Assessment at the End of
Key Stage 2
The new arrangements for 2016
New Curriculum
Higher Expectations
New Assessment System
Teacher Assessment
Based on work in class over a period of
time
Standard Assessment Tests (SATs)
Snapshot of performance on the day of the
test
Teacher Assessment
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Reading
Writing
Maths
Science
Previously:
Judgement made on “best fit”
Expectations:
level 3: working towards expected level
level 4: working at expected level
level 5: working above expected level
level 6: exceptional
Now:
Level descriptors do not match the higher expectations
of the new curriculum, and so cannot be used to assess
attainment or progress.
The government has not produced a new national system of
assessment.
Schools can use any tracking or assessment system they wish to
in order to monitor children as they move from YR to Y6.
No consistency in teacher assessment between schools.
Confusion for parents.
Reading and Science: working at the expected standard or not
Writing and Maths:
working towards the expected standard
working at the expected standard
working at greater depth within the
expected standard
“create atmosphere”
In 2015, L4 was the expected standard. In
2016, a child with the same attainment will
not be at the expected standard.
The current year 6 children have not been
exposed to all of the objectives in the new
curriculum, as it is a curriculum designed
to take 6 years to acquire.
Standard Assessment Tests
The tests will also be harder this year to reflect the
new expectations:
Reading
• Texts will be more challenging
• Questioning will be asking for more depth of
understanding – “Read as a writer, write as a
reader”
Maths
• Fluent arithmetic
• Reasoning and problem solving
• Application of knowledge, linking different
concepts in multi-step problems
EGPS
• Deeper understanding of the way the English
language works
• Ability to use technical vocabulary
• Correct spelling of words that follow rules
taught in Y1-6 and words from the Y3/4
and 5/6 word list.
Reporting Attainment
Test papers will be marked to give a raw score.
National scores will be used to decide on the score
which equates to “expected standard”.
This raw score will be converted to a scaled score of
100.
All other raw scores will be converted to scaled scores.
Scaled scores will be reported to parents.
Scores below 100 will mean that your child has not
reached the expected standard.
Scores above 100 will mean that your child is
working at greater depth within the expected
standard.
Helping at Home
Home Learning
Support your child with their home learning by
talking about what we have done in class, which
allows them to consolidate their learning. It also
gives them the chance to work with an adult one-toone if they are finding things tricky.
Reading
It is very important to read with your child.
This allows them to access challenging texts, and
discuss the writer’s choices and the effect that texts
have on the reader. This will also have a positive
effect on both their writing and their spelling.
Spelling
Help your child to learn any spellings suggested
as part of home learning. You can also practise
spelling the words from the year 3/4 and year 5/6
word lists.
It is better to focus on a small number at a time!
Practice Papers
Nearer to the SATs
it can be beneficial to do
practice papers at home.
Remember
We still have two terms of teaching before the SATs
and so your child will not have met every objective
in the curriculum yet!