diff --git a/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks2.sql b/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks2.sql
index 4e33d89..e098a8b 100644
--- a/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks2.sql
+++ b/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks2.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{{ config(materialized='table') }}
+
 -- Staging model: KS2 attainment + information
 -- Pivots long-format attainment data (one row per subject × breakdown) into
 -- wide format (one row per school per year) and joins context from info table.
diff --git a/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks4.sql b/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks4.sql
index 7f12346..0c62220 100644
--- a/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks4.sql
+++ b/pipeline/transform/models/staging/stg_ees_ks4.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{{ config(materialized='table') }}
+
 -- Staging model: KS4 attainment data from EES
 -- KS4 performance data is long-format with breakdown dimensions (breakdown_topic,
 -- breakdown, sex). Unlike KS2 which has a subject dimension, KS4 metrics are