Use CGP Online Editions for your own personal use, including things like studying, classroom teaching, lesson planning and in-school training. Research shows that SATs are a good method of providing primary school assessments for maintaining accountability in schools. For further information, read our article 7 BAD things about SATs (and 7 GOOD things!). What are the 2022 SATs papers? These SATs exams were in English, Maths and Science and used a combination of formal tests as well as informal assessments to judge each child's attainment against the national curriculum targets.

KS2 SATs for Year 6 students will begin the week commencing the 11th May. While the date changes slightly, they take place in May every year. In Year 5, your child will continue to develop their comprehension skills and build the habits that make a confident and enthusiastic reader. Your child will learn to:

Comprehension activity books

The STA (Standards and Testing Agency) announced in July 2022 that there would not be any further science sampling tests. Instead, teacher assessment data would be used. FAQ Are KS2 SATs bad or good? ask questions about a text to help their understanding and engagement such as ‘Where is this set?’ or ‘Why did she do that?’

Yes. After marking each SATs paper, teachers convert a child's 'raw marks' into the equivalent scaled score. KS2 SATs are important tests for both children and schools. Children often take their KS2 SATs in their classroom. Below you will find the history of KS2 SATs however we also recommend you read about the History of SATs in our dedicated article. The introduction of KS2 Year 6 SATs (1995-2009)

The KS2 Maths arithmetic test (Paper 1) was designed to test children's core maths skills. It would require students to demonstrate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with several number forms including integers, fractions, decimals and percentages. This also included long multiplication and long division calculations. Sound numeracy and times tables skills would hence be essential for this KS2 Maths SATs paper. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-05-12 14:00:53 Associated-names Fairer, Alex, editor; Grocott, Rachel, editor; Hayden, Ceara, editor; Heygate, Catherine, editor Boxid IA40112008 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier