Here we have provided the syllabus we cover for KS2 Engliish Reading. If you click on the section you'd like to look at, an example question will appear. You can also try a demo test to get a better understanding of how BOFA works. The syllabus has been taken from the National Curriculum.

Strand	Description	Yr 3&4 Code Example	Yr 5&6 Code Example
Themes and conventions	Identify the themes and conventions of a range of texts	2TC1: Year 3&4	2TC1: Year 5&6
Themes and conventions	Discuss / comment on themes and conventions in different genres and forms	2TC2: Year 3&4	2TC2: Year 5&6
Making inferences	Make inferences from the text	2MI1: Year 3&4	2MI1: Year 5&6
Making inferences	Explain inferences and justify them with evidence from the text	2MI2: Year 3&4	2MI2: Year 5&6
Making inferences	Predict what might happen from details stated and implied	2MI3: Year 3&4	2MI3: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Give the meaning of words in context	2C1: Year 3&4	2C1: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Explain and explore the meaning of words in context	2C2: Year 3&4	2C2: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Identify main ideas	2C3: Year 3&4	2C3: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph	2C4: Year 3&4	2C4: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Identify key details that support main ideas	2C5: Year 3&4	2C5: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Identify language, structural and presentational features of texts	2C6: Year 3&4	2C6: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Explain how the language, structural and presentational features of a text contributes to meaning	2C7: Year 3&4	2C7: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Retrieve and record information from non-fiction	2C8: Year 3&4	2C8: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Make comparisons within the text	2C9: Year 3&4	2C9: Year 5&6
Comprehension	Distinguish between fact and opinion	2C10: Year 3&4	2C10: Year 5&6
Language for effect	Identify and / or comment on writers’ use of words, phrases and language features including figurative language	2LFE1: Year 3&4	2LFE1: Year 5&6
Language for effect	Discuss and evaluate how writers use words, phrases and language features to have an impact on the reader, at word, sentence and text level	2LFE2: Year 3&4	2LFE2: Year 5&6