UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Future dates for key stage 1 and key stage 2 tests commonly referred to as SATs , phonics screening check, multiplication tables check and reception baseline assessment. Future dates for primary assessments are detailed below to assist schools with their forward planning. Schools must keep these periods free for administering the assessments.
The national curriculum assessments due to be held in summer , including tests, teacher assessments and the phonics screening check, have been cancelled. Schools can choose to administer the optional multiplication tables check within the 3-week period from Monday 7 June. You know that they are something that has to be done, but with so much else going on throughout the final year of primary school the reasons behind the SATs may have passed you by.
Here we answer the question why sats are important and we look at how important SATs are in Year 6. They assess the children against the age-related expectations as set out by the National Curriculum. The KS1 SATs are internally marked by the teachers whilst the KS2 SATs are externally marked they are sent away with results being returned to the school around 2 months after the tests are sat.
For children, the SATs are used to form target grades in secondary school. Papers designed to help your Year 6 improve test skills and confidence. Attainment is the summative grade or level that has been achieved, whereas progress is the difference in attainment between one point in this case, KS1 SATs to another.
Both are important:. In , the KS1 SATs will become non-statutory and progress measures will be taken from the new Reception Baseline Assessment, which will be implemented in The children are tested on curriculum content from Years across six test papers lasting under four hours in total.
The raw score is the total number of marks a pupil scores in a test, based on the number of questions they answered correctly. Tests are developed each year to the same specification, however, because the questions are different, the difficulty of tests may vary each year. This means the raw scores pupils get in the tests need to be converted into scaled scores to ensure accurate comparisons of performance can be made over time.
Read more: SATs results explained. SATs are used by secondary schools in generating target GCSE grades and often affect the initial groups in which children are placed in Year 7. SATs results are important for schools. Download FREE resources today. Key Stage 1 reading The reading test for Year 2 pupils is made up of two separate papers: Paper 1 consists of a selection of texts totalling to words, with questions interspersed Paper 2 comprises a reading booklet of a selection of passages totalling to words.
The texts in the reading papers cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry , and get progressively more difficult towards the end of the test.
Teachers have the option to stop the test at any point that they feel is appropriate for a particular child. Key stage 1 grammar, spelling and punctuation Children taking Key Stage 1 SATs may also sit two separate papers in grammar, spelling and punctuation: Paper 1: a word spelling test taking approximately 15 minutes and worth 20 marks.
Paper 2: a grammar, punctuation and vocabulary test, in two sections of around 10 minutes each with a break between, if necessary , worth 20 marks. This will involve a mixture of selecting the right answers e. In the KS1 GPS test remained optional, so schools could choose whether to adminster it to their pupils. This was also the case in and The grading system involves children's raw score — the actual number of marks they get — being translated into a scaled score, where a score of means the child is working at the expected standard.
A score below indicates that the child needs more support, whereas a score of above suggests the child is working at a higher level than expected for their age. The maximum score possible is , and the minimum is How can I help my child prepare for SATs?
There are a number of ways in which you can work on literacy and numeracy concepts at home that will help your child in the classroom, which in turn will give them the confidence to achieve the target level for their age group. You'll find lots more information about KS1 SATs in our articles, packed with teacher tips and expert advice. You can also browse through some pre past papers ; the new tests are different in format and content, but looking at past papers can give your child an idea of what to expect.
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