SATs Tests for Year 6 pupils will take place between Monday 11th May and Thursday 14th May 2020.
In the summer term of 2020, children in Year 2 and Year 6 will take the new style SATs papers first introduced in 2016. These tests in English and maths will reflect the current national curriculum.
At the end of Year 6, children will sit tests in:
These tests will be both set and marked externally, and the results will be used to measure your child’s progress and the school’s performance. Your child’s marks will be used in conjunction with teacher assessment to give a broader picture of their attainment.
The reading test will provisionally be a single paper with questions based on one 800-
There will be a selection of question types, including:
The grammar, punctuation and spelling test will consist of two parts: a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes.
The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-
Children will sit three papers in maths:
Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division. Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:
The Year 6 KS2 SATs will be administered in the week commencing 11th May 2020.
The old system of national curriculum levels is now no longer used, after the department of education abolished it in Summer 2015. Instead, children will be given standardised scores. You will be given your child’s score, alongside the average for their school, the local area and nationally. There will also be a ‘performance descriptor’ of the expected standard for Key Stage 2 pupils. The Department for Education is aiming for 85 per cent of children to reach or exceed that standard.
This is assessed through continual assessment of writing during the year. The children are assessed against a list of standards with the evidence coming from writing across the curriculum. To ensure Teacher Assessment judgments are consistent across the country schools are externally moderated by the Local Authority.