group Reading Test See 

pages 24–27 British Picture 

Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition 

See page 34 and Dyslexia 

Portfolio See page 54 

The York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension: Early Reading 

and Passage Reading Primary (YARC Primary) enables teachers, 

SENCOs and learning support teachers to assess their pupils’ reading 

from the foundations of phonics to continuous prose reading achieved 

at the end of primary. It is ideal for following up at an individual level 

after group testing and, although the two tests take only about 20 

minutes, a remarkable amount of invaluable diagnostic information can 

be gathered, covering a wide range of reading skills. 

The assessment is split into two tests; early reading and passage 

reading, which can be purchased individually or as part of the 

Complete Set. 

Early Reading 

The Early Reading suite comprises four short tests specifically 

designed for 4 to 7 year-olds or older children with reading 

difficulties. The tests include: 

• Letter Sound Knowledge 

• Early Word Recognition 

• Sound Deletion 

• Sound Isolation 

These tests assess a child’s phonological skills, alphabetic knowledge 

and word reading in a time-efficient and flexible way. They are among 

the most sensitive type of assessments for beginner readers and may 

be administered as a set or in different combinations up to three times 

during a school year, or at key points during a period of learning or 

intervention. 

Passage Reading 

Comprising both fiction and non-fiction texts, the passage reading test 

has been developed to assess the accuracy, rate and comprehension of 

oral reading skills in children between 5 to 11 years 11 months. A 

version of GL Assessment’s Single Word Reading Test (SWRT) is also 

included and can be administered in just a couple of minutes to 

determine which passages to give to an individual pupil. 

The test assesses a pupil’s 

decoding and sight reading ability, 

their reading fluency and how well 

they understand what they have 

read. The questions that are linked 

to each passage demand the use 

of deduction and inference 

(cohesive device, knowledge-based 

and elaborative) to arrive at the 

answers, giving teachers essential 

information about their pupils’ skills 

beyond that of straightforward 

retrieval of information.

Why use YARC Primary? 

• YARC Primary: Complete Set offers a continuous and 

seamless assessment of reading from age 4 to 11, 

providing a remarkable amount of diagnostic information 

• It has been developed by the Centre for Reading and Language at the 

University of York, one of the UK’s leading centres for research into the 

nature and causes of reading and language difficulties 

• It is ideal as a follow-up assessment at individual level, for those pupils 

who are identified as requiring further intervention after group testing 

• The tests in the Early Reading suite are especially useful for identifying 

underlying difficulties in phonological awareness and the acquisition of 

letter sounds that could hamper progress in reading 

• It provides standard age scores, age equivalent scores and percentile 

ranks for pupils aged 4 to 11 years 11 months, to help you benchmark 

your pupils’ reading and measure progress 

YARC Score Conversion Tool 

YARC Primary comes with a free online Score Conversion Tool that allows 

teachers and practitioners to input pupil details and raw scores and 

instantly receive a single page report with standard scores and percentile 

ranks for each part of YARC Primary that has been administered. Visit 

www.yarcsupport.co.uk for more details. 

Contents: YARC Primary Complete Set contains: Early Reading test material, 

Early Reading manual, Early Reading Record Forms (10). Passage Reading test 

material, Passage Reading manual and Passage Reading Record Forms (10) 

Prices 

YARC Early Reading 

*+VAT 

Early Reading Set 

Early Reading Record Forms 


(Pack of 10) 978 07087 19060/GLA500 £11.30* 

Passage Reading and Early Reading materials are included in the YARC Complete Set 

Primary 

YARC Complete Set Primary 978 07087 19046/GLA500 £210.00* 

YARC Assessment Overview 

YARC Passage Reading Primary 

GLA122 F.O.C. 

Passage Reading Primary Set 978 07087 19077/GLA500 £120.00* 

Passage Reading Primary Record Forms 

(Pack of 10) 978 07087 19084/GLA500 £21.70* 


LITERACY 

Example passages, Pupil Record Form, 

Picture Book and SWRT from YARC Primary 

There is a dedicated website – www.yarcsupport.co.uk – 

where you can find supplementary technical information, 

frequently asked questions, an online conversion tool and 

further case studies 

YARC Primary in our portfolio 

YARC Primary is an ideal follow-up assessment to the New 

Group Reading Test (NGRT) (pages 24–27). Whilst NGRT 

screens and monitors the reading ability of pupils on a group level 

to identify those with potential difficulties, YARC Primary will 

enable you to carry out and in-depth, individual assessment of a 

pupil’s decoding and comprehension skills. A wealth of invaluable 

diagnostic information on a pupil’s reading skills can be used to 

inform timely and appropriate intervention strategies. 

YARC Primary is particularly useful in identifying a pupil’s eligibility 

for additional time for Access Arrangements at Key Stage 2, 

Combining YARC Primary with the British Picture Vocabulary 

Scale: 3rd Edition (page 34), provides a quick and easy 

assessment of vocabulary, an element essential to success in 

reading. 

YARC Primary is also particularly useful when combined with our 

Dyslexia Portfolio (page 54), to identify pupils who are 

displaying the signs of dyslexia, so that measures can be put in 

place quickly to support their achievement in literacy. 



30 

LITERACY 


Passage Reading Secondary 

Susan E Stothard, Margaret J Snowling, Paula Clarke, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Angela Harrington, 

Patrick Barmby and Charles Hulme, University of York, Centre for Reading and Language 

Age Range: 

11–16 years 

Suitable for: 

Learning Support 

Teachers, SENCOs, Heads of 

English and Educational 

Psychologists 


Individual 

Timed: 


Secondary 

only 

Now Available: 

Australian Edition of YARC: 

Passage Reading Secondary 

now available 



pages 24–27 and Dyslexia 

Portfolio See page 54 

The York Assessment of Reading for 

Comprehension: Passage Reading Secondary 

(YARC Secondary) provides assessments of 

the essential components of reading for 

students aged 11 to 16. The test can be used 

to assess accuracy, fluency and 

comprehension and offers qualitative 

information about students’ inferencing skills. 

YARC Secondary comprises a series of prose 

passages – both fiction and non-fiction and 

can be used to assess and monitor student 

progress, which in turn allows the identification 

of reading problems. It may also be used as 

part of a comprehensive diagnostic 

assessment for education planning, for 

benchmarking your pupils’ reading and has a 

role to play in assessing the eligibility for 

Access Arrangements for national 

examinations such as GCSEs. 

A version of GL Assessment Single Word Reading Test (SWRT) is also 

part of the assessment. This can be administered in just a couple of 

minutes to determine which passage to give to an individual student, 

ensuring the assessment remains targeted and time-efficient. The test 

also includes two supplementary passages that are at an easier level for 

students who are still experiencing decoding difficulties. 

The test takes only 20-30 minutes to administer and from this a 

remarkable amount of valuable information can be gathered, including 

standard scores, age equivalent scores and percentile ranks for 

comprehension, rate and fluency. 

YARC Score Conversion Tool 

YARC Secondary comes with a free online Score Conversion Tool that 

allows teachers to input student details and raw scores and instantly 

receive a single page report with standard scores, age equivalent scores 

and percentile ranks for each part of YARC Secondary that has be 

administered. Visit www.yarcsupport.co.uk for more details. 




Excellence 

There is a dedicated 

website – 

www.yarcsupport.co.uk – 

where you can find 

supplementary technical 

information, frequently 

asked questions, an online 

conversion tool and 

further case studies


Why use YARC Secondary? 

• YARC Secondary assesses the essential components of reading, 

providing valuable diagnostic insight into a student’s ability 

• It has been developed by the Centre for Reading and Language at the 

University of York, one of the UK’s leading centres for research into the 

nature and causes of reading and language difficulties 

• It is an appropriate assessment post- and pre- intervention offering an 

independent, objective assessment of effectiveness 

• YARC Secondary is an ideal tool for assessing reading (decoding) and 

comprehension skills in students with English as an Additional 

Language (EAL) 

• Separate scores are provided for summarisation and comprehension 

enabling you to examine profiles of strengths and weaknesses 

• It is ideal for Access Arrangements for GCSE and other national 

examinations 

YARC Secondary in our portfolio 

YARC Secondary is an ideal follow-up assessment to the New 

Group Reading Test (NGRT) (pages 24–27). Whilst NGRT screens 

and monitors the reading ability of students on a group level to identify 

those with potential difficulties, YARC Secondary will enable you to 

carry out an in-depth, individual assessment of a student’s reading 

accuracy, fluency and comprehension skills across the secondary 

phase. The wealth of valuable diagnostic information provided by 

YARC Secondary can be used to inform timely and appropriate 

intervention strategies. 

Access Arrangements refer to the accommodations made by 

examination boards for students with special educational needs 

(SEN) and disabilities. Specific arrangements depend upon the nature 

and severity of the student’s difficulties. YARC Secondary is an ideal 

tool for assessing Access Arrangements for GCSE examinations at 

Key Stage 4. It provides a number of measures for this purpose: 

reading accuracy (Single Word Reading Test), reading rate (Passage 

Reading) and reading fluency (Reading Fluency). 

Like YARC Primary, YARC Secondary sits particularly well with our 

Dyslexia Portfolio (page 54) to identify pupils who are showing 

signs of dyslexia. 

Contents: YARC Secondary Complete Set contains: Passage Reading test material, 

Passage Reading manual and Passage Reading Record Forms (15) 

Example passages, summarisation 

sheet and SWRT from YARC 

Secondary 

LITERACY 

Prices 

YARC Passage Reading Secondary 

*+VAT 

Complete Set 

YARC Passage Reading Forms 


Secondary (Pack of 10) 978 07087 19626/GLA500 £21.70* 

YARC Secondary Overview GLA206 F.O.C 



32 

LITERACY 

Progress in English 

Catherine Kirkup, Anastassia Triga, Tessa Reardon and Marian Sainsbury, National Foundation for Educational Research 

Age Range: 

Paper: 5–14 years 

Digital: 7–11 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Literacy Co-ordinators 

and SENCOs 



Timings: 

Untimed, approx 1 hour 

� � 




Excellence 

Item from Progress in English 11 Digital 

Progress in English (PiE) tests a pupil’s reading and writing ability, and 

has become established as the standardised English assessment of 

choice in many schools. 

The structure and content of the group test allow for pupils to be tested 

annually, often used summatively at the end of the year. PiE comprises 

two forms. The Short Form contains two themed reading 

comprehension passages (fiction and non-fiction) and spelling and 

grammar exercises. The optional Long Form includes open response 

comprehension questions and writing tasks. The latter is provided with 

detailed marking keys that have been rigorously moderated to guide 

teachers in the marking of their pupils’ extended written work. 

A new pupil booklet has recently been published, containing both the 

Short Form and the Long Form exercises, to make administration of all 

parts of PiE more straightforward for those wanting to test at greater 

length. Each pack of the new booklets includes brief guidance notes; 

full administration, marking and interpretation is as published in the 

Teacher’s Guide to each level of PiE. 

Progress in English Digital mirrors the well established paper test with 

the added benefit of automatic scoring, supported by instant diagnostic 

Why use PiE? 

• PiE is available for pupils from age 5 right through to 14 years, 

providing a continual assessment across the primary and lower 

secondary phases 

• You will obtain an overview of a pupil’s attainment, progress and ability 

in reading and writing to inform appropriate target setting 

• The results will support you in your own assessment of how well pupils 

are working 

• PiE is an ideal assessment for monitoring progress over time and 

identifying the effectiveness of intervention strategies 

• You will be provided with National Curriculum Levels for reading and 

writing for both the Short Form and Long Form of PiE 

. . . and PiE Digital? 

reporting. These reports illustrate: 

Pupils’ results by Standard Age 

Score, estimated reading and 

writing National Curriculum 

Levels, comparison of group and 

national scores (by gender and 

whole group), analysis of results 

by process category (against 

national scores) and question by 

question analysis. 

The Getting the Best from 

Progress in English Handbook 

and CD-ROM is still available. Go 

online www.gl-assessment.co.uk 

/piehandbook for further 

information. 

• Digital testing allows the automatic delivery of results as soon as tests 

are complete, saving hours of marking time and waiting for scores 

• Instant diagnostic reports allow you to act immediately on results, and 

data can be integrated with other school information 

• The engaging illustrations featured within PiE Digital bring the test to life 


daunting for pupils and fast feedback is proven more motivating


Progress in English Scoring & Reporting 

Service 


Progress in English Scoring & Reporting Service. Our comprehensive 

service takes the work out of using PiE to deliver fast and accurate 

results in a range of reports tailored to your needs. 

Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data PiE provides, 

our recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has 

transformed the traditional service administered by post to a fully 

functional online service. The service guarantees a much higher level of 

accuracy in the marking, interpretation and calculation of scores, a 

reduction in the turnaround time for reports and the option to order 

additional reports easily. Data files in Excel and CSV format and even 

Sample Report showing analysis by process area 

PDF reports can be imported directly into your School Information 

System, providing immediate and easy access to detailed pupil portfolios 

in addition to test scores. 

In order to subscribe to the Progress in English Scoring & Reporting 

Service, you must pre-register, call 0845 602 1937. 

For schools that choose to score their own papers, a brand new Online 

Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased. Please call 0845 602 1937 for 

further information. 

PiE in our portfolio 

Progress in English identifies a pupil’s attainment in reading and 

writing. Combined with data from the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) 

(pages 10–18), which provides a comprehensive overview of a pupil’s 

ability, PiE will help you compare ability with attainment to identify 

anomalies and provide additional insights into a pupil’s learning. 


www.gl-assessment.co.uk/piedigital 

LITERACY 

Contents: Teacher Guide Packs contain: Teacher’s Guide, At-a-Glance Guide. 

Sample Pupil Booklets are available to download from www.gl-assessment.co.uk/ 

piesamples 

Prices 

PIE Paper 

Teacher Guide Packs 

*+VAT 

Progress in English 5 978 07087 17585/GLA500 £22.75 









Progress in English 14 



Progress in English 5 978 07087 08958/GLA500 £14.50* 










Long Form Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10) 






Please note that ages 5, 6, 12, 13 & 14 are from the first edition of Progress in English. 

Getting the Best from PiE Handbook 

& CD-ROM 

PIE Digital 

Individual Administration 


Level 7 978 07087 16144/GLA500 £5.15* 






Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment packages. 

See pages 4–5 for details. 

PIE Scoring & Reporting Service 



Individual Pupil Reports 978 14060 46625/GLA500 52p per test* 







34 

LITERACY 

British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition 

Lloyd M Dunn, Douglas M Dunn with Julie Sewell and Ben Styles, National Foundation for Educational Research 

Age Range: 

3–16 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, SENCOs and Speech 

and Language Therapists 


Individual 

Timings: 

Untimed, approx 10 minutes 


Single Word Spelling Test See 

page 41, New Group Reading 

Test See pages 24–27 and York 

Assessment of Reading for 




BPVS3 in our portfolio 

To ensure consistency of reading assessment across the primary and 

secondary phases, the British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition 

(BPVS3) can be used alongside the New Group Reading Test 

(pages 24–27) and the York Assessment of Reading for 

Comprehension: Passage Reading Primary and Secondary 

(pages 28–31) to provide a comprehensive profile of a pupil’s reading 

ability and the difficulties they may be experiencing. Since establishing 

and developing a wide vocabulary from a very young age has been 

recognised as essential to a pupil’s academic success and their 

overall reading ability, it is essential that vocabulary knowledge is 

assessed. 

GL Assessment’s leading vocabulary assessment for standard English, 

the British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition (BPVS3) can play an 

important role in assessing a child’s receptive (hearing) vocabulary, from 

as young as 3 years right up to 16 years of age. Its simple, appealing 

format and ease of administration belies the significance of the 

assessment and how it can help identify any delay in vocabulary 

development, even before children are in full time education. 

BPVS3 is a one-to-one test that assesses a child’s receptive vocabulary; 

for each question, the teacher says a word and the pupil responds by 

selecting a picture from four options that best illustrates the word’s 

meaning. The assessment is untimed but is designed to take 

approximately 10 minutes to administer. 

As no reading is required, BPVS3 can be used to assess language 

Why use BPVS3? 

• BPVS3 will help you identify any delays in a child’s vocabulary 

development, even before they are in full time education, informing 

intervention strategies to help extend their vocabulary 

• The assessment is suitable for non-readers and children with specific 

learning difficulties, such as autism or cerebral palsy, as no reading is 

required and responses can be given by pointing or gesture 

• BPVS3 is robust and time-efficient and can be used as an ideal 

benchmarking and progress-checking assessment from pre-school to 

secondary school 

• The fully revised edition features full colour illustrations and improved 

presentation with a larger format and transportable carry case 

• All illustrations featured within the test have black outlines and use vivid 

colours to help with administration to children who may be colour blind 

Practice questions from BPVS 

development in non-readers and 

especially pupils with expressive 

language impairments. Because 

no spoken response is required, 

the assessment may be 

administered to pupils with autism 

and other related communication 

difficulties or those with English 

as an Additional Language (EAL). 

To help with administration to 

pupils who may be colour blind 

the illustrations have black 

outlines and the colours are vivid. 

Contents: BPVS3 Complete Set contains: Test material, Manual and 20 Record 

Forms and Carry Case 

Prices *+VAT 

Complete Set 978 07087 19558/GLA500 £167.50* 

Record Forms (Pack of 10) 978 07087 19565/GLA500 £11.75* 

Second Edition Forms are still available: 

BPVS2 Record Forms (Pack of 10) 978 07087 12184/GLA500 £13.50*


Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes 

Forum for Research into Language and Literacy, Institute of Education, University of London 

Age Range: 

5–12 years 

Suitable for: 

Class Teachers, Specialist Teachers 

and SENCOs 


Individual 

Timings: 

Untimed, 30 minutes approx 

Why use the DTWRP? 

Readers need to develop two sets of processes: 

• Phonological recoding – the automatic conversion of spelling patterns 

to sound which is key to reading unfamiliar words and non-words 

• Lexical-semantic processing – direct access to the meaning and 

pronunciation of familiar words which is key to accurate reading of 

irregular words 

In combination these two processes enable any word in the language to 

be read and understood, regardless of whether it has been seen before. 

The DTWRP compares children’s performance on matched sets of regular 

and irregular words and non-words. 

• The non-words provide a pure measure of phonological recoding 

processes 

• Irregular words do not conform to the spelling-sound rules of English 

and so provide a pure measure of lexical-semantic processes 

• Regular words can be read by either process 

Therefore, including this test as part of a school’s assessment regime with 

children from age 5 to 12, teachers can identify the source of a child’s 

reading difficulty whether this is poor phonological recoding, poor lexicalsemantic 

processing or a combination of both. 

With the introduction in 2012 of a mandatory phonics screening test for all 

Y1 children in England, the government is rightly emphasising the 

importance of phonic knowledge as the foundation of word reading skills. 

The Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes (DTWRP) goes beyond 

this, by giving teachers the opportunity to assess pupils ability to read 

words using both phonological and lexical-semantic processes, thus 

providing diagnostic information to guide intervention. Because the test is 

fully standardised teachers will be able to assess their pupils in the context 

of national performance of children between the ages of 5 and 12. 

The DTWRP is short and individually administered and contains items that 

assess the two sets of word reading processes shown by research to 

underlie skilled reading: phonological recoding (through non-words and 

regular words); and lexical-semantic (exception words and regular words). 

The test contains 30 of each type of word (90 in total), matched on 

variables known to influence word reading performance, such as length 

and frequency. 


DTWRP in our portfolio 

LITERACY 

Our Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) (page 37) 

is an ideal follow-on assessment for some children tested with 

the DTWRP. The DTWRP is designed to benchmark and test 

pupils foundation skills in word reading and can be used to 

track progress as part of a school’s assessment regime. If 

persistent problems are detected then the specialist 

teacher/SENCO could administer PhAB. 

Did you know? 

The Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes is 

the only test in the UK that assesses regular and 

irregular words and non-words and provides 

normative data necessary to identify the three 

different patterns of difficulty outlined opposite 

Contents: The Complete Set contains: Manual, Stimulus Card and 50 Record 

Forms 

Prices *+VAT 





36 

LITERACY 

Suffolk Reading Scale 

Fred Hagley 

Age Range: 



Suitable for: 




Timed: 


� � 


New Group Reading Test Digital 

See pages 26–27 and Reading 

Now See page 38 

…and SRS Digital? 

Suffolk Reading Scale (SRS) is a standardised reading test that monitors 

the reading development of pupils from age 6. Comprising multiplechoice 

and sentence-completion questions, SRS identifies where an 

individual may be experiencing reading difficulties. 

Users of SRS Digital can also benefit from Level 4 for 14–16 year-olds. 

Reports highlight pupils with a standard score below 85 and who make 

a gain of nine months in reading age when given 25% extra time. 

Why use SRS? 

• All practice, instructions and timings are computer-administered, 

resulting in easier test administration 

• Instant scoring and diagnostic reports save hours of marking time 

and enable easy analysis 


daunting for pupils 

Scoring & Reporting Service 

Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with the 

Suffolk Reading Scale Scoring & Reporting Service. Delivering fast and 

accurate results in a range of reports tailored to your needs, our 

comprehensive service takes the work out of using SRS. In order to 

subscribe, you must pre-register; please call 0845 602 1937. 

SRS levels and corresponding year groups 

Level Age Group England & Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 

1 6:00-7:11 Year 2 P3 P3 

1 7:00-8:11 Year 3 P4 P4 

2 8:00-9:11 Year 4 P5 P5 

2 9:00-10:11 Year 5 P6 P6 

2 or 3 10:00-11:11 Year 6 P7 P7 

3 11:00-12:11 Year 7 S1 Y8 

3 12:00-13:11 Year 8 S2 Y9 

3 13:00-14:11 Year 9 S3 Y10 

• SRS informs target-setting by providing a comprehensive overview of a pupil’s reading 

ability whilst identifying where the pupil may be experiencing difficulties 

• The assessment monitors progress over time and thereby facilitates evaluation of 

effectiveness of teaching methods 

• Covering a wide ability range, SRS can be used to monitor ability and reading standards 

on school transfer 

Contents: Teacher Guide Pack contains: Teacher’s Guide and At-a-Glance Guide. 

Sample Pupil Booklets and a Level 3 Answer Sheet are available to download from 

www.gl-assessment.co.uk/srssamples 




Excellence 

Prices 

SRS Paper 

*+VAT 

Teacher Guide Pack 

Level 1 (Age 6–8) Pupil Booklets 



Form B (Pack of 10) 









Answer Sheets Level 3 


Forms A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08040/GLA500 £11.35* 

Forms B (Pack of 10) 

SRS Digital 



Level 1 Form A & Form B 978 07087 19657/GLA500 £4.00* 



Level 4 (14) Form A & Form B 978 07087 19688/GLA500 £4.50* 

Level 4 (15–16) Form A & Form B 978 07087 19695/GLA500 £4.50* 




SRS Scoring & Reporting Service 

Level 1 & 2 




LA Results Data 

Level 3 



Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75137/GLA500 £80.00*


Gaelic Phonological Screening Test 

Fiona Lyon 

Age Range: 

5–8 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers 


Individual 




Excellence 

primary 

only 

The Gaelic Phonological 

Screening Test is designed by 

teachers to assess the 

phonological skills of young 

Gaelic speakers and learners. 

Since the Gaelic Language Act (Scotland) 2005, awareness of the 

importance of Gaelic has increased dramatically throughout the whole of 

Scotland. In education, this has been supported by the Curriculum for 

Excellence which provides “a context within which Gaelic can flourish and 

be used as a tool to promote excellence in education within the Gaelic 

speaking areas and beyond” (Group Report, Curriculum for Excellence 

Gaelic Excellence Group, February 2011). 

However, the same report also states that the provision of resources has 

“always been a challenge in GME” and that, when it comes to additional 

support needs such as dyslexia, the lack of advice can be “worrying for 

many teachers”. Indeed, as far as screening for difficulties with literacy and 

phonological awareness is concerned, GME teachers have traditionally 

had to resort to using an English screening tool, translating an English test 

into Gaelic or devising their own assessment. 

As a result GL Assessment has published the Gaelic Phonological 

Screening Test, authored by Dr Fiona Lyon, a well-respected dyslexia 

specialist and GME teacher and head of additional support needs at Our 

Lady of the Missions Primary in East Renfrewshire. The test is easy to use 

and interpret and may be administered by class teachers to Gaelicmedium 

pupils, both learners and native speakers, in Primary 2 and 3. 

Providing normative data (expressed as quartiles), this unique assessment 

contains eight sub-tests: Rhyme recognition; Rhyme production; Blending 

phonemes; Blending syllables; Phoneme deletion (initial phoneme); 

Phoneme deletion (final phoneme); Polysyllabic repetition; Letter or sound 

recognition. 

Why use the Gaelic Phonological Screening Test? 

• To assess young children's Gaelic phonics skills with a dedicated test 

with normative data (expressed as quartiles) 

• To provide schools with a test in Gaelic for use in English-medium 

schools where similar GL Assessment products are part of the 

assessment regime 

• Because it has been developed by a very experienced practitioner and 

dyslexia specialist 

Contents: Gaelic and English Teachers Manual which includes photocopiable 

Record Form and Gaelic Test Book 

Prices *+VAT 

Gaelic Phonological Screening Test 978 07087 20790/GLA500 £100.00* 

LITERACY 

Phonological Assessment Battery 

Norah Frederickson, Uta Frith and Rea Reason 


Age Range: 

6–14 years 

Suitable for: 

SENCOs, Specialist 

Literacy Teachers and 

Educational 

Psychologists 


Individual 

Timed: 


The Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) is designed to assess 

phonological processing in individual children. It identifies children with 

significant phonological difficulties who need special help with 

processing sounds in spoken language. 

PhAB comprises six tests of phonological processing: 

– The Alliteration Test – The Naming Speed Test 

– The Rhyme Test – The Spoonerisms Test 

– The Fluency Test – The Non-Word Reading Test 


PhAB in our portfolio 

PhAB is an ideal follow-on assessment for some children tested 

with the Diagnostic Test for Word Reading Processes 

(page 35). The test is designed to benchmark children’s skills 

and track their progress as part of a school’s assessment 

regime. If persistent problems are detected with a child’s 

phonological decoding, then the specialist teacher/SENCO 

could administer PhAB. 

Why use PhAB? 

• PhAB is a diagnostic assessment that can be used to establish a 

pupil’s all-round metalinguistic ability 

• It provides evidence and support for those pupils requiring extra time 

allowance in exams 

• The assessment is suitable for use with pupils who have English as an 

Additional Language (EAL) 

• Informs programme and intervention planning to help with a child’s 

specific phonological difficulties 

Contents: Complete Set Contains: Manual and 10 Records Forms 

Prices *+VAT 




38 

LITERACY 

Neale Analysis of Reading Ability 

Marie D Neale AM OBE. Second Revised British Edition: 

Standardisation by Chris Whetton, Louise Caspell and Kay McCulloch 


Age Range: 

6–12 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, SENCOs, 


Psychologists and 

Private Tutors 


Individual 

Timed: 


The Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) measures the accuracy, 

comprehension and rate of reading in children from the age of 6 to 12 

years. It provides a comprehensive gauge of a child’s interest in reading. 

The individually administered assessment consists of parallel forms for 

testing and extension passages for use with more able or older pupils. 

Two alternate standardised tests enable the monitoring of a child’s 

performance without them becoming too familiar with the passages, in 

addition to one diagnostic test. 

Why use NARA? 

• Results obtained from using NARA will enable you to select reading 

materials suited to the ability of individual pupils 

• Along with important diagnostic information NARA provides Standard 

Age Scores and reading ages 

• It will enable you to monitor the adoption of specific reading skills and 

help with the planning of intervention strategies 

Contents: Complete Set contains: Manual, Reader, Record Forms Level 1 & 2 

(10 copies of each), Diagnostic Tutor Forms (10 copies) and audio CD 

Prices *+VAT 


Manual 978 07087 07814/GLA500 £60.00 

Reader 978 07087 07753/GLA500 £60.00 

Record Form 1 (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07760/GLA500 £20.00* 

Record Form 2 (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07777/GLA500 £20.00* 

Diagnostic Tutor Form (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07784/GLA500 £20.00* 

Reading Now 

Joanne Morris and Anastassia Triga, 



Age Range: 

5 – 7 years 

Suitable for: 



Group 

Timings: 

Untimed – approx 30 

minutes 


Suffolk Reading 

Scale See page 36 

Quick and easy to administer, Reading Now is an assessment of the reading 

capability of very young learners. It has been designed to be administered to 

small groups of children and, although untimed, should take no longer than 

30 minutes for the complete test. The standardised assessment tests 

knowledge at word-level, sentence level and passage level. 

Online Marking Tool 

Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for Reading Now, 

offering a higher level of accuracy than scoring by hand and reducing 

marking time significantly. Please call 0845 602 1937 for further details. 

Why use Reading Now? 

primary 

only 

• Reading Now addresses a wide range of phonic and word recognition 

skills in pupils with varying attainment levels, particularly as questions 

vary in difficulty 

• Fully standardised – Reading Now produces Standard Age Scores and 

reading ages, whilst linking in with the UK National Curricula 

• Provides comprehensive information that will assist with planning, 

monitoring progress and evaluating reading standards 


Reading Now in our portfolio 

Reading Now results are comparable with those of the Suffolk 

Reading Scale (SRS) (page 36) – an assessment of reading at 

sentence level. Using the tests in conjunction with one and other 

provides continuity of assessment from age 5 to 16. An online 

spreadsheet is available to enable you to monitor progress through 

Reading Now and SRS. Please call 0845 602 1937 for further details. 

Contents: Teacher Guide Pack contains: Teacher’s Guide and At-a-Glance Guide 

Prices *+VAT 


Test Booklets (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11514/GLA500 £12.00* 


Teaching Talking 

Ann Locke and Maggie Beech 


Age Range: 

1–8 years 

Suitable for: 

Early Years Specialists, 



Individual 

Timings: 

Untimed 


WellComm Toolkit 


Dependent on the outcomes a range of intervention strategies, activities 

and guidance notes are provided. 

Why use Teaching Talking? 

• Teaching Talking provides a process of screening, profiling and 

recording the major aspects of a child’s development 

primary 

only 

Teaching Talking is a classroombased 

assessment for screening 

children with a delay in their 

spoken language. It focuses on 

children in Early Years settings 

and primary schools whose 

linguistic development appears to 

be delayed, or who are 

experiencing difficulties with 

listening or speaking. 

Designed to screen, profile and 

record the major aspects of child 

development, Teaching Talking is 

an ideal programme to support 

children of all abilities in the 

development of spoken language. 

• An ideal assessment to support those children who are experiencing 

difficulties with spoken language 

• The assessment offers guidance along with a range of activities and 

interventions to help you in supporting children at a level best suited 

to their individual needs 

Contents: Teacher Guide Pack contains: Activities Handbook, At-a-Glance Guide, 

Sample of Profile Forms: Early Years Profile 1, Early Years Profile 2, Early Years 

Profile 3, Primary Profile 1 and Primary Profile 2 

Prices *+VAT 

Teacher Guide Pack 

Profile Forms (Packs of 5) 


Early Years Profile 1 (0 – 1 years) 978 07087 14850/GLA500 £7.25* 



Primary Profile 1 (4 – 5/6 years) 978 07087 14881/GLA500 £9.50* 

Primary Profile 2 (5/6 – 7 years) 978 07087 14898/GLA500 £9.50* 

Wordchains 

Louise Miller Guron 


Age Range: 

7 years – adult 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Researchers, 


Psychologists and 

SENCOs 


Group 

Timed: 

6 minutes 


Dyslexia Screener Digital see 

page 53 and Dyslexia 

Portfolio see page 54 

LITERACY 

Wordchains is a group reading test, designed to act as a possible 

indicator for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. It 

can give an indication of whole-class performance as well as a measure 

of individual pupils’ progress over time. 

The test consists of two parts – Letterchains and Wordchains. 

Letterchains is an initial screener for visual-motor dysfunction, whilst 

Wordchains provides clear evidence of word reading skills at all ages. 

The test will provide you with a word recognition age for each pupil. 

Why use Wordchains? 

• Wordchains is an ideal test for young pupils, from the age of 7 to 

monitor the rate of development of their word reading skills 

• The assessment is useful for testing pupils whose reading progress 

may be behind that of the year group 

• For older pupils or adults returning to education, Wordchains can 

provide a good basis for identifying individual difficulties in word 

recognition 

Prices *+VAT 

Teacher Guide 978 07087 17547/GLA500 £32.00 

Pupil Booklets (Pack of 10) 978 07087 09313/GLA500 £23.50* 


40 

LITERACY 

Middle Infant Screening Test and 

Forward Together 

Sybil Hannavy 


Age Range: 

5–6 years 

Suitable for: 

Literacy Co-ordinators 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed 

primary 

only 

The Middle Infant Screening Test (MIST) and Forward Together 

Programme focus on reading, writing and listening skills and together 

provide a comprehensive screening, diagnostic and recovery package 

for younger children. 

MIST identifies early literacy difficulties and Forward Together provides 

a recovery programme that actively involves parents, for use with up to 

eight pupils. Lasting from eight to 12 weeks, the programme can bring 

pupils’ skill levels in reading and writing up to that of their classmates, 

raising confidence and self-esteem. Each pupil works through the 

Forward Together Activity Book at home with the help of a parent, or in 

school with Learning Support staff. 

Results from MIST give an overall picture of a pupils’ performance and 

their learning strategies in functions which are related significantly to 

early reading and writing. 

Why use MIST and Forward Together? 

• MIST identifies the lowest-achieving 20-25% of pupils in any one 

class or year group 

• MIST is group administered, so time is spent efficiently and those 

needing extra support, who may have been previously overlooked, 

can be screened into the Forward Together Programme 

• Whilst Forward Together can be used in school it also encourages 

parental involvement and early home-school links that can influence 

attitudes to helping children throughout their school career 

• Pupils work at their own pace, completing the programme in eight to 

12 weeks 

Contents: Complete set contains: Parent Questionnaire (x2), Class Teacher 

Observation Sheet (x2), Forward Together Activity Book (x2), Class Record Sheet (x2), 

Pupil Booklet (x20) and Teacher Guide 

Prices *+VAT 



MIST Booklets (Pack of 10) 978 07087 12375/GLA500 £14.00* 

Forward Together Activity Book 978 07087 12382/GLA500 £14.00 

Single Word Reading Test 6-16 

Helen Foster, National Foundation for Educational Research 


Age Range: 

6–16 years 

Suitable for: 



Individual 

Timings: 

Untimed 


New Group Reading 

Test See pages 24–27 

Example pages of words from SWRT 

Why use SWRT? 

The Single Word Reading Test 6- 

16 (SWRT) provides a measure of 

a pupil’s word reading skill and 

will contribute to an assessment 

of reading achievement, as well 

as informing teaching and 

learning strategies. 

Individually administered SWRT 

contains six graded sets of ten 

words of increased difficulty. 

Parallel forms allow repeat testing 

and vast amount of diagnostic 

information can be obtained in 

the form of sight vocabulary 

analysis and error analysis. It is 

ideal as a quick screening test for checking progress at regular intervals 

and as part of the qualifying criteria for Access Arrangements. 

• SWRT is an ideal assessment for 

year-on-year monitoring of a pupil’s word reading skills 

• Fully standardised - the test provides Standard Age Scores and 

reading ages and is suitable for Access Arrangements 

• It will help inform teaching and learning strategies to meet the needs 

of individual pupil’s and their differing abilities 

Contents: Complete set contains: Teacher’s Guide, which includes photocopy 

master of the record form and Word Cards 

Price *+VAT 

Complete Set 978 07087 17707/GLA500 £90.00*



Single Word Spelling Test 

Lesley Sacre and Jackie Masterson 

Age Range: 

6–14 years 

Suitable for: 



Group 

Timed: 


� � 


British Spelling Test Series: 2nd 

Edition See page 42 

SWST in our 

portfolio 

For teachers who want to go 

beyond the straightforward 

single word format of the SWST, 

the British Spelling Test 

Series: Second Edition (page 

42) offers choice to teachers that 

want to test spelling as part of a 

comprehensive literacy 

assessment. The widely used 

spelling test series goes beyond 

that of the SWST to assess 

spelling at word, sentence and 

continuous writing level and 

provides teachers with an 

engaging and rigorous way of 

monitoring their pupils’ progress, 

whilst highlighting those for 

whom spelling is especially 

difficult. 

Go online to view sample 

reports and a digital demo – 


/swstdigital 

Available in both paper and digital formats Single Word Spelling Test 

(SWST) comprises a series of nine standardised tests designed to 

assess spelling attainment. Relevant for all the UK’s curricula, each test 

covers everyday vocabulary and contains between 30 and 50 words 

(depending on level), including high frequency, literacy hour and spelling 

bank words. 

Fully photocopiable, SWST presents each word in a sentence context 

making the test more relevant for pupils. Along with a handy reference 

guide for you to use with each pupil SWST includes structured spelling 

test lists, supplementary assessments and a structured analysis of 

spelling errors. 

Single Word Spelling Test Digital (SWST Digital) is available under either 

a Primary School Annual Licence or a 

Secondary School Annual licence with the 

benefits of the paper test but the advantages of 

instant scoring and reporting. 

Group and individual results are available and 

are illustrated in the diagnostic group report 

that features: 

• Pupils’ results by Standard Age Score 

• Spelling ages 

• Percentile ranks 

• Question by question analysis against national 

scores 

• Analysis by word level against national scores 

Why use SWST? 

• You will obtain a measure of 

your pupils’ spelling attainment 

with the flexibility of choosing a 

test appropriate to their 

individual ability 

• You will be able to compare your 

pupils’ results with the national 

average through the 

identification of Standard Age 

Scores 

• The test provides useful 

teaching strategies for improving 

spelling and suggestions for 

follow-up activities 

• Spelling ages, percentile ranks 

and progress scores are 

provided to provide a 

comprehensive profile of a 

pupils spelling ability 

. . . and SWST Digital? 

• Digital testing removes the 

burden of test administration, 

as all practice, instructions and 

timings are computeradministered 

• Instant scoring gives you results 

at the touch of a button, saving 

you hours of marking time 

• Instant diagnostic reports are 

delivered straight to your 

desktop, enabling you to 

analyse results with ease and 

integrate them with other 


• Group and individual results are 

available, including pupil 

responses to each question of 

which are excellent for the 

analysis of errors 

LITERACY 

Practice Question from Single Word Spelling Test Digital 7 


Our brand new Online Marking 

Tool (OMT) is available for SWST, 

offering a higher level of accuracy 

than scoring by hand and 

reducing marking time significantly. 

Call 0845 602 1937 for further 

information. 

Contents: Complete Set contains: 

Manual containing all levels of the 

test, photocopiable Answer Sheets 

and Group Record Sheet 

Prices *+VAT 

SWST Paper 

Complete Set 


SWST Digital 

Primary Annual Licence 


Secondary Annual Licence 






42 

LITERACY 

British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition 

Denis Vincent with Mike de la Mare 

Age Range: 

6–13 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, Literacy 

Co-ordinators and SENCOs 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed, 30 minutes approx 


Single Word Spelling Test 

See page 41 

Why use BSTS2? 

The second edition of GL Assessment’s highly regarded and widely 

used spelling test series, the British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition 

(BSTS2) assesses spelling at word, sentence and continuous writing 

level, and contains a wide mix of questions and tasks that test pupils’ 

ability to spell in different contexts – an element that is unique to this 

series. The group test contains a mix of tasks some of which require 

pupils to draw on their own vocabulary and is straightforward to 

administer and score. 

The series contains four tests, each with two equivalent forms that 

cover a range of year groups (see table below for details). Each test has 

a Teacher Guide explaining how to administer, mark and score the test, 

as well as how to use conversion tables to obtain standardised scores 

and spelling ages. Guidance is also given on assessing the severity of 

the spelling problems of pupils 

who performed poorly on the 

test. 

Each test has been carefully 

tailored to the age of the pupils 

and comprises an extended 

range of tasks that assess 

spelling based on classroom and 

teaching activities. 

• BSTS2 provides teachers with an engaging and rigorous way of 

monitoring their pupils’ progress and highlighting those for whom 

spelling is especially difficult. 

• Fully standardised in 2008 – BSTS2 produces Standard Age Scores, 

age equivalent scores and percentile ranks 

• It is ideal for year on year screening and monitoring and for testing at 

key transition points, including the transition from primary to secondary 

school 

• Full colour illustrations for BSTS2 AB and CD make the tests very 

attractive and engaging to younger learners 

• The test has been developed by experts in literacy who are seasoned 

test developers, so you can be assured the new material assesses 

spelling in an engaging and relevant way 

Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for BSTS2, offering 

a higher level of accuracy than scoring by hand and reduces marking time 

significantly. Please call 0845 602 1937 for further information. 

BSTS2 – levels and corresponding year groups 

Standardised England Northern Scotland 

Score Range and Wales Ireland 

BSTS2 AB 5:00-8:04 Y1*/Y2 Y2*/Y3 P2*/P3 

BSTS2 CD 6:00-9:09 Y3/Y4 Y4/Y5 P4/P5 

BSTS2 EF 7:06-11:09 Y5/Y6** Y6/Y7** P6/P7** 

BSTS2 GH 10:00-14:00 Y6, 7 & 8 Y7, 8 & 9 P7, S1 & S2 

*Recommended for use in the second half of the school year 

**Recommended for use in the first term of the school year 


BSTS2 in our portfolio 

The British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition is often used by 

teachers who want to go beyond the straightforward single word 

format of the Single Word Spelling Test (page 41) and offers 

choice to teachers who want to test spelling as part of a 

comprehensive literacy assessment. 

Contents: Evaluation Packs contain: Teacher’s Guide, At-a-Glance Guide and a 

Sample Pupil Booklet 

Prices 

Evaluation Packs 

*+VAT 

Evaluation Pack A/B 978 07087 19190/GLA500 £24.00 

Evaluation Pack C/D 978 07087 19206/GLA500 £24.00 

Evaluation Pack E/F 978 07087 19213/GLA500 £24.00 

Evaluation Pack G/H 



Pupil Booklet A 978 07087 19237/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet B 978 07087 19244/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet C 978 07087 19251/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet D 978 07087 19268/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet E 978 07087 19275/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet F 978 07087 19282/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet G 978 07087 19299/GLA500 £16.50* 

Pupil Booklet H 978 07087 19305/GLA500 £16.50* 



Sandwell Early Numeracy Test – Revised 

Chris Arnold, Phil Bowen, Moira Tallents and Bob Walden 

Sandwell Inclusion Support Service 

Age Range: 

4–8 years 

Suitable for: 



Individual 

Timed: 

Approx 10–30 minutes 

primary 

only 

The Sandwell Early Numeracy Test - Revised (SENT-R) enables 

practitioners to assess children’s ability with numbers, through exploring 

five strands of basic number skills: identification; oral counting; value; 

object counting and language. 

SENT-R provides a baseline of a pupil’s number skills and can be 

particularly useful in helping identify targets for pupils with Special 

Educational Needs. The test is appropriate for pupils between 4-8 years 

and can also be used with older pupils whose performance is well 

below average for their age group. It covers attainments from National 

Curriculum Level P6 to 2A. 


SENT-R is accompanied by an Online Marketing Tool (OMT). 

Practitioners enter the score obtained by the pupil for each of the 

five strands of the test and the tool then generates the following 

five reports: 

• Student Listing – this report lists the results for each pupil 

(including Raw Score, Standard Age Score (SAS), stanine, 

national percentile rank, group rank and estimated National 

Curriculum Maths overall level) 

• Group Demographic Comparison – this table shows raw score 

and SAS means and standard deviations for each group of 

students 

• Comparison of group and national stanine distributions – the bar 

chart shows the percentage of students that fall within certain 

ranges of scores 

• Analysis by Strands – the bar chart shows which percentage of 

pupils that fall within different National Curriculum Maths levels 

for each strand 

• Analysis by Age Equivalent Band – this table shows the 

percentage of pupils by age equivalent bands 

NUMERACY 

Designed to be administered on a 

one-to-one basis, SENT-R 

comprises a total of 68 questions 

across nine different National 

Curriculum levels. There are 2 

versions of the test - Form A and 

Form B - with one version to be 

done at re-test stage. The test 

can be used at any time during 

the school year to assess 

individuals or groups of pupils. 

Why use SENT-R? 

• SENT-R has been designed to 

identify a pupil’s specific number 

skills, to help inform targeted 

teaching strategies 

• It can be used to monitor the 

impact of teaching interventions 

on rate of progress 

• The test will enable you to group 

children with similar levels of 

attainment to facilitate teaching 

• Levelling between National 

Curriculum levels P6 through to 

2A is enabled 

• The images in the test book and 

other stimulus materials are 

engaging and relate the tasks to 

recognisable everyday activities 

Contents: The following items are included within the Complete Set: 1 x Form A 

Easel, 1 x Form B Easel, 1 x Handbook, 10 x Pupil Response Booklets Form A, 10 x 

Pupil Response Booklets Form B, 20 x Scoring Booklets Form A & B, 16 x Sets of 

Resource Cards, 2 x Sets of ten cubes and 2 x Sets of plastic coins 

Prices *+VAT 

Complete Set 

Complete Set and 1-year licence 


for the Online Marking Tool 

1-year licence for the Online 


Marking Tool 



Pupil Booklet Form A 978 07087 20707/GLA500 £19.00* 

Pupil Booklet Form B 978 07087 20714/GLA500 £19.00* 



44 

NUMERACY 

Progress in Maths 

Tandi Clausen-May, Hannah Vappula, Graham Ruddock, National Foundation for Educational Research 

Age Range: 



Suitable for: 

Teachers, Maths Co-ordinators 

and SENCOs 


Group 

Timed: 


� � 


The Welsh version of Progress 

in Maths. Please call 0845 602 

1937 to order 

Progress in Maths (PiM) tests a pupil’s mathematical skills and 

concepts, and has become established as the standardised maths 

assessment of choice in many schools. The group test highlights pupils’ 

strengths and weaknesses, helping teachers and SENCOs to address 

areas of concern and build upon what pupils already know in order to 

increase their understanding. 

The structure and content of the test allow for pupils to be tested 

annually, often used summatively at the end of the year. Each test has 

been developed to be age-appropriate in both presentation and 

content. Those for the youngest pupils are administered in small groups 

(and may be given individually) and require very young learners to 

demonstrate their understanding of number and shape. 

Tests for 6 to 11-year-olds cover number, shape and data handling with 

algebra being introduced into the series in PiM 10. In the tests for 6 to 

8-year-olds, all questions are given orally and throughout the series the 

amount of reading has been kept to a minimum. 

Suitable for use 

in implementing 

the Curriculum 

for Excellence 

Items from Progress in Maths 9 Digital 

Why use PiM? 

• PiM is available for pupils from age 4 right through to 14 years, providing 

a continual assessment across the primary and secondary phases 

• You will obtain an overview of a pupil’s mathematical strengths and 

weaknesses to inform appropriate target setting 

• PiM is an ideal assessment for year-on-year monitoring of progress over 

time and identifying the effectiveness of intervention strategies 

• For younger pupil’s, PiM 6–8 is administered orally so that reading is not 

a factor that may hamper a pupil’s scores 

• PiM 11 is ideal for use in Y7 to benchmark pupils on entry to secondary 

school 

. . . and PiM Digital? 

Progress In Maths Digital mirrors 

the well established paper test 

with the added benefit of 

automatic scoring, supported by 

instant diagnostic reporting. 

These reports illustrate: pupils’ 

results by Standard Age Score, 

comparison of group and national 

scores (by gender and whole 

group), analysis of results by 

process category (against 

national scores) and questions 

listed by school-national 

difference. 

• Digital testing allows the automatic delivery of results as soon as tests 

are complete, saving hours of marking time and waiting for scores 

• Instant diagnostic reports allow you to act immediately on results, and 

data can be integrated with other school information 

• Pupils are able to manipulate onscreen elements of selected questions 

and give their answers in a range of ways that are engaging and 

stimulating 


daunting for pupils, and audio support is included for the youngest 

pupils (6, 7 and 8) 

The Getting the Best from Progress in Maths 

Handbook and CD-ROM is still available. Go 

online www.gl-assessment.co.uk/pimhandbook 

for further details.


Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting Service 


Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting Service. Our comprehensive 

service takes the work out of using PiM to deliver fast and accurate results 

in a range of reports tailored to your needs. 

Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data PiM provides, our 

recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has transformed the 

traditional service administered by post to a fully functional online service. 

The service guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking, 

interpretation and calculation of scores, a reduction in the turnaround time 

for reports and the option to order additional reports easily. 

Data files in Excel and CSV format and even PDF reports can be imported 

directly into your School Information System, providing immediate and 

easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test scores. 

In order to subscribe to the Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting 

Service, you must pre-register, call 0845 602 1937. 

For schools that choose to mark their own papers, our brand new 

Online Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased. Please call 0845 602 

1937 for further information. 

PiM in our portfolio 

Progress in Maths identifies a pupil’s attainment in mathematics. 

Combined with data from the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 

10–18), which provides a comprehensive overview of a pupil’s 

reasoning ability, PiM will help you compare ability with attainment to 

identify anomalies and provide additional insights into a child’s learning. 

Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital demo 

www.gl-assessment.co.uk/pimdigital 

Sample Report showing analysis by process area 

NUMERACY 



pimsamples 

Prices 

PiM Paper 


*+VAT 

Progress in Maths 4 978 07087 16588/GLA500 £23.20 










Progress in Maths 14 



Progress in Maths 4 978 14060 47257/GLA500 £14.50* 










Progress in Maths 14 

Getting the Best from PiM Handbook 


& CD-ROM 

PiM Digital 















PiM Scoring & Reporting Service 



Individual Pupil Reports 978 14060 46632/GLA500 52p per test* 






46 

NUMERACY 

Mental Mathematics 6–11 


Age Range: 

6–11+ years 

Suitable for: 




Timed: 


primary 

only 

Mental Mathematics is a series of standardised tests that can be 

administered individually or in a group setting to pupils between 6 to 

11+ years. Based on a broad coverage of mathematics, the series will 

help you to assess an individual or group’s mental agility skills in maths 

year-on-year and build up your pupils’ confidence and skills in mental 

maths. 

Delivered orally by CD-ROM, the questions address the key areas of the 

maths curriculum (number and algebra, shape, space and measure, 

handling data) and cover aspects of the curriculum that can be 

assessed through a mental test. 

Why use Mental Mathematics? 

• It builds a pupil’s confidence and skills in mental maths across the 

primary phase 

• The series provides Standard Age Score for comparing pupils’ 

performance accurately with others in the same age group 

• Encourages pupils to solve maths problems in their head without the 

use of written instructions 

• The series can be used to provide an assessment of overall attainment 

in mental maths 

Sample Questions from Mental 

Mathematics 6 and 10 



mmsamples 

Prices 


*+VAT 

Mental Mathematics 6 978 07087 17271/GLA500 £25.00 





Mental Mathematics 11 



Mental Mathematics 6 978 07087 09917/GLA500 £14.00* 





Mental Mathematics 11 978 07087 09962/GLA500 £14.00*


Measuring Success in Maths 

Mental and Written Tests for Years 1 to 6 

Alan Edmiston and Jenny Lawson 

Age Range: 

5–11 years 

primary 

only 

Suitable for: 

Teachers and Private Tutors 



Timed: 

Mental tests: 5-10 minutes, 

Written tests: 20 minutes, Tasks 

(KS1 only): 20 minutes 

Example screenshot for the online Level Converter 

Sample Written test questions (Year 4) 

Measuring Success in Maths is a 

series of photocopiable maths 

tests that can be used regularly 

throughout the school year. 

Informed by past national test 

questions, it offers a flexible mix 

of both Mental and Written tests 

that can be used across Key 

Stages 1 and 2. 

Initial tests for pupils in Year 1 are 

task based. As pupils progress 

through the year, Mental and 

Written tests are introduced that 

reflect their increasing capability 

NUMERACY 

and these continue into Year 2. For Years 3 to 6 there are three Mental 

and Written tests for each block of the Framework. This comprehensive 

approach enables teachers to monitor progress at different points in the 

school year and at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2. 

Why use Measuring Success in Maths? 

• The easy-to-use tests will help you assess the growing understanding of 

your pupils quickly and effectively, as they complete mathematical topics 

• Results will help teachers and private tutors target their teaching to the 

needs of both individuals and groups 

• Teachers can enter pupils scores into a free online Level Converter to 

calculate their National Curriculum levels 

• Due to its photocopiable format, the tests are very cost-effective 

“The mental maths tests are proving useful for 

SATs revision – some different ways of wording 

questions is a bonus, as children can rely too 

much on the usual verbal cues.” 

Primary Maths Co-ordinator, Tyne and Wear 

Contents: Each book contains photocopiable tests with teacher’s notes, answers, 

class record sheet, plus access to an online Level Converter 

Prices 

Book 

*+VAT 

Years 1&2 978 07087 17844/GLA500 £62.00 

Year 3 978 07087 17851/GLA500 £52.00 




Complete Set of Maths Books 

Books (Maths and Science) 


Years 1&2 978 07087 18063/GLA500 £105.00 







48 

SCIENCE 

Measuring Success in Science 

Unit Tests for Years 1 to 6 

John Stringer 

Age Range: 

5–11 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers and Private Tutors 



Timed: 

30 minutes per test 

primary 

only 

“The increasing difficulty of 

the questions is useful as it 

immediately informs you of 

the children in need of 

support and of those working 

at a higher level. An 

impressive set of materials – 

great for enquiring minds.” 

Primary Science Co-ordinator, 

Warwickshire 

Sample question from digital end-ofyear 

test (Year 3) 

Measuring Success in Science is a series of photocopiable science 

tests that can be used regularly throughout the school year. The test 

topics are thematic and designed to measure a pupil’s understanding 

and ability across the subject of science. 

Each test includes questions aimed at the experimental and 

investigative work in Scientific Enquiry, and all questions vary in style 

and increase in difficulty across each test. Designed for use at the end 

of units of work, Measuring Success in Science enables teachers and 

private tutors to monitor progress at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2. 

Free end-of-year tests are also included as part of Measuring Success 

in Science. These comprise paper tests for Years 1 and 2, and digital 

tests for Years 3 to 6 (with two tests for each year, at different levels). 

The easy to administer digital tests offer instant scoring, data analysis 

and reporting. The reports produced profile both pupil and group 

performance. 

Sample unit test questions 

(Year 3) 

Why use Measuring 

Success in Science? 

• Measuring Success in Science 

tests a pupil’s understanding of 

topics and enables teachers to 

gauge ongoing progress 

throughout the year 

• Results will help teachers and 

private tutors target their 

teaching to the needs of both 

individuals and groups 

• Teachers can enter pupils 

scores into a free online Level 

Converter to calculate their 

National Curriculum levels 

• The test highlights common 

misconceptions and suggests 

ideas for ongoing development 

• Due to its photocopiable format, 

the tests are very cost-effective 

Contents: Each book contains photocopiable tests with teacher’s notes, answers, 

class record sheet, access to an online Level Converter, plus digital end-of-year tests 

for Years 3 to 6 

Prices 

Book 

*+VAT 

Years 1 & 2 978 07087 17899/GLA500 £62.00 





Complete Set of Science Books 

Books (Science and Maths) 


Years 1 & 2 978 07087 18063/GLA500 £105.00 




Year 6 978 07087 18100/GLA500 £80.00


Black Box Series 

Edited by Edited by Paul Black, Christine Harrison, Bethan Marshall and 

Dylan Wiliam 

Age Range: 

5–18 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers and Educational 

Psychologists 

Timings: 

Untimed 

The Black Box Series offers easy-to-read advice for teachers on how to 

implement the key techniques within formative assessment – 

questioning, feedback, and peer/self assessment. Each booklet 

includes important research findings and recommendations for 

supporting and embedding assessment for learning in classrooms. This 

is a ‘must-read’ collection for any teaching professional interested in 

improving pupils’ learning through formative assessment. 

The series comprises: 

Inside the Black Box 

Inside the Black Box offers a concise discussion of the merits and potential 

benefits of formative assessment and how schools should consider and 

debate the introduction of ‘assessment for learning’ in order to raise 

standards. 

Working Inside the Black Box 

Working Inside the Black Box takes a more practical slant, offering 

practical ideas and advice for the improvement of classroom 

assessment through the key formative assessment methods. 

Inside the Primary Black Box 

This booklet offers practical information and examples drawn from a 

variety of subjects and age ranges on how to implement formative 

assessment in primary school and early years settings. A range of 

Suitable for use 

in implementing 

the Curriculum 

for Excellence 

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING 

questioning techniques are 

highlighted to identify children’s 

understanding and present a 

range of strategies to promote 

collaboration and dialogue in the 

classroom. 

Black Box Subject Series 

A collection of subject-specific 

booklets that outline the 

principles of formative 

assessment and how they can be 

applied in the classroom. They 

offer advice to teachers on how 

to interact more effectively with 

pupils so as to promote their 

learning and attainment in specific 

subject areas. Subject areas 

offered include Maths, Science, 

English, Geography, Modern 

Foreign Languages, ICT and 

Design and Technology. 

Why use the Black 

Box Series? 

• Assessment for learning is at 

the heart of effective learning 

and teaching and has been 

recognised as a key factor in 

raising pupils’ standards of 

achievement 

• Based on extensive research by 

the King’s College London team 

with teachers throughout the 

United Kingdom, the unique 

booklets offer specific examples 

of what ‘assessment for 

learning’ can look like across 

the relevant subject areas 

• The booklets are practical, 

concise and easily absorbed in 

one sitting by busy teachers 

• It offers evidence-based ideas 

and advice on the improvement 

of classroom assessment 

Prices 

Inside the Black Box 978 07087 13815/GLA500 £5.75 

Working Inside the Black Box 978 07087 13792/GLA500 £5.75 

Inside the Primary Black Box 978 07087 17684/GLA500 £5.75 

English Inside the Black Box 978 07087 16861/GLA500 £5.75 

Mathematics Inside the Black Box 978 07087 16878/GLA500 £5.75 

Science Inside the Black Box 978 07087 14447/GLA500 £5.75 

Geography Inside the Black Box 978 07087 17554/GLA500 £5.75 

ICT Inside the Black Box 

Modern Foreign Languages 


Inside the Black Box 

Design & Technology 


Inside the Black Box 978 07087 17646/GLA500 £5.75 



PUPIL ATTITUDES 

Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) 

Dr Glen Williams and Bob Whittome 

Age Range: 

4–18+ years 

Suitable for: 

Head Teachers and Senior 

Leadership Teams, Teachers, 

SENCOs, Educational Psychologists, 

Clinical Psychologists, Health 

Professionals, School Improvement 

Officers and Behavioural Specialists 


Whole School, Group or Individual 

Timings: 

Untimed 


Cognitive Abilities Test 


Suitableforusein 

implementingthe 

Curriculumfor 

Excellence 

Now fully mapped to the 

four Capacities of the 

Curriculum for Excellence. 

Call 0845 602 1937 

for your free mapping grid. 

ASCL Member discounts 

available for the 

PASS Online Intervention Service. 

Call 0845 602 1937 

for further details 

Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) is an all-age attitudinal survey 

that provides a robust, standardised measurement of a pupil’s attitudes 

towards themselves as learners and their attitudes towards school, and is 

already used by thousands of schools and over 100 Local Authorities in 

the UK. 

Attitudes are formed by and affect how we feel, what we do and how we 

think. In a school setting, a pupil’s attitudes to learning can influence their 

whole experience of education and have significant effects on their overall 

levels of attainment, engagement and well-being. Through regular 

assessment, a complete picture of a pupil’s motivation, strengths, 

anxieties, school-based relationships and future learning behaviours can 

be built. This can help inform appropriate intervention strategies, increase 

rates of progress and provide a sound basis for a more personalised 

approach to learning for those most at risk. 

PASS is a 20 minute survey comprised of a series of short psychometric 

statements which look at factors shown to be significantly linked to key 

educational goals, such as feelings about school (‘My teachers tell me 

when I have done something well’) or self-regard (‘I am clever’). A low 

score in one or more of these areas can offer teachers an insight into any 

obstacles in the way of pupils’ making progress, whilst pinpointing 

negative barriers to learning that may not otherwise be apparent. 

On completion, the survey is submitted by the teacher to GL Assessment 

at the click of a button, and within 2-5 working days a series of 

comprehensive reports are delivered. These reports collate results 

produced by PASS, to reveal individual, whole class and whole school 

attitudinal profiles. The results are broken down to show how your 

individual pupils, groups and the whole school compare nationally by 

gender, ethnic categories and year groups. 

Why are standardised attitudinal measures 

becoming increasingly popular? 

As a teacher: 

• Would you like to be able to predict accurately which pupils in your 

class are most likely to stop attending? 

• Would it help you to find a solution if you knew why a pupil 

misbehaved in class? 

• Would you like an insight into any obstacles that are blocking the path 

for your pupils to maximise their attainment? 

If you answered a resounding ‘yes’ to these questions, you’ll understand 

some of the reasons why standardised attitudinal measures have been 

gaining popularity in schools up and down the country for some time. 

With limited resources at so many schools’ disposal and the pressure to 

narrow the attainment gap and raise standards for all, teachers need 

robust evidence to help decide how to prioritise and target support. 

Why use PASS? 

• PASS will help inform your 

teaching strategies and 

intervention programmes to 

help raise standards of 

attainment and pupil well-being 

• It screens for emotionally 

vulnerable young people and 

those with possible mental 

health issues, to ensure those 

most at risk do not slip through 

the net 

• PASS will help you understand 

the causes of current and likely 

behaviours of pupils, to aid 

effective target setting and 

highlight areas of development 

for every individual 

• The attitudinal survey meets the 

requirements of the latest 

school inspection frameworks 

which focus heavily on 

behaviour and attendance and 

the wider coalition agenda in 

maintaining safety and discipline 

• PASS informs scalable 

development planning at both 

school and regional levels, 

through comprehensive 

reporting and intervention 

strategies 

• PASS provides an objective 

means for joint collaborative 

problem-solving working with 

parents, carers and extended 

families, as well as external 

agencies

Online Intervention System 

Users of PASS can benefit from an accompanying Online Intervention 

System at an additional cost. The system presents over 3000 possible 

combinations of intervention strategies drawn from research reviews and 

best practice at all levels. 

The nine standardised factors 

The PASS survey measures pupils’ attitudes by focussing on nine 

standardised attitudinal factors, significantly linked to key educational 

goals: 

• Feelings about school. What is sometimes called ‘School 

Connectedness’. Explores whether a pupil feels they belong to or are 

alienated from their school community 

• Perceived Learning Capability. Offers a snapshot of a learner’s 

unfolding impressions of self-efficacy and can reveal early warning 

signs of demoralisation and disaffection 

• Self regard. Equivalent to self-worth but more focussed specifically on 

learning and therefore has a greater correlation with achievement 

• Preparedness for learning. Explores whether a pupil feels they have 

the tools in place to learn 

• Attitudes to teachers. A pupil’s perception of the relationships they 

have with school staff 

• General work ethic. Highlights pupils’ aspirations and motivation to 

succeed in life 

• Confidence in learning. Identifies pupils’ ability to persevere when 

faced with a challenge 

• Attitudes to attendance. Identifies pupils’ attitudes towards attending 

school which correlates predictively with their future attendance 

• Response to curriculum demands. A second motivational measure, 

focussing more narrowly on school-based motivation to undertake and 

complete curriculum based tasks 

If you are a cluster of schools interested in using PASS for the first 

time, we offer FREE seminars. Please call 0845 602 1937 (option 5) 

to arrange a FREE seminar to discuss PASS in more detail 



PASS in our portfolio & in the spotlight 

With the Coalition Government highlighting the importance of raising 

attainment and enabling all pupils to maximise their potential within 

education, it is essential that you understand the specific motivations, 

feelings, aspirations and learning barriers of each pupil. PASS 

provides highly personalised analysis of a pupil’s attitudes to learning, 

enabling teachers to identify, track, and monitor the type of teaching 

and intervention each pupil requires which, in turn, is more likely to 

raise the attainment of that pupil. 

PASS, combined with our Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 

10–18), can deliver a more complete picture of a pupil’s ability and 

attitudes. By providing a highly reliable measurement of nine core 

attitudinal factors, PASS answers many of the questions raised when 

there are discrepancies between attainment and CAT scores. 

In light of the Allen Review, the cognitive-behavioural link embedded 

within PASS can also be used to support early intervention across all 

ages, including older children and young adults. Examples of this 

include its ability to screen for emotionally vulnerable children and to 

pinpoint pupils at risk of poor attendance up to 12 months before 

they actually stop attending school. 

With behaviour and safety being one of only four key areas in Ofsted’s 

new inspection framework, schools also benefit from the long 

established usage of PASS to address disaffection, even in some of 

the most demanding clinical settings across the UK. 

Go online to view case studies and further information 

on PASS – www.gl-assessment.co.uk/pass 

Prices *+VAT 

PASS Online No of pupils 

(3 Year, 3 Survey Contract) 300 

Ages 7-11 (KS2. P2-P7)) Prices per year 

Additional Online Surveys (within contract time) 

£450* £525* £650* 

Price per survey £225* 

No of pupils 

£265* £325* 

1500 

Ages 11- 16 (KS3 & 4, S1 – S4) Prices per year 

Additional Online Surveys (within contract time) 

£850* £950* £1095* 

Price per survey £425* £475* £550* 

No of pupils 

1-50 51-120 120-200 

PASS Project (Each Keystage) Price per survey £100* £200* £300* 

PASS Ages 4-7 (KS1. P1-P2) and ages16-18 (KS5. S6) – Price per year £400* 

PASS KS1 or KS5 + KS2-4 – Price per year (when bought together) £300* 

Online intervention System – Annual 

PASS Standalone Software 

£175* 

PASS standalone – CD / Download – First year payment £450* 

Software Licence Renewal - Annual £150* 

Find your Area Consultant on pages 4– Tel: 84 6 2 937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk

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PASS Interpretation & Analysis Services 

GL Assessment has developed a series of Interpretation & Analysis 

Services for Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS), designed to help 

schools realise the full potential of their PASS data. Whilst PASS report 

data gives you a complete overview of a pupil’s attitudes towards 

themselves as learners and their attitudes towards school, effective 

interpretation and analysis empowers teachers and SENCOs to build 

effective intervention programmes and target support to those most in 

need. This in turn helps raise standards of attainment and pupil wellbeing. 

Various levels of support are offered, enabling you to choose the 

level of support most suitable to your needs. The levels of support are 

outlined below. 

Local Workshop 

Workshops held on your premises provide a guided analysis of PASS 

data, with opportunities to reflect as well as discuss approaches with 

colleagues. 

Led by an experienced facilitator with Senior Leadership experience, 

workshops can focus on: 

• Understanding PASS assessment and interpreting the 9 factors at 

strategic and operational levels 

• Sharing and using PASS information to inform work with students, 

teachers, multi-agency teams and parents 

• Using PASS to set smarter monitoring and tracking targets: 

– to improve student well-being, behaviour and attendance 

– provide effective personalised learning for students working at all 

levels of ability 

– to reduce disaffection 

• Using PASS to identify successful strategies for your school context 

Please call 84 6 2 937 

or email pds@glassessment.co.uk 

for 

further information or to 

organise booking one of 

our PASS Interpretation & 

Analysis Services 

Workshops are based on our Professional Development Modules, 

designed to allow maximum flexibility for use in school or with a cluster 

of schools. Two modules (D5 and D6) have been specifically developed 

to support schools in getting the most from PASS. Each module is 

delivered to groups by an experienced, professional facilitator during a 

three-hour face-to-face session, making it possible to slot in as an afterschool 

session. 

£ Available from £ + VAT or less per participant. 

(Designed to be delivered on-site with a minimum cost of £ + 

VAT for up to participants. 

A maximum group size of 2 also applies. This is charged at only 

£7 +VAT, reducing significantly the cost per person for larger 

groups. 

These modules are provided by GL Performance, our school 

improvement division, and provide a comprehensive solution for your 

wider Professional Development need. Many modules are at Masters 

level with accreditation from Bath Spa University. 

Go online for a detailed overview of all modules – 

www.gl-performance.co.uk/pds 

Consultancy Service 

Our Consultancy Service is an ideal choice for schools looking for an 

even deeper and more strategic level of analysis than is possible 

through the group session. As part of the service, schools are partnered 

with a skilled and experienced facilitator who helps you get to the heart 

of your data, identify the key questions and map out the next steps to 

address these. 

To enable the depth of analysis required, schools must allow their 

facilitator prior access to their PASS data. 

Our Consultancy Service gives schools the opportunity of exploring in 

detail the key questions arising from the commentary, highlighting and 

prioritising appropriate strategies for improving pupil well-being and 

learning. Includes consideration of how PASS integrates with other data 

in schools to target hard to reach groups, such as fragile learners. 

£ 

£7 +VAT 

A word on Quality Assurance 

To ensure our services have maximum input, our accredited facilitators 

have extensive experience at senior leadership level in schools and are 

all experienced in working with schools on the use of data to inform 

school improvement and review. In addition, our ISO 27001 

accreditation means your data is safe with us. 

Utilising the same award-winning methodology as PASS, GL Assessment has developed attitudinal 

surveys for use by parents/carers 'Parents Attitudes to their Childs Education' (PACE) and teachers 

‘Staff and Teachers Attitude Questionnaire’ (STAQ). The 20 minute surveys can be completed online or 

via a paper version (upon request). For further information, prices or to book a free no obligation 

appointment with one of our area consultants, please call 0845 602 1937 or visit 

www.gl-assessment.co.uk/staqandpace



Dyslexia Screener Digital 

Martin Turner and Pauline Smith 

Age Range: 

5–16+ years 

Suitable for: 

SENCOs, Teachers and 



Individual 

Timings: 

Untimed 


Dyslexia Portfolio See page 54 

Dyslexia Screener Digital is an 

innovative online assessment that 

identifies dyslexic tendencies and 

recommends intervention 

strategies. Fully standardised, this 

30 minute test is an ideal tool for 

screening an entire year group or 

just those pupils showing some 

signs of difficulty. It can play an 

important part in helping both 

specialist and non-specialist 

teachers distinguish between 

those individuals who are having 

general difficulties in literacy and 

those whose difficulties are 

associated with dyslexia. 

Comprising six tests covering the 

three areas of Ability, Attainment 

and Diagnostic, Dyslexia Screener 

Digital offers instant scores and a 

range of instant reports, including 

a useful individual report that is 

specifically designed for 

communication with parents. 

the Dyslexia Screener in our portfolio 

To help identify pupils who may have a specific learning difficulty such 

as dyslexia, standardised screening or assessment tools like the 

Dyslexia Screener Digital fit the bill perfectly. However, once a pupil 

has been identified as having dyslexic tendencies, the nature of the 

difficulty will need to be examined in more detail so that appropriate 

intervention can be planned. GL Assessment’s Dyslexia Portfolio 

(page 54) is an ideal-follow-up assessment to the Dyslexia Screener 

Digital, providing specialist teachers with valuable diagnostic 

information to devise and implement relevant intervention strategies. 

Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital 

demo – www.gl-assessment.co.uk/dyslexiascreener 

Parent/Carer report 

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 

Why use Dyslexia Screener Digital? 

• The Dyslexia Screener Digital is an important first stage asset to any 

SENCO or learning support teacher who has concerns about a pupil 


enabling easy test administration 

• Enhanced individual reporting shows the results of each subtest and 

provides recommendations for the next steps, enabling teaching to 

be tailored to a pupil’s individual learning needs 

• The diagnostic group report offers a convenient way of assimilating 

and storing results for a group of readers 

• A comprehensive parent/carer report plus further guidance and letter 

templates will help support your communication with parents and 

carers both before and after screening 

Dyslexia Guidance 

To ensure pupils with dyslexia achieve their potential, ongoing support in 

the classroom and small group settings is essential. GL Assessment’s 

Dyslexia Guidance is an invaluable resource for this purpose, providing 

specialist teachers with practical advice and support from pre-school 

through to university level. It explores the ‘life cycle’ of a pupil, enabling 

teachers to better understand the nature of the condition and how best 

to support pupils. 

Prices 

Dyslexia Screener Digital 

Annual Licence for Individual 

*+VAT 

Administrations (Minimum order of £5.00* 

10 administrations is required) 

Dyslexia Screener (CD-ROM) 

978 07087 19473/GLA500 per admin 

Annual Licence 978 07087 09375/GLA500 £235.00* 

Licence Renewal 

Dyslexia Screener Annual Licence/ 


Dyslexia Guidance Book 978 07087 18131/GLA500 £260.00* 



Dyslexia Guidance *+VAT 

Dyslexia Guidance Book 978 07087 17691/GLA500 £52.00 



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Dyslexia Portfolio 

Martin Turner 

Age Range: 

6–16 years 

Suitable for: 

SENCOs, Specialist Teachers and 




Timed: 

(some tests are timed) overall 

approx 40 minutes 


Dyslexia Screener and Dyslexia 

Guidance See page 53 

The Dyslexia Portfolio is an ideal 

follow-up assessment to the 

Dyslexia Screener Digital for 

those pupils who may have been 

screened as having dyslexic 

tendencies, or whose 

performance in literacy is causing 

concern. 

The individual diagnostic 

assessment provides a profile of 

strengths and weaknesses that 

can be translated directly into an 

individual teaching plan, enabling 

specialist teachers to devise and 

implement a relevant and 

sensitive, multi-sensory 

intervention programme. 

Why use the Dyslexia 

Portfolio? 

• Fully standardised, the battery 

of short diagnostic tests will 

help you identify areas of 

difficulty in literacy learning 

• The Dyslexia Portfolio provides 

valuable information on a pupil’s 

strengths and weaknesses so 

that appropriate support 

programmes and intervention 

strategies can be planned 

• Online reporting automatically 

produces statistical, graphical 

and narrative reports on each 

individual after scores have 

been entered 

• The tests in the Portfolio can be 

used alongside results from 

other tests, such as 

GL Assessment’s Dyslexia 

Screener and British Picture 

Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition, 

to provide a comprehensive 

pupil profile 


“Dyslexia Action Psychology would wish to encourage a view that 

the use of Dyslexia Portfolio certainly gives very valuable 

information towards a diagnosis of dyslexia.” 

Dyslexia Review, July 2011 

Comprising nine sub-tests, the Dyslexia Portfolio takes just 40 minutes 

to administer and the one-to one test format allows observation of each 

pupil during the test session. The mix of tasks in these tests will help 

identify areas of difficulty in word level literacy, phonics and processing. 

The nine sub-tests are as follows (some of which can be used for 

Access Arrangements): 

- Single Word Reading - Naming Speed 

- Single Word Spelling - Writing 

- Reading Speed - Recall of Digits Forward 

- Phoneme Deletion - Recall of Digits Backwards. 

- Non-Word Reading 

The Portfolio comes with an online Report Generation Tool. Teachers 

input raw scores and a graphical and narrative report is produced 

instantly, complete with Standard Age Scores and recommendations for 

appropriate support and intervention. A parent report is also available. 

the Dyslexia Portfolio in our portfolio 

The Dyslexia Portfolio is an ideal-follow-up assessment to the 

Dyslexia Screener Digital (page 53). The Dyslexia Screener Digital 

will help identify dyslexic tendencies in pupils aged 5-16+ and the 

Dyslexia Portfolio will examine these difficulties in more detail so that 

appropriate intervention can be planned. To ensure pupils with 

dyslexia achieve their potential, ongoing support in the classroom and 

small group settings is essential. GL Assessment’s Dyslexia 

Guidance (page 53) is an invaluable resource for this purpose, 

providing specialist teachers with practical advice and support from 

pre-school through to university level. 

Visit www.dyslexiaportfolio.co.uk to view supplementary 

technical information, frequently asked questions and links 

to other support sites 

Prices *+VAT 

Complete Set 


Record Forms and Pupil Booklets 

(5 of each) 

978 07087 19008/GLA500 £21.75*


Dyscalculia Screener Digital 

Brian Butterworth 

Age Range: 

6–14+ years 

Suitable for: 

SENCOs, Teachers and 



Individual 

Timed: 



Dyslexia Screener Digital See 

page 53 

Dyscalculia Screener Digital is an 

innovative online assessment that 

identifies dyscalculic tendencies 

and recommends intervention 

strategies. Fully standardised, this 

30 minute test is an ideal tool for 

screening an entire year group or 

just those pupils showing some 

signs of difficulty. It can play an 

important part in helping teachers 

distinguish between those 

individuals who have poor maths 

attainment and those whose 

difficulties are associated with 

dyscalculia. 

Number Comparison sub-test – asks 

the pupil to select the larger of the 

two numbers Arithmetic 

Achievement subtest 

asks the pupil 

whether the answer 

shown is correct 

Dyscalculia Guidance 

Once a pupil has been identified as having dyscalculic tendencies and 

intervention strategies have been put in place, ongoing support in the 

classroom and small group settings is essential. GL Assessment’s 

Dyscalculia Guidance is an invaluable resource for this purpose, 

providing specialist teachers with practical advice and support from preschool 

through to university level. Featuring sensible advice and effective 

activities, including many photocopiable resources, Dyscalculia 

Guidance helps build foundation knowledge vital to the progress of 

dyscalculic pupils. 


The screener provides a true measure of a pupil’s facility with numbers 

through evaluating their ability to understand number size, simple 

addition and simple multiplication. Adaptive testing ensures that 

individuals enter the test at an appropriate level and are taken out of the 

test if the questions become too difficult. 

In addition to instant scores, Dyscalculia Screener Digital offers a range 

of instant reports, including a useful individual report that is specifically 

designed for communication with parents. 

Why use Dyscalculia Screener Digital? 

• The Dyslcalculia Screener Digital is an important first stage asset to 

any SENCO or learning support teacher who has concerns about a 

pupil 


enabling easy test administration 

• Enhanced individual reporting shows the results of each subtest and 

provides recommendations for the next steps, enabling teaching to 

be tailored to a pupil’s individual learning needs 

• The diagnostic group report offers a convenient way of assimilating 

and storing results for a group of readers 

• A comprehensive parent/carer report plus further guidance and letter 

templates will help support your communication with parents and 

carers both before and after screening 


the Dyscalculia Guidance in our portfolio 

GL Assessment’s Dyscalculia Guidance is an invaluable resource for 

providing ongoing support for those pupils identified as having 

dyscalculia. However, prior to this, teachers will need a tried and 

tested screening tool to identify those pupils who may have a specific 

learning difficulty such as dyscalculia. GL Assessment’s Dyslexia 

Screener Digital (page 53) fits the bill perfectly. The standardised 

assessment will help teachers identify pupils whose difficulties are 

associated with dyscalculia. 

Prices *+VAT 

Dyscalculia Screener Digital 

Annual Licence for Individual 

Administrations (Minimum order of £5.00* 

10 administrations is required) 

Dyscalculia Screener (CD-ROM) 

978 07087 19510/GLA500 per admin 

Annual Licence 978 07087 09337/GLA500 £235.00* 

Licence Renewal 

Dyscalculia Screener Annual Licence/ 


Dyscalculia Guidance Book 978 07087 18148/GLA500 £260.00* 


packages. 

Dyscalculia Guidance 

Dyscalculia Guidance Book 978 07087 11521/GLA500 £52.00 



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EARLY INTERVENTION 

WellComm: A Speech and Language 

Toolkit for the Early Years 

Angela Hurd and Diana McQueen, Sandwell Primary Care Trust 

Age Range: 

6 months–6 years 

Suitable for: 

Specialist and Non-Specialist 

Early Years Professionals 


Individual 

Timed: 


early 

years 

only 



pages 24–27 York Assessment of 

Reading for Comprehension See 

pages 28–31 and Teaching 

Talking See page 39 

Did you know? 

In primary school 

children, the most 

prevalent type of 

special need is 

speech, language and 

communication 

DfE Statistical Release, 

June 2011 

Ideal as an initial screening tool, the WellComm Toolkit provides a 

complete speech and language toolkit that can be used by all Early 

Years practitioners. 

An individual assessment developed in collaboration with leading 

practitioners at the Sandwell Primary Care Trust, the WellComm Toolkit 

is suitable for children aged 6 months to 6 years. The toolkit deploys a 

unique traffic light system that clearly identifies children requiring 

immediate intervention, as well as those who show potential language 

difficulties. The innovative system has the additional benefit of banding 

children by placing them into one of three categories, thus enabling the 

practitioner to proactively respond to any needs identified: 

Red = consider referral to a specialist service for further 

advice/assessment 

Amber = extra support and intervention required 

Green = no intervention currently required 

The Big Book of Ideas provides practitioners with over 150 bespoke 

intervention activities to meet individual needs as identified through the 

screening process. The activities are designed to be fun, engaging and 

appropriate for use with both individual children and groups across the 

entire age range. 

They also provide a helpful guide 

for parents to support their child’s 

development at home. All 

activities are photocopiable and 

can be printed from the 

Resources CD that is included in 

the WellComm Toolkit. 

The WellComm Toolkit includes a 

comprehensive Training DVD to 

help deliver in-house training. It 

also includes an online Report 

Wizard which allows both large 

and small organisations, including 

Local Authorities, to monitor and 

evaluate the progress made by 

children using the WellComm 

Toolkit. The Wizard can report on 

children across any number of 

linked settings and can generate 

individual, group and Local 

Authority reports. The Online 

Report Wizard is available at an 

additional cost. 

Early Intervention – in the spotlight 

On January 19th 2011, Graham Allen MP published his 

independent report to Her Majesty's Government: "Early 

Intervention: The Next Steps". The report details the economic, 

political, social and moral importance of helping future generations 

of babies, children and young people before problems may arise. 

It also emphasises using the best methodologies and scientific 

research to inform intervention strategies and the significance of 

tackling the causes of underlying problems rather than the 

symptoms. In light of this, the WellComm Toolkit provides the 

perfect tool along with our Measures of Children’s Mental 

Health & Psychological Wellbeing: A Portfolio for Education 

and Health Professionals. Further details of this assessment can 

be viewed on pages 60–61.

Why use The WellComm Toolkit? 

• The WellComm Toolkit is suitable for use by 

non-specialist early years professionals in identifying 

children who need immediate referral and support 

• The WellComm Toolkit provides tailored intervention activities that can 

help improve language skills, whatever the age or ability of the child 

• It is ideal for screening children’s communication skills on entrance to 

school at 5 years of age 

• The assessment monitors the levels of children’s speech and language 

as interventions are introduced, allowing the evaluation of their impact 

• It ensures each child receives the exact support and intervention 

he/she needs 

• It helps reduce unnecessary and costly referrals to local speech and 

language therapy services 

• The WellComm Toolkit has been tested and trialled on over 7,000 

children in the Sandwell Local Authority 

Example from Group Progress Report and Individual Report 


Example score sheets 


Sample activity from The Big Book 

of Ideas 

The WellComm Toolkit in our portfolio 

Difficulties with language can have catastrophic and long-term effects 

on the progression of a child’s overall development. It is vital that 

language skills are frequently monitored so that any problems or 

delays can be identified and addressed as early as possible. The 

WellComm Toolkit is an ideal screening tool that can be used prior to 

any of GL Assessment’s literacy assessments, such as New Group 

Reading Test (pages 24–27) and the York Assessment of 

Reading for Comprehension: Primary and Secondary (pages 

28–31) to identify young children at risk of developing delayed 

language skills. 

Go online to view the WellComm Toolkit case studies – 

www.gl-assessment.co.uk/casestudies 

Contents: Complete Set contains: Handbook and Score Sheets, The Little Book of 

Rules, The Big Book of Ideas, Picture Book, Resources CD, Training DVD and Carry 

Bag 

Prices *+VAT 


The Big Book of Ideas 978 07087 19725/GLA500 £67.50* 

The WellComm Report Wizard is available to both individual settings and local 

authorities. For more details on licensing and pricing structures, please contact 

Customer Services on 0845 602 1937. 



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Schedule of Growing Skills 

Martin Bellman, Sundra Lingam and Anne Aukett 

Age Range: 

0–5 years 

Suitable for: 

Early Years Professionals, Health 

Visitors, Nursery Workers and 



Individual 

Timed: 

20 – 30 minutes 

early 

years 

only 

Schedule of Growing Skills (SGS) is an invaluable tool for professionals 

who need to establish the developmental levels of children. The 

individual assessment can be used at any time with children from birth 

to 5 years, enabling you to assess them as and when appropriate and 

convenient. 

SGS provides a reliable ‘snapshot’ of a child’s developmental level, 

including areas of strength and potential delay. It examines nine key 

areas, all of which were developed from Mary Sheridan’s STYCAR 

sequences: 

- Passive posture - Hearing and language 

- Active posture - Speech and language 

- Locomotor - Interactive and social 

- Manipulative - Self-care social 

- Visual 

By using colourful and engaging toys like building blocks, a doll, pegs 

and shapes, the assessment makes the tasks feel like playtime to the 

child, allowing you to observe and assess reactions while the child 

‘plays’. Each record form allows for up to four assessments of any one 

child, providing a clear indication of progress over time. For those that 

require further assessment, subsequent record forms can be utilised. 

A simple scoring system highlights developmental areas where children 

might potentially have a delay, indicating where referral might be 

necessary. 

Why use SGS? 

• Provides a clear graphical 

representation of a child’s 

developmental level – an ideal 

basis for discussion with other 

professionals and parents 

• SGS is quick and easy to use. 

With clear administration 

instructions for all items and 

guidelines for scoring and 

interpreting results, the user can 

provide feedback within 30 

minutes 

• Using SGS as a universal 

screening measure ensures that 

all children are assessed in a 

consistent way 

• A separate cognitive score can 

be derived from relevant items 

to aid interpretation 

. . . and the SGS 

Training Course? 

• Ensures competency in child 

assessment amongst all users 

of SGS, whatever their level of 

experience 

• Delivered by highly experienced 

tutors, the course enables users 

to develop a comprehensive 

understanding of the 

administration and scoring of 

SGS 

• Delegates will receive a 

certification of competence in 

administration, along with a 

training pack of presentation 

handouts

Schedule of Growing Skills: Training Course 

Available in half or full day format, GL Assessment offers a comprehensive 

training course to help educational staff and healthcare professionals 

develop skills in child assessment using the Schedule of Growing Skills. 

The professional training programme includes in-depth guidance on how 

to administer the items, including video examples of good and bad 

practice, along with scoring procedures. Programmes are delivered 

around the core age range of 18 months to 42 months and can also be 

customised to illustrate the assessment of specific age ranges (e.g. 12 to 

18 months). To book your session, please call 0845 602 1937. 

Sample SGS Record Form 


Schedule of Growing Skills: Training DVD is available! 

The flexible 2-disc DVD containing over 3 hours worth of 

video materials to enhance the SGS Training Course is 

available to purchase online at www.gl-assessment.co.uk or 

by using the code below 

Contents: Available in A4 and A5 versions the Complete Sets contain: Stimulus 

Materials, User’s Guide, 10 Record Forms and 50 Profile Forms 

Prices *+VAT 

Complete Set A4 Version 978 07087 04547/GLA500 £200.00* 

Complete Set A5 Version 978 07087 04554/GLA500 £200.00* 


Profiles A4 Version (Pad of 50) 978 07087 04691/GLA500 £75.00* 

Profiles A5 Version (Pad of 50) 978 07087 04707/GLA500 £75.00* 

Reference Manual 978 07087 04592/GLA500 £75.00 

User Guide 978 07087 04585/GLA500 £50.00 

SGS: Training Course 

Half-day training (up to 15 delegates) 978 14060 70668/GLA500 £595.00* 

Full-day training (up to 15 delegates) 978 14060 70651/GLA500 £995.00* 

SGS: Training DVD 978 07087 18858/GLA500 £120.00* 



60 

PERSONAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological 

Wellbeing: A Portfolio for Educational and Health Professionals 

Norah Frederickson and Sandra Dunsmuir 

Age Range: 

2–20 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, SENCOs, Educational 

Psychologists, School Nurses, 

Behaviour Support Teams (BEST) 

and Youth Offending Teams (YOT) 



Timings: 

Varying throughout booklets 


Emotional Literacy See page 63 

and Pupil Attitudes to Self and 

School See pages 50–52 and 

Paediatric Index of Emotional 

Distress See page 62 



Curriculumfor 

Excellence 

Suitable for use for Getting it 

Right for Every Child Initiative 

Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing is a unique 

portfolio of assessments authored by highly-respected professionals from 

across the fields of educational and clinical development, designed to help 

all levels of school staff and clinical practitioners diagnose and respond to a 

child’s mental health needs quickly. 

Children experiencing emotional or mental health issues are unlikely to be 

able to fulfil their potential in the classroom and schools have a duty to help 

with the early recognition and identification of these children. Responding 

quickly with appropriate interventions and providing specialist help where 

necessary will provide these children with the support they need to achieve 

to the best of their ability. 

Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing can be 

used by a range of staff including teachers, SENCOs and school nurses. It 

provides a range of simple, paper-based assessments that can be used to 

measure the development of a child’s social and emotional skills, 

individually or in a group setting. 

Examples taken from the Booklets 

of Measures 

Along with an informative 

introduction booklet, the portfolio 

comprises a further seven booklets 

containing over 50 valuable 

instruments for measuring a child’s 

mental health and psychological 

wellbeing. Full guidance is 

provided on how to administer, 

score and interpret each measure, 

as well as ideas for subsequent 

intervention. 

By using Measures of Children’s 

Mental Health & Psychological 

Wellbeing you can assess your 

pupils emotional needs over time 

and ensure that any specialist 

interventions introduced are 

helping them progress in school. 

Did you know? 

A staggering 10% of 

children aged 5 to 16 

have a clinically 

recognisable mental 

disorder

The booklets in the series cover: 

Introduction 

Norah Frederickson, Sandra Dunsmuir and Joan Baxter 

Addresses the key issues in the identification and promotion of children’s 

mental health, including the evaluation of clinical interventions, outcome 

measures and interpreting data. 

Belonging 

Norah Frederickson and Joan Baxter 

Support your pupils in developing a healthy engagement in school life and 

gain a greater understanding of whether they feel accepted and 

respected in their relationships with others and in school. 

Distress 

Sarah Dunsmuir and Peter Fuggle 

Find out if issues such as depression, anxiety and loneliness are affecting 

your pupils’ ability to learn and achieve and ensure appropriate support is 

provided to those with high levels of distress. 

Enjoyment 

John Ivens 

Assess your pupil’s quality of life and happiness levels and find out more 

about what social or emotional triggers can influence their life satisfaction. 

Healthy Living 

Adrian Furnham and Alice Jones 

Highlight any problems your pupils may have in living a healthy lifestyle, 

including healthy eating, physical exercise, sleep, leisure activities and 

risk-taking behaviours. 

Resilience 

Eamon McCrory and Sean Cameron 

Evaluate how resilient your pupils are in coping with the stresses of daily 

life and help them to develop a healthy sense of self worth that will 

support them in becoming effective problem solvers. 

Responsiveness 

Alice Jones and Norah Frederickson 

Assess pupils’ ability to self monitor their behaviour and help ensure they 

develop a sense of empathy and co-operation when working with others. 

Social Behaviour 

Roger Booker and Adrian Faupel 

Find out how your pupils deal with a range of social situations and 

whether emotional and behavioural problems could be having an impact 

on their progress in school. 

Visit our dedicated website 

www.childrensmentalhealth.co.uk to find supplementary 

information about the booklets and the authors, 

guidance and articles on children’s metal health and 

additional scoring sheets and software. 


Why use Measures of Children’s Mental Health 

& Psychological Wellbeing? 

• Schools are the ideal place to identify the mental health needs of pupils 

early, so that wellbeing can be promoted and specialist help provided 

quickly where it is necessary 

• The portfolio speeds up the assessment and diagnosis of children’s 

mental health requirements to support early intervention 

• It provides one source of paper-based assessments for analysing the 

development of healthy social and emotional skills 

• Clear advice on the next steps following assessment is provided and 

simple scoring means that teachers can quickly identify pupils who 

need referral and specialist intervention 

• Each measure can be photocopied and reused, providing great value 

for money 

• Results presented can be used as evidence in Ofsted inspections 


Measures of Children’s Mental Health & 

Psychological Wellbeing in our portfolio 

Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing 

provides the perfect platform for delving into the individual elements 

that make up a child’s emotional health and wellbeing. To help identify 

children that may need this type of assessment in the first place, the 

Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (page 62) is a brief and 

easy-to-use self-rating scale that screens children and young people 

for general emotional and psychological distress, making it ideal for 

use prior to Measures of Children’s Mental Health and Psychological 

Wellbeing. Combined with Pupil Attitudes to Self and School 

(PASS) (pages 50–52), our all-age attitudinal survey that measures 

pupils’ attitudes by looking at factors proven to be linked with key 

educational goals, an overall profile of a pupil’s emotional health, 

wellbeing and attitudes can be established to help inform appropriate 

intervention programmes. 

Contents: Complete set contains: Introduction and 7 Booklets of Measures 

Prices *+VAT 


Introduction Booklet 978 07087 19114/GLA500 £40.00* 

Enjoyment Booklet 978 07087 19121/GLA500 £80.00* 

Belonging Booklet 978 07087 19138/GLA500 £80.00* 

Resilience Booklet 978 07087 19145/GLA500 £80.00* 

Distress Booklet 978 07087 19152/GLA500 £80.00* 

Responsiveness Booklet 978 07087 19169/GLA500 £80.00* 

Social Behaviour Booklet 978 07087 19176/GLA500 £80.00* 

Healthy Living Booklet 978 07087 19183/GLA500 £80.00* 

Portfolio Overview GLA147 F.O.C. 



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The Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress 

Suzy O’ Connor, Terri Carney, Emma House, Eamonn Ferguson and Rory O’ Connor 

Age Range: 

8–16 years 

Suitable for: 

School Nurses, SENCOs, Clinical 

and Educational Psychologists, 

Primary Mental Health Workers, 

GPs, Paediatricians, Social 

Workers, Counsellors, Youth 

Workers and Researchers 


Individual 

Timed: 




School See pages 50–52 and 

Measures of Children’s Mental 

Health and Psychological 

Wellbeing See pages 60–61 

Example of the PI-ED rating scale 

Based on the popular Hospital 

Anxiety & Depression Scale 

(HADS) the Paediatric Index of 

Emotional Distress (PI-ED) is a 

valid and reliable self-rating scale 

that screens children and young 

people for emotional distress. 

The PI-ED assesses psychological 

distress using one brief 

questionnaire, comprising 14 items 

that are presented on one page. It 

asks children and young people 

about their symptoms of anxiety 

and depression. A concrete cut-off 

score then clearly identifies individuals most in need of further clinical 

assessment and intervention. 

The individual assessment is suitable for administration by a range of 

clinical and educational professionals along with researchers assessing 

emotional disorders in children as an index of clinical change. 

The PI-ED is the only measure of its kind designed for use with both 

children that have physical health problems (i.e. those in paediatric 

clinics and hospitals) and children in a normal population. 

Standardised on over 1100 children in the UK within educational and 

clinical settings, the PI-ED uses language and concepts that are both 

appropriate for the understanding of children and young people and 

that minimise stress while completing the questionnaire. It is also 

suitable for children with reading difficulties or English as an Additional 

Language (EAL), as the items can be either read or translated for them. 

Did you know? 

It is estimated that 

10% of children suffer 

from mental health 

problems 


PI-ED in our portfolio 

Why use PI-ED? 

• It is the only UK-standardised 

measure of emotional distress 

that is psychometrically robust 

in a large non-clinical and 

clinical sample 

• The PI-ED facilitates the early 

identification of mental health 

problems and aids referral to 

appropriate services with clear 

cut-off scores to indicate 

increased risk of psychological 

distress 

• It is ideal for use as a screening 

measure, an index of clinical 

change and as an outcome 

measure 

• Quick and easy to administer, 

the PI-ED is briefer than 

comparable measures, easy to 

score and simple to interpret 

with clear cut off score 

• Highly cost effective – as a 

single measure of emotional 

distress it removes the need for 

separate measures of anxiety 

and depression or different 

measures for different ages 

After screening children and young people with the PI-ED for the 

initial signs of emotional and psychological distress, practitioners 

may require a more diagnostic assessment to diagnose these 

mental health problems further to support early intervention. 

Measures of Children’s Mental Health and Psychological 

Wellbeing (pages 60–61) provides the perfect platform for 

delving into the individual elements that make up a child’s 

emotional health and wellbeing. Combined with Pupil Attitudes 

to Self and School (PASS) (pages 50–52), our all-age attitudinal 

survey that measures pupils’ attitudes by looking at factors proven 

to be linked with key educational goals, an overall profile of a 

pupil’s emotional health, wellbeing and attitudes can be 

established to help inform appropriate intervention programmes. 

Contents: Complete set contains: Manual and Record Forms (100) 

Prices *+VAT 


Manual 978 07087 19800/GLA500 £45.00 


Record Forms (Pack of 100) 978 07087 19824/GLA500 £55.00*


Emotional Literacy: Assessment and Intervention 

Adrian Faupel, Southampton Psychology Service 

Age Range: 

7–16 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, SENCOs, Educational 

Psychologists, Learning Mentors 

and Counsellors 


Individual 

Timed: 




School See pages 50–52, 

Measures of Children’s Mental 

Health and Psychological 

Wellbeing See pages 60–61 and 

Paediatric Index of Emotional 

Distress See page 62 

Emotional Literacy identifies the status of 

pupils’ emotional literacy and provides 

follow-up activities for intervention where 

necessary. The assessment covers five 

key areas of emotional literacy addressed 

in the Social and Emotional Aspects of 

Learning (SEAL) curriculum including: 

– Self-awareness 

– Self-regulation 

– Motivation 

– Empathy 

– Social skills 

Optional teacher, pupil, and parent questionnaires are included. The 

measures help to address the social, emotional and behavioural issues 

that are related to a pupil’s emotional literacy. 

An interactive CD-ROM, with full audio support and switch accessibility 

accompanies this assessment. This means that the checklists can be 

accessed by all those who may find paper-based assessments 

problematic, as well as supporting those with additional educational 

needs. The production of simple, clear printable score profiles will prove 

invaluable for the busy teacher. Each worksheet can be photocopied 

and reused, providing great value for money. 

Emotional Literacy Primary covers ages 7 to 11 years. 

Emotional Literacy Secondary covers ages 11 to 16 years. 

Sample Worksheet from Secondary Manual 


Sample question from Primary CD-ROM 

Why use Emotional 

Literacy? 

• It provides teachers and 

SENOCs with diagnostic tools 

to understand and develop a 

pupil’s emotional literacy 

• Interventions based upon 

outcomes of the fully 

standardised assessment can 

positively enhance a pupil’s 

behaviour and learning 

• Ready-made, age-appropriate 

activities that save time and 

effort when planning 

intervention are provided 

• A facility for re-assessment 

allows you to monitor progress 

and helps you to gauge the 

impact of intervention 

• The CD-ROM offers greater 

accessibility to all pupils with 

user-friendly age-appropriate 

instructions onscreen 

Contents: Complete Sets contain: teacher guidance, pupil/teacher/parent 

questionnaire, intervention activities and CD-ROM 

Prices 

Emotional Literacy 7 – 11 

*+VAT 

Complete Set 

Emotional Literacy 11 – 16 





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THINKING SKILLS 

Let’s Think! Series 

Age Range: 

4–11 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed 

primary 

only 

The Let’s Think! series of cognitive acceleration resources is based on 

research by King’s College which indicates that a child’s thinking ability 

can be nurtured and developed with the right tools and environment. It 

helps children to make the transition to higher levels of thinking and 

learning, accelerating their cognitive development and thus raising 

attainment. It also offers rich and dynamic opportunities to track pupils’ 

cognitive processes and skills as they develop. 

The Let’s Think! series offers an excellent foundation for learning, 

covering the core primary subjects of Literacy, Maths and Science. The 

series also includes an Early Years resource and the Let’s Think! 

Handbook, designed to provide an introduction to developing thinking in 

the primary school, plus support for users of the Let’s Think! series. 



Curriculumfor 

Excellence 

Why use the Let’s 

Think! series? 

• These unique activity-based 

teaching programmes will 

prepare your pupils for a lifetime 

of learning 

• The Lets Think! Series will 

support you in enabling your 

pupils to become better 

thinkers, better communicators 

and more able learners 

• The series improves pupils’ 

ability to solve problems, whilst 

encouraging them to recognise 

and develop how they think 

• The series contains a range of 

activities, lesson plans and 

guidance designed to help 

teachers support pupils across 

the core primary subjects of 

Literacy, Maths and Science 

• Group interaction builds pupils’ 

confidence and social skills 

Now fully mapped to the four 

capacities of the Curriculum for 

Excellence. Call 0845 602 1937 

for your free mapping grid

The Let’s Think! series 

comprises: 

Let’s Think! Handbook 

(4-11 years) 

Philip Adey (Editior) 

An invaluable introduction to 

developing thinking programmes 

in primary schools, as well as 

offering support and guidance for 

existing users of the Let’s Think! 

series. It includes contributions 

from a wide range of specialists, 

supported by case studies 

reflecting practice in the UK and 

internationally. 

Let’s Think! Early Years 

(4-5 years) 

Anne Robertson 

Offering a learning experience 

that is fun and appealing to 

younger children between the 

ages of 4 and 5, Let’s Think! Early 

Years contains 15 motivating 

activities designed to help 

children improve how they 

approach problems. 

Let’s Think! (5-6 years) 

Philip Adey, Anne Robertson and 

Grady Venville 

Designed for 5 and 6-year-olds, 

Let’s Think! contains 30 fun and 

motivating activities which 

encourage children to recognise 

and develop the way in which 

they think, improving their ability 

to solve problems. 

Let’s Think through Literacy! 

(9-11 years) 

Ken Gouge and Carolyn Yates 

Comprising 10 lesson plans, 

detailed teacher notes and 

photocopiable teacher resources, 


helps teachers develop pupils’ 

literacy by improving their ability 

to think logically, enquire, reason 

and process different kinds of 

information. 


Let’s Think through Maths! 

(5-9 years) 

Michael Shayer, Mundher 

Adhami, Anne Robertson and 

Stuart Twist 

The easy-to-use programme 

provides teachers with an array of 

hands-on mathematical activities 

for helping pupils’ develop their 

thinking skills. The programme is 

split into two age ranges: 5 to 6 

and 6 to 9. 

Let’s Think through Science! 

(7-9 years) 

Philip Adey, Natasha Serret, Anne 

Robertson, Frances Nagy and 

Pam Wadsworth (7&8) 

Anne Robertson and Philip Adey 

(8&9) 

These resources comprises a 

series of engaging group 

activities, designed to develop 

cognitive abilities and establish a 

clear understanding of scientific 

principles. The programme is split 

into two age ranges: 7 to 8 and 

8 to 9. 

Contents: Complete Sets vary but generally contain: Teacher’s Guides, Resource 

Guides and Activity Materials and Sheets. 

Prices *+VAT 

Let’s Think! Complete Set 978 07087 12566/GLA500 £190.00* 

Let’s Think! Teacher’s Guide 978 07087 12573/GLA500 £105.00 

Let’s Think! Resource Pack 978 07087 12580/GLA500 £110.00 

Let’s Think! Early Years Complete Set 978 07087 14942/GLA500 £120.00* 

Let’s Think! Early Years Teacher’s Guide 978 07087 16311/GLA500 £65.00 

Let’s Think! Handbook 978 07087 17820/GLA500 £52.00 


Let’s Think through Maths! 5&6 


Complete Set 

Let’s Think through Maths! 6–9 


Complete Set 

Let’s Think through Science! 7&8 


Complete Set 

Let’s Think through Science! 8&9 


Complete Set 978 07087 14393/GLA500 £75.00 



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Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through the Arts 

(Drama, Music and Visual Arts) 

Series Editors: Ken Gouge and Carolyn Yates 

Age Range: 

11–14 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, SENCOs, Arts 

Co-ordinators, Directors of 

Specialist Arts Colleges and 

Teacher Trainers 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed 

The Think Ahead! series is a carefully researched programme which 

helps students develop their Personal Learning and Thinking Skills 

(PLTS) through drama, music and the visual arts. Each book includes 

10 motivating lessons, written by specialist teachers which can be used 

independently or together to create an effective approach to developing 

thinking across the arts curriculum. 

The development of PLTS is essential for meeting the three National 

Curriculum aims: becoming successful learners, confident individuals 

and responsible citizens. Think Ahead! provides the ideal learning 

opportunities and contexts for the effective development of these PLTS 

skills. As well as developing students' thinking, these extensively trialled 

materials provide the opportunity for increased creativity and better 

interaction, and for every student to be fully involved. 

The series comprises: 

Think Ahead! Developing thinking through Drama 11–14 

Stephen Alty and Lorna Pout 

Think Ahead! Developing thinking through Music 11–14 

Jane Petrie, Will Evans and Harry McLoughlin 

Think Ahead! Developing thinking through Visual Arts 11–14 

Nigel Leighton and Anne-Marie Quinn 

Why use Think 

Ahead!? 

• Think Ahead! is an essential 

framework to develop Personal 

Learning and Thinking Skills 

• Effective development of 

students Personal Learning and 

Thinking skills raises 

achievement and makes a 

considerable impact on learners 

• The framework can be easily 

incorporated into the school 

year, providing teachers with a 

range of lesson plans to aid 

day-to-day teaching 

• Think Ahead! encourages 

creativity, whilst motivating and 

engaging students 

Contents: Think Ahead Pack contains all 3 programme booklets 

Prices 

Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through: 

Drama 11–14 978 07087 15048/GLA500 £55.00 

Music 11–14 978 07087 15062/GLA500 £55.00 

Visual Arts 11–14 978 07087 15055/GLA500 £55.00 

Think Ahead! Pack 978 07087 16250/GLA500 £125.00

GL Performance – An Introduction 

Alongside GL Assessment, GL Performance is a division of the 

GL Education Group Ltd. 

GL Performance is a leading provider of management tools and 

resources that are designed to maximise the impact of selfevaluation, 

school development planning and school 

improvement in primary, secondary, independent and special 

schools as well as schools with academy status. 

Our portfolio is shaped by the changing needs of schools and is made 

up of four specialist management tools and resources: 

Kirkland Rowell Surveys 

The UK’s leading parental, pupil and staff perception surveys enable 

schools to monitor the changing perceptions of key stakeholders to all 

aspects of school life. 

Schoolcentre 

A powerful online self-evaluation and school improvement tool that has 

helped thousands of schools through their inspections and monitor their 

school improvement plans. 

Professional Development Services 

Our team of accredited facilitators deliver a range of training and 

consultancy services designed to help schools meet their improvement 

goals. 

GO 4 Schools 

An online data management tool designed to help school leadership 

teams maximise School Improvement through the collation of all 

classroom and assessment data in one place. 

SELF-EVALUATION & SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 

Using data to its full potential 

GL Performance delivers a complete, joined-up approach to school 

improvement, providing invaluable data and the tools, systems, advice 

and back-up support necessary to ensure the data is used to its full 

potential. Together, our resources and services help schools to: 

• Monitor the changing perceptions of stakeholders 

• Manage self-evaluation effectively 

• Ensure findings are fully embedded into ongoing teaching and 

learning processes 

• Maximise staff potential as leaders and managers 

• Continually drive school improvement 

We have also ensured that a high degree of flexibility is built into each 

and every one of our resources and services, enabling schools to tailor 

an all-encompassing solution that works for them, from implementation 

through to data interpretation and analysis. 

Find your Area Consultant on pages 4–5 Tel: 0845 02 193 www.gl-assessment.co.uk


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Schoolcentre 

Age Range: 

4–18 years 

Suitable for: 

Primary schools, Secondary 

schools, Special schools, 

Independent schools, 

International schools, Academies, 

Clusters and Federations, Local 

Authorities 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed 

NB: 

Why not book a free noobligation 

appointment with 

one of our GL Performance 

Consultants to discuss 

Schoolcentre in more detail. 

Call 0845 02 193 or email 

info@gl-performance.co.uk now! 

Schoolcentre – the comprehensive online solution to simplify 

your self-evaluation, school improvement and performance 

management process, customised your own way. 

Schoolcentre, from GL Performance is a powerful, comprehensive 

solution which over the last 7 years has remained flexible, constantly 

evolving in line with Government changes and education reforms. 

Accessible from any computer with internet access, Schoolcentre 

facilitates whole school improvement by ensuring that vital documents 

are continually up to date, meaning you are always ready for 

inspections, staff reviews and meetings with senior leaders and 

governors. 

How can Schoolcentre help you achieve 

excellence? 

Schoolcentre is tailored around your school’s needs, enabling you to: 

• Centralise access, with unlimited user licences, for all your selfevaluation, 

school improvement and performance management 

activities. This saves administration time and precious budget as an 

all-in-one solution, meaning that you don’t need to buy any other 

complementary systems 

• Collaborate and share your best practice ideas with fellow schools 

locally or nationally, by giving guest access to your account 

• Tailor your self-evaluation and school improvement processes to the 

needs of your school, thereby being able to allocate your time, staff 

and budget resources more effectively and efficiently 

• Maintain an efficient performance management process through 

comprehensive recording and monitoring of staff objective activities, 

helping you to develop excellent future school leaders and reduce 

staff turnover 

• Ensure evidence-based action planning, including impact statements, 

is recorded and made centrally available to all users, for immediate 

intervention 

• Monitor actions to ensure resources are optimised to avoid overdue 

actions and further costs 

• Prepare and save valuable time to gather and organise evidence 

ready for a short notice inspection 

• Give access to evidence of your progress to inspectors, improvement 

partners and governors to encourage their critical feedback, helping 

to increase whole-school engagement and accountability 

• Produce professional reports on aspects of your self-evaluation, 

school improvement and performance management activities, saving 

time, effort and paper so they can monitor and measure its impact 

Go online to view case studies and further information – 

www.gl-performance.co.uk/schoolcentre 

Schoolcentre 

Modules 

Schoolcentre is comprised of 

three modules, Self-Evaluation, 

Improvement Planning and 

Performance Management. 

All three modules cover each area 

of whole school improvement and 

are intelligently linked together to 

save time and reduce paper trails. 

Using all three modules together 

helps increase school efficiency 

and involve the whole school in 

contributing towards its success. 

Alternatively you may want to use 

and focus on a specific module 

first to suit your school’s immediate 

needs, before introducing other 

modules at a later stage. 

Schoolcentre is supported 

by a comprehensive 

support package including 

unlimited technical, 

product and sales support, 

on-site training and 

product updates, 

responding to 

Government changes and 

school requests. 

Schoolcentre “...has played an 

essential part in helping create the 

culture of achievement at the school.” 

Mark Ducker, STEP Academy Trust, Croydon 

Annual Subscriptions for our 

Modules start from: *+VAT 

Primary Schools £300.00* 

Secondary Schools £600.00* 

Self-Evaluation, Improvement Planning 

and Performance Management modules 

available. 

Costs are dependent upon module 

choices, pupil size and license period. 

There is an additional one-off charge for 

1 day onsite training for Senior Leaders 

Please call 0845 602 1937 for further 

information on prices and to book a 

free demonstration


Kirkland Rowell Surveys 

Age Range: 

3–18+years 

Suitable for: 

Parents, Pupils, Teachers, School 

Leadership and Governors 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed 

� � 

NB: 

Why not book a free noobligation 

appointment with 


Consultants to discuss Kirkland 

Rowell Surveys in more detail. 

Call 0191 2 0 82 0 or email 

info@kirkland-rowell.com now! 

in the spotlight 

Used by over 2,500 schools 

throughout the UK, our parental, 

pupil and staff surveys generate 

management data on all of your 

school’s activities with the 

minimum of fuss, providing you 

with a solid baseline for an 

effective self-evaluation of your 

school in preparation for the 

inspection process. 

Recommended by both the 

NAHT and ASCL, Kirkland Rowell 

Surveys help school leadership 

teams get the most from their 

self-evaluation process. After 

completion of your choice of 

either online or paper-based 

questionnaires, the data is 

analysed to produce statistically 

reliable reports which monitor the 

changing perceptions of parents, 

pupils and staff. Findings are 

represented in a series of easyto-understand 

graphs and tables, 

and contain a full evidence 

summary for every school’s self 

evaluation including: 

Kirkland Rowell Surveys: In the 

spotlight 

Many of the changes currently sweeping through education 

are transforming the relationship schools have with parents, 

whose thoughts and views have never been more important 

in shaping the way schools are run and defining the support 

children receive in their learning. 

The recently published SEN green paper emphasised the 

need for more parental choice in where and how their 

children are educated, whether this is in mainstream or 

special schools. And the Bew Review of Key Stage 2 

assessment called for a wider range of information to be 

made available to parents so that they have a deeper 

understanding of how their child is progressing in school. 

In addition to this, as part of the new Ofsted inspection 

framework, parents could be given the power to trigger a 

school inspection by voicing their concerns about their 

child’s school through the inspectorate’s website. 

In light of this, Kirkland Rowell Surveys are an invaluable 

tool in providing an accurate snapshot of how a school is 

viewed by its stakeholders today and the results provide a 

wealth of information that will help ensure the right decisions 

are made tomorrow. 

Go online to view sample surveys, case studies and 

further information – www.gl-performance.co.uk/krs 


• a complete Ofsted evidence 

summary for English schools 

• a complete Estyn evidence 

summary for Welsh schools 

• a point-by-point evidence 

summary against each of the 

HMI quality indicators in 

Scotland 

• a complete ETI evidence 

summary for schools in 

Northern Ireland 

With dedicated primary and 

secondary versions reflecting the 

changing needs and priorities as 

the child gets older, the surveys 

provide you with a truly affordable 

system of self-evaluation that 

delivers swift results on all aspects 

of your school’s performance – in 

a way that empowers your 

school, rather than searching for 

its failings. Surveys are tailored to 

each schools requirements. 

“The results of our school’s first 

survey have more than lived up to 

our expectations. I recognise the 

school’s characteristics in the 

reported results but I am particularly 

pleased to find a number of 

measurable observations and 

insights which I know will further 

accelerate our school improvement 

and development. Your product 

offers extremely good value for 

money. We will certainly be using it 

in the future as the benchmark for 

our parent consultation process.” 

Andrew Wright, Headteacher 

Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School, Lincoln 

Primary Price From 

Bespoke Parental survey £395* 

Core Parental survey £295* 

Bespoke Pupil survey £395* 

Core Pupil survey £265.50* 

Staff survey £279* 

ASCL Member discounts 

available for Kirkland Rowell 

Surveys. Call 0191 270 8270 for 

further details 

Why use KRS? 

• Kirkland Rowell Surveys are the 

only surveys to weight your 

results against what 

stakeholders usually say in 

similar schools, giving your 

findings true meaning and 

relevance 

• The surveys enable you to 

establish a baseline of what 

stakeholders think of your 

school, enabling you to monitor 

progress year-on-year – a 

particularly valuable exercise for 

new academies and school 

leadership teams 

• Unique additional analysis 

allows you to monitor the 

satisfaction of pupils’ parents 

from specific groups – for 

instance, those in receipt of 

Free School Meals (FSM) 

• Independent management 

information is delivered that 

identifies problem areas and 

pre-empts the findings of 

school inspections 

• Kirkland Rowell Surveys create 

a channel for true parental 

involvement, enabling you to 

monitor and respond to the 

changing wants and needs of 

pupils’ parents 

The following prices are our typical prices for an average school *+VAT 

Secondary Price From 

Typical Parental survey £885* 

Typical Pupil survey £500* 

Staff survey £279* 


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NEW! Kirkland Rowell Surveys 

Interpretation & Analysis Services 

To help leadership teams realise the full potential of their Kirkland Rowell 

survey data, GL Performance has developed a series of Interpretation & 

Analysis Services for schools that undertake parent, pupil and staff 

surveys. 

While Kirkland Rowell Surveys report data gives you a complete holistic 

overview of what is important to your stakeholders and their priorities for 

school improvement, effective interpretation and analysis of that data 

empowers your school’s leadership team to develop strategies and 

effectively target resources in the areas that really matter. 

Our cost effective services help you identify and understand the key 

outcomes from your school’s most recent Kirkland Rowell parent, pupil 

and staff surveys. These are the ideal choice for those schools looking 

to realise the full potential of their Kirkland Rowell survey data. 

The services also save you considerable time, by highlighting the 

commonalities and differences between each of your key stakeholder 

surveys, allowing you to focus on resulting actions as opposed to 

further data analysis. 

In addition, our Peer Review and Consultancy services partners you with 

an experienced facilitator, offering support to your senior leadership 

team to help prioritise appropriate strategies and improvements plans. 

To enable this level of analysis, schools must allow their facilitator 

access to their Kirkland Rowell Survey data. 

Our Professional Development Services also provide a wide range of 

modules to support school improvement. All have been developed as 3 

hour sessions for maximum flexibility and may be purchased singly, or in 

combination. Specifically tailored for users of Kirkland Rowell Surveys is 

Module D7 - Stakeholder Surveys: Evaluation, Action and Impact.’ (for 

further details see pages 72–73). 

Schools can choose from the following services: 

1. Combined Executive Report 

This is an executive summary integrating the main findings and key 

outcomes of your most recent Kirkland Rowell parent, pupil and staff 

surveys, in one report. 

£ £125 +VAT (for 2 surveys) 

£ £150 +VAT (for 3 surveys) 

2. Peer Review Report 

Enhancing the information given in the Combined Executive Summary, 

this service provides additional strategic commentary from the analysis 

of your reports by one of our senior facilitators. 

Additional commentary is added to the key outcomes, identifying areas 

for further investigation and discussion. 

£ 

£ 

£345 +VAT (for 2 surveys) 

£395 +VAT (for 3 surveys) 

3. Follow-Up Consultancy 

An experienced facilitator works with the schools senior leadership team 

to identify the strategic implications for school improvement and key 

questions from the survey. This provides the focus for an in-school 

discussion of 2-3 hours, led by the facilitator, examining appropriate 

strategies and processes, ultimately helping the school to identify and 

prioritise actions. Following the meeting, schools receive a summary 

report of the visit. 

£ 

£ 

From £ 95 +VAT 

£ 95 +VAT (with either the Combined Executive or Peer 

Reviewed Report) 

For further details on these services, pricing and discounts 

available, please contact us on: 

T: 0845 02 193 (option 4) 

E: info@gl-performance.co.uk 

www.gl-performance.co.uk/pds 

A word on Quality Assurance 

To ensure our services have maximum input, our accredited facilitators 

have extensive experience at senior leadership level in schools and are 

all experienced in working with schools on the use of data to inform 

school improvement and review. In addition, our ISO 27001 

accreditation means your data is safe with us.


GO 4 Schools 

Age Range: 

4–18 years 

Suitable for: 

Teachers, School Leadership 

Teams and Governors 


Group 

Timings: 

Untimed 

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Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) 

See pages 10 – 18 

NB: 

Why not book a free no 

obligation appointment with 


Consultants to discuss GO 4 

Schools in more detail. 

Call 0845 02 193 or email 

info@gl-performance.co.uk 


GO 4 Schools is an online web application 

designed to help School Leadership Teams 

plan, facilitate, monitor and evidence School 

Improvement. It achieves this by delivering 

instant access to clear, evidence-based 

statistics and raw data about each student, 

group, subject, cohort and department in your 

school. 

GO 4 Schools provides staff with easy access 

to real-time, cross-curricular assessment, attendance and behaviour 

information. Its joined-up approach streamlines progress reporting, 

intervention planning and the analysis of school data, freeing up valuable 

time to support pupils and colleagues. For example, identifying students 

whose disruptive behaviour may be affecting the learning and progress of 

other students in their groups takes just seconds. 

Pupils and parents can also log on and see up-to-date information about 

how they/their children are progressing in school on a daily basis. This 

boosts parental engagement, encouraging them to provide the right 

support from home to help reduce challenging behaviour and to get more 

involved in their child’s education, ultimately boosting progress. 

This powerful tool works in conjunction with your Management Information 

System (MIS), and allows all staff, students and parents to benefit from 

your school’s hugely valuable data resources in ways that simply aren’t 

possible with your MIS alone. 

Go online to view case studies and further information 

– www.go4schools.com 

GO 4 Schools links neatly in with our Cognitive Abilities Test 

(CAT) (pages 10–18), since data from CAT can be fed into GO 4 

Schools and analysed against all other assessment and target data. 

Why use GO 4 

Schools? 

• GO 4 Schools provides instant 

access to consistent, timely and 

detailed assessment data so you 

can have a clear, up-to-theminute, 

shared view of pupil 

progress 

• GO 4 Schools enables school 

staff to quickly identify groups of 

pupils needing additional 

support, so that fast and specific 

interventions can be put in place 

• The online tool helps parents 

provide the right level of support 

at home, through access to upto-date 

information on how their 

children are progressing in 

school 

Prices start from as little as £3 per pupil 

Additional Options include Behaviour 

Tracking Module and Parental 

Engagement to give access online to 

their sons or daughters progress. 

Please call 0845 602 1937 for an 

estimate or further information on 

prices. 


information 

2 


Professional Development Modules 

Suitable for: 

All school staff, School Leadership 

Teams and Governors 

Excellent value for 

money: 

Low per person costs and on-site 

training enable us to offer 

excellent value for money at a 

time when budgets are under 

increasing pressure. Modules are 

available at £50 + VAT per person 

(minimum price per module of 

£500 + VAT for up to 10 

participants). The price per 

person is even less when you 

book a module for the maximum 

group size of 20, charged at only 

£750 + VAT – reducing the price 

per person by more than 15%. 

Discounts for bulk bookings are 

available; please request a quote: 

T: 0845 602 1937 (option 3) 

E: pds@gl-performance.co.uk 

As part of our commitment to keep training relevant and make it easily 

accessible to educational professionals, our Professional Development 

Services now offer 63 training modules covering a wealth of topics that are 

important in schools today. 

Each module is delivered by an accredited facilitator with extensive 

experience working in the education sector and in adult facilitation. 

Extending across GL Performance and GL Assessment, the modules are 

divided into six categories, as shown opposite. We have kept the pricing 

and booking system as simple and as flexible as possible so that you are 

able to ‘mix and match’ modules easily from across categories according 

to your school’s or local authority’s requirements. 

This is made even easier by the fact that the length and price of each 

module are exactly the same for all modules. With the exception of L1, an 

online module, each module is delivered during a three-hour, face-to-face 

group session. 

In addition, modules are mapped against the appropriate Ofsted criteria 

and sub-criteria to assist you in matching your module selection to your 

school improvement priorities. 

For further information, including details of the Ofsted mapping, please 

visit www.gl-performance.co.uk/pds or call 0845 02 193 (option 3). 

Why use PDS? 

• Our professional development modules help ensure that all aspects of 

school improvement can be addressed and resources used to their full 

potential 

• All modules are delivered by accredited facilitators who work or have 

worked at senior level in schools or local authorities 

• Flexible ‘mix and match’ system enables you to put together a 

professional development programme that is bespoke to your needs 

• Participation in our modules can help schools satisfy the requirements of 

the 2012 Ofsted framework 

• Three-hour sessions make it possible to slot a module in as an afterschool 

session, making Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 

more accessible to school staff and leaders whilst also removing the 

additional need for supply cover 

• All modules can contribute towards accreditation at Masters level from 

Bath Spa University 

• Offering excellent value for money, our services enable you to fulfil your 

professional development objectives in a cost-effective way 

• Our Professional Development Services all carry the ISO quality 

management standard. In addition, our ISO 27001 accreditation means 

that your data is safe with us 

The modular approach 

Choice of modules is very flexible and 

you are free to mix and match 

modules from across six categories. 

Please note that, while many modules 

are stand-alone, others must be taken 

in conjunction with one or more other 

modules. Information on pre-requisite 

learning can be found on our website. 

Coaching 

By placing a coaching ethos at the 

heart of professional development in 

your school, you can help ensure you 

get the best from all your staff. 

Data Interpretation 

The correct analysis and interpretation 

of data is essential to maximising 

school improvement and improving 

pupils’ attainment. Modules focus on a 

wide range of data sources, including 

key resources from GL Assessment, 

such as the Cognitive Abilities Test 

(CAT) (pages 10–18) and Pupil 

Attitudes to Self and School 

(PASS) survey (pages 50–52). 

Leadership & Management 

With 30 individual modules, our 

Leadership & Management category 

reflects clearly the in-depth knowledge 

and myriad of skills required by 

schools leaders and managers today. 

Teaching & Learning 

The ‘quality of teaching’ has been 

identified in Ofsted’s 2012 inspection 

framework as one of the four areas of 

priority. In line with this, our 

Professional Development Services 

offer four informative modules to 

enhance key classroom and lesson 

observation skills. 

ICT & New Technologies 

The modules within our ICT & New 

Technologies category provide senior 

school leaders and school staff with an 

increased understanding of new 

technologies and how they can impact 

positively on teaching and learning. 

School Governance 

With modules suitable for all school 

governors, our School Governance 

category is designed to help the 

Governing Body become more 

strategic and effective.

Coaching 

(www.gl-performance.co.uk/coaching) 

Gaining Initial Coaching Skills 

C1 Coaching and Mentoring for schools A 

C2 Coaching and Mentoring for schools B 

C3 Coaching and Mentoring for schools C 

Gaining Advanced Coaching Skills 

C4 Advanced Coaching Skills A 

C5 Advanced Coaching Skills B 

C6 Advanced Coaching Skills C 

Supporting Others 

C7 The foundations of effective mentoring 

C8 Coaching for teaching and learning 

Data Interpretation 

(www.gl-performance.co.uk/datainterpretation) 

Getting more from CAT Data 

D1 Using your school's CAT report and commentary analysis 

D2 Using CAT Assessment information effectively A 

D3 Using CAT Assessment information effectively B 

D4 Using CAT data to improve school self-evaluation 

Getting more from Surveys 

D5 Understanding and interpreting the data of a PASS diagnostic audit 

report 

D6 Strategic planning for the use of the PASS diagnostic in schools 

D7 Stakeholder Surveys: Evaluation, Action and Impact 

Getting more from RAISEonline 

D8 An introduction to understanding and using RAISEonline data 

D9 Interpreting the data in the RAISEonline summary report 

Leadership & Management 

(www.gl-performance.co.uk/leadershipandmanagement) 

Middle and New School Leaders 

L1 Self-Awareness A 

L2 Self-Awareness B 

L3 Defining and explaining leadership 

L4 Leadership priorities 

L5 Leading teams A 

L6 Leading teams B 

Middle and Senior Leaders 

L7 Motivating others 

L8 Creating a positive school climate 

L9 The inclusive school – SEN leadership 

L10 Vision, values and leadership 

L11 Leading with creativity and innovation 

L12 Effective Team-Working A: Why team-working is important 

L13 Effective Team-Working B: Putting learning into practice 

L14 Effective Team-Working C: Using team time to best effect 

L15 Effective Team-Working D: Team behaviours 

Leading Change 

L16 Change leadership 


L17 Leading change – becoming an Academy 

L18 Project Management 

L19 Leading a systems-thinking school 

L20 Vertical tutoring 

Leading Support Staff 

L21 Effective classroom support staff 

L22 Getting the best from support staff 

Personal Development 

L23 Viewpoints on Style A 

L24 Viewpoints on Style B 

L25 Support staff – self-awareness 

L26 Conducting an action research project 

L27 Facilitation for professional development 

School Marketing 

L28 Developing your school's online presence 

L29 Parental and community engagement 

L30 Developing and reviewing school communication strategies 

Teaching & Learning 

(www.gl-performance.co.uk/teachingandlearning) 

The Classroom Experience 

T1 Effective questioning in the classroom 

T2 Pace, progress and performance: Improving classroom 

engagement and learning 

T3 The inclusive classroom 

Supporting High-Quality Teaching 

T4 Classroom observation skills 

ICT & New Technologies 

(www.gl-performance.co.uk/ict) 

Improving Skills and Awareness 

I1 Essential ICT skills 

I2 Digital safety and citizenship 

Strategic Planning 

I3 New curriculum, new technologies – new opportunities? 

I4 Social media for schools 

I5 New digital tools 

School Governance 

(www.gl-performance.co.uk/schoolgovernance) 

Strategy and Effectiveness 

G1 The significance of the role of the strategic Governing Body 

G2 Ensuring the effectiveness of individual Governors and the whole 

Governing Body 

G3 Holding an efficient Governing Body meeting 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

G4 Monitoring and evaluation and the Governing Body 

G5 RAISEonline and the Governing Body 

G6 Governing Body self-review 

G7 Governors and Headteacher performance management 

The CAT modules D1–D4 are available for CAT3 (pages 14–1 ) and 

CAT4 (pages 10–14). 


Visit our new user-friendly website! 

Our recently launched website at 

www.gl-assessment.co.uk is 

designed to be more informative 

and even easier to use: 

• Shop online with the minimum of fuss – no 

credit card required and no new logins for 

existing customers 

• Use the comprehensive Product Finder to 

search for the resources and services you need 

• Browse by subject area, such as Reasoning or 

Literacy, or by sector, such as Primary, 

Secondary or Special Schools 

• Discover more from the case studies, articles, 

demos and report samples that are linked 

throughout the website to our resources and 

services, providing more in-depth information 

and explaining how our assessments are 

used in schools 

• Learn about the latest additions to our high 

quality online testing portfolio 

• Keep up with the latest news and find out 

about upcoming events and international 

activity. 

Go online now to 


Direct link to 

GL Performance 

Our GL Performance website has been 

re-launched too and works directly alongside 

the new GL Assessment site. Offering a 

unique portfolio of management tools and 

resources for self-evaluation, school 

development planning and school 

improvement, the GL Performance website 

illustrates at every opportunity how our two 

divisions interlink to support schools. 

To find out more, click on the 

GL Performance tab or go directly to 

www.gl-performance.co.uk

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PLACING YOUR ORDER 

Placing your Order 

Customer registration 

All customers must register with us before placing an order. 

Registration is a one-off process, we ask you to demonstrate your 

professional qualifications (see page 78–79). The information you 

provide enables us to identify which assessments you are eligible to 

gain access to and administer. 

NB. Registration forms can also be downloaded from our website 


Once you have registered, you will be given a unique ID number. This 

number is stored on your account and activated each time you contact 

us. Your customer profile can be updated at any time by calling our 

Customer Services Team on 0845 602 1937. 

There are six ways to order 

1 By Post – using an GL Assessment order form (see page 77). Please 

ensure that titles, quantities and product codes are all clearly visible. 

2 By Fax – on 0845 601 5358 (or for International orders – 

+44 (0) 1793 611791) 

Simply fax your order direct to our Order Processing Department. 

3 By Direct Order Line – on 0845 602 1937 

Please have titles, quantities and product codes ready. 

4 Through our online shop – www.gl-assessment.co.uk 

5 Through your local Area Consultant – please see pages 4–5 for 

details. 

6 By email – at the following address: info@gl-assessment.co.uk 

(For International Orders email: international@gl-assessment.co.uk) 

Two ways to pay 

1 Payment with order (cheque or Visa/Mastercard). Please quote the 

cardholder’s name, if different, and the registered cardholder’s 

address. 

2 By requesting an invoice if you have an account with us (all schools 

and authorities in the UK have an account). Please quote your official 

order number – orders submitted without one may have to be 

returned. 

Postage and packing 

For those sending payment with order, please add a flat rate of £4.25 

(exc. VAT) to your total. If you are not enclosing payment or ordering 

from outside the UK, you will be charged the full cost of postage, based 

in weight and delivery date. 

For those paying on account, postage and packing is added to your 

invoice. 

Terms and conditions of sale 

GL Assessment reserves the right to amend details, prices, packaging 

and withdraw products without prior notice. GL Assessment also 

reserves the right to amend publishing release dates for new resources. 

Payment terms are 30 days net from invoice date. Please notify us of 

queries on our invoices immediately, quoting the invoice number. 

Claims for non-delivery, shortage or damage should be made in writing, 

quoting the account and invoice numbers (a) within 3 days of receipt for 

shortage or damage and (b) within 21 days of invoice for non-delivery. 

With all queries/claims to our Customer Support and Advisory Service, 

invoice numbers should be quoted. Please note that we are unable to 

accept returns, unless faulty, after 30 days of receipt. 

Ownership of goods 

It is a condition of sale that ownership of goods shall not pass to the 

buyer until payment is received by the Company. Some of our products 

contain photocopiable materials; however, until full payment is received, 

all photocopy restrictions remain in force. If payment is not received 

within a reasonable period, the Company may repossess the unpaid-for 

goods. 

Pricing 

All prices quoted in the catalogue are correct at the time of going to 

press but are subject to change without notice. VAT is chargeable at the 

standard rate (20% at the time of going to press) on all items marked * 

in this catalogue. Please note that on all items, including those zerorated 

for VAT, any plastic wallets have been supplied free of charge. 

Returns 

Sales are made in good faith. If you wish to request a return, please call 

us on 0845 602 1937, giving your account number, invoice date and 

number and reason for return. Goods returned must be in ‘resaleable 

condition’. Unauthorised returns and returns after 30 days of invoicing 

will not be accepted. 

Customers who are VAT exempt or zero-rated must provide copies of 

appropriate documentation, endorsed by Customs & Excise, in order for 

VAT not to be charged on consumable product. 

Please Note – it is an offence to photocopy our Answer Sheets (except where stated). 

All our material is protected by copyright.

order form 

To order any of our assessments, fill in your details, the name of the resource(s) you want to order, and add the relevant product code(s) and price(s). 

You can then either send it to the FREEPOST address below, or fax it to us on 0845 601 5358. (Fax number for customers outside the UK: +44 (0) 1793611791) 

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call +44 (0)208 996 8440/5 or email international@gl-assessment.co.uk 

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customer registration form 

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CUSTOMER REGISTRATION FORM 

We take every reasonable measure to preserve the integrity and security of our assessments. In 

line with British Psychological Society procedures, all our customers are required to register with 

us before they purchase an assessment. The information that you give us about your 

qualifications, training and the institution in which you work, enables us to identify which class 

of assessment you are eligible to use. Please use the form below to register as a 

GL Assessment customer. Do give as much information as possible about your relevant 

qualifications and experience. 

Registration is a one-off process. Once it is complete, you will be allocated a unique ID number. 

This number is stored with your customer details and is activated each time you contact us. Your 

registration details can be updated at any time by calling our Customer Services team on 

0845 602 1937. 

Section 1 – Personal Details 

First name 

Job title 

Work/School Address 

Telephone 

Email 

OFFICIAL USE ONLY 

Surname 

Return your completed form to: 

Customer Registrations, 

GL Assessment, 

Freepost London 16517, 

Swindon, 

SN2 8BR. 

NB (1) : If you are registering as a school, and have completed sections 1 and 2, you do not need to include 

any further details. If you are not buying assessments on behalf of a school, please complete sections 1, 

3 and 4 and enclose photocopies of your qualification certificates. 

NB (2) : If you are a private school or private company and do not receive government funding, please either 

tick the box provided to receive an application for a credit account, or register your details online at 


Employer’s/School Name (Trading name if self-employed) 

Postcode 

Go to Section 2 for Schools. Go to Section 3 for Health, Social Care and Specialist Assessments. 

Section 2 – School Information 

Which of these best describes your current institution? (tick where appropriate) 

Agent 

Infant School 

Bookshop 

Primary School 

Nursery School 

Secondary School 

Please state your school’s DFE number 

What is your school’s status? 

Please send me further information on the following topics: 

Assessment 

Educational Psychology 

SEN 

Behaviour 

Child Ability 

Mental health 

Speech and Language Therapy 

Child development 

Section 3 – Health, Social Care and Specialist Resources 

Fax 

Reader Number Registered Test User Code 

Independent School 

Special School 

LA 

BFPO 

State School 

LA Maintained 

Literacy 

Numeracy 

Early Years 

School improvement 

Title 

Independent Consultancy 

Learning Support Service 

Other – please state 

Independent School 

Academy 

PRU 

Which of these best describes your current institution? Please send me further information on the following topics: 

Agent 

NHS Trust 

Child Psychology and Mental Health 

Charity 

Other Hopsital 

Personal and Social Development 

Children’s Centre/Nursery 

School 

Speech and Language 

Educational Psychology Service 

University/College 

Specific Learning Difficulties 

GP Surgery 

Health Authority 

Neuropsychology 

Staff development 

Performance Management 

Senior Leadership 

Self Evaluation 

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED BOTH 

PAGES OF THIS FORM

customer registration form 

Section 4 – Membership/Qualifications/Training/Experience 

Professional Membership Please list membership of professional bodies, specifying type of membership. 

Academic Qualifications Please give full details of qualification and subject. If none, please write ‘none’. 

Note that the information you give here will determine which services you will be 

able to take advantage of, so please provide as much detail as possible. 

CUSTOMER REGISTRATION FORM 

Qualification Subject Institution Date Certificate Enclosed 

Relevant Further Training e.g. Postgraduate Certificate in Education, psychology qualification. 

Please give full details of qualification and subject. 

If none, please write ‘none’. 

Course Attended Training Provider Date 

Experience of Testing Please give details of any tests you have used and whether you administered and/or interpreted 

them. Again please provide as much detail as possible. 

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INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS 

International Distributors 

Asia 

China 

Blue Fountain Inc 

No 3, 377 Chen Hui Road Pudong, 

Shanghai, PR China 201203 

Tel: 86 21 38953835 

Fax: 86 21 38958805 

service@51eng.com 

www.51eng.com 

Hong Kong 

Artsberg Enterprise Ltd 

Room 1611, 16/F, Nan Fung 

Commercial 

19 Lam Lok Street, 

Kowloon Bay, Kowloon 

info@artsberg.com.hk 

www.artsberg.com.hk 

Transglobal Publishers Service Ltd 

27-E Shield Industrial Centre 

84/92 Chai Wan Kok Street 

Tsuen Wan 

New Territories 

Hong Kong 

Tel: (852) 2413 5322 

Fax: (852) 2413 7049 

info@transglobalpsl.com 

www.transglobalpsl.com 

India 

Overleaf 

4741/23 Ground Floor 

Ansari Road 

Daryaganj 

New Delhi 110002 

India 

Tel: 9999797190 

overleaf@airtelmail.in 

Indonesia 

Limma Bookshop & Library 

Jl Warung Buncit Raya No.98 

Lot #9 Pejanten Baret-Jakarta Selatan 

JAKARTA, 12510 

Tel: (021) 7919-2110 

indonesiainquiry@limma.co.id 

Malaysia 

APD Kuala Lumpur 

No. 22, 24 & 26 Jalan SS 3/41 

47300 Petaling Jaya 

Selangor Darul Ehsan 

Malaysia 

Tel: (60) 3 7877 6063 

Fax: (60) 3 7877 3414 

liliankoe@apdkl.com 

Thailand 

Foyles Educational Children's Books 

24/311Soi Lasalle 

105 Sukhumvit Road 

Bangkok 10260 

10260 

Thailand 

Tel: 0066 2 7458947 

steve.c@foyleseducationalbooks.com 

www.foyleseducationalbooks.com 

Singapore 

APD Singapore Pte Ltd 

52 Genting Lane 

Ruby Lande Complex 1 

Singapore 349560 

Tel: (65) 6749 3551 

Fax: (65) 6749 3552 

apdacad@apdsing.com 

Vietnam 

Ho Chi Minh Book Dist Corp 

(FAHASA) 

60-62 Le Loi Street 

District 1 

Ho Chi Minh City 

Vietnam 

Tel: (84) 88 297 638 

Fax: (84) 88 225 795 

fahasa-sg@hcm.vnn.vn 

Australasia 

Australia 

ACER 

19 Prospect Hill Road 

Camberwell 

Victoria 3124 

Australia 

Tel: 0061 39277 5447, 

1800338402 (toll free) 

sales@acer.edu.au 

www.acer.edu.au 

New Zealand 

NZCER 

PO Box 3237 

Wellington 6140 

Tel: 04-802 1450 

Fax: 04-384 7933 

sales@nzcer.org.nz 

Caribbean 

Mallory International Ltd 

Aylesbeare Common Business Park 

Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare 

Devon EX5 2DG United Kingdom 

Tel: +44 (0)1395 239199 

info@malloryint.co.uk 

Middle East 

United Arab Emirates 

Magrudy Enterprises LLC 

Street 20, Al Khabaisi 

Al Ittihad Rd (Dubai/Sharjah Rd) 

PO Box 1155, Dubai, UAE 

Tel: +971 4 297 4321 

Fax: +971 4 297 9703 

richard.rego@magrudy.com 

Egypt 

Unlimited Press 

16 Nagy Farid St. 

Dokki, Giza 

Tel: 02-33356516, 010-6145918 

safa_mostafa@unlimitedpress.net 

Bahrain 

The Bookcase 

PO Box 31084 

MANAMA 

Bahrain 

Tel: 010 973 690566 

bookcase@batelco.com.bh 

Kuwait 

IQRA Trading Co 

PO Box 5445 

Safat 

Kuwait 

Tel: 974 582 8939 

mwilson@iqratrading.com 

Africa 

South Africa 

Juta Education 

Juta & Company 

1st Fl. Sunclare Building 

21 Dreyer Street 

Claremont 7708 

Tel: +27 (0)21 659 2584 

Fax: +27 (0) 21 6592662 

Contact: Lynn Campbell 

Lcampbell@juta.co.za 

www.juta.co.za 

Kenya, Zimbawe, Ghana 

Mallory International Ltd 

Aylesbeare Common Business Park, 

Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare, 

Devon EX5 2DG United Kingdom 

Tel: +44 (0)1395 239199 

info@malloryint.co.uk 

Nigeria 

Booksville 

Barcelos Mall 

66 Isaac John Street G R A 

Ikeja 

LAGOS 

Tel: 00234-1 7763122 

Nigeria 

South America 

Chile 

Books and Bits 

Av. Apoquindo # 6856 

Las Caondes 

Santiago 

Chile 

Tel: 005622109100 

UK Exporters 

CES Holdings Ltd 

Unit 11 

Shepley Industrial Estate (South) 

Audenshaw 

MANCHESTER 

M34 5EX 

Tel: +44 (0)161 337 9337 

info@cesholdings.co.uk 

Equip My School 

Chapel Lane 

East Kirkby 

Spilsby 

Lincolnshire 

PE23 4BZ 

Tel: +44 (0)141 4161216 

service@equipmyschool.com 

www.equipmyschool.com 

Worldwide Book Suppliers 

2 Deacon Road 

Lincoln 

LN2 4JB 

Tel: +44 (0)1522 541748 

service@worldwideschoolsupplies.com

Index 

Area Consultants.........................................................................................4–5 

Black Box Series .............................................................................................49 

British Picture Vocabulary Scale: 3rd Edition.......................................34 

British Spelling Test Series: 2nd Edition ................................................42 

CAT3 Digital.....................................................................................................14 

CAT4 Digital .............................................................................................10–13 

CAT3 and 4 Interpretation & Analysis Services............................17–18 

CAT3 Scoring & Reporting Service ..........................................................16 

CAT4 Scoring & Reporting Service ..........................................................12 

Cognitive Abilities Test Attitudinal Survey (CATAS) ..........................13 

Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4): Fourth Edition............................10–13 

Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT3): Third Edition ...............................14–16 

Customised Assessments.........................................................................8–9 

Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes ........................................35 

Distributors......................................................................................................80 

Dyscalculia Screener Digital and Dyscalculia Guidance .................55 

Dyslexia Portfolio ..........................................................................................54 

Dyslexia Screener Digital and Dyslexia Guidance .............................53 

Emotional Literacy: Assessment and Intervention ...........................63 

Further Education Reasoning Test Digital ............................................19 

Gaelic Phonological Screening Test........................................................37 

GL Assessment.............................................................................................2–3 

GL Performance .............................................................................................67 

GO 4 Schools...................................................................................................71 

Kirkland Rowell Surveys..............................................................................69 

Kirkland Rowell Surveys Interpretation & Analysis Services..............70 

Let’s Think! Series ...................................................................................64–65 

Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological 

Wellbeing..................................................................................................60–61 

Measuring Success in Maths .....................................................................47 

Measuring Success in Science ..................................................................48 

Mental Mathematics 6–11 .........................................................................46 

Middle Infant Screening Test and Forward Together .......................40 

Neale Analysis of Reading Ability............................................................38 

New Group Reading Test.....................................................................24–25 

New Group Reading Test Digital ......................................................26–27 

New Group Reading Test Scoring & Reporting Service...................25 

Non-Verbal Reasoning .........................................................................22–23 

Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress, The.........................................62 

PASS Interpretation & Analysis Services................................................52 

Phonological Assessment Battery...........................................................37 

Professional Development Modules...............................................72–73 

Progress in English ................................................................................32–33 

Progress in English Digital..........................................................................33 

Progress in English Scoring & Reporting Service...............................33 

Progress in Maths..........................................................................................44 

Progress in Maths Digital............................................................................44 

Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting Service.................................45 

Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) .....................................50–51 

Reading Now ..................................................................................................38 

Reasoning 5–7 Test Series ..........................................................................19 

Sandwell Early Numeracy Test – Revised..............................................43 

Schedule of Growing Skills ........................................................................58 

Schedule of Growing Skills: Training Courses .....................................59 

Schedule of Growing Skills: Training DVD............................................59 

Schoolcentre...................................................................................................68 

Single Word Reading Test 6–16................................................................40 

Single Word Spelling Test ...........................................................................41 

Single Word Spelling Test Digital.............................................................41 

Spatial Reasoning..........................................................................................23 

Suffolk Reading Scale ..................................................................................36 

Suffolk Reading Scale Digital ....................................................................36 

Suffolk Reading Scale Scoring & Reporting Service .........................36 

Teaching Talking............................................................................................39 

Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through the Arts......................66 

Verbal Reasoning ...................................................................................20–21 

WellComm Toolkit..................................................................................56–57 

Wordchains......................................................................................................39 


Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary...............................28–29 


Passage Reading Secondary..............................................................30–31 

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