 To
inform Parents about:
◦ How children are assessed
 The end of year SATs tests
 Teacher Assessment
◦ What the ‘results’ will look like
◦ What we are doing to help
◦ How you can help
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The End of Key Stage 2 is a National
Assessment point
Every child is assessed in Reading, Writing,
Maths and Science
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Tests in
◦ Reading
◦ Maths
◦ Grammar, punctuation and spelling
◦ Science – for selected schools
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Writing is Teacher Assessed
◦ All the work they complete in Year 6 will
be taken into account
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Also Teacher Assessments for
Reading, Maths and Science
 Standard
Assessment Tests
 Every school in England has to
undertake them
 Key Stage 2 tests are:
◦ Externally set
◦ Externally marked
Monday 8th May
English reading test
Tuesday 9th May
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test,
Paper 1, short answer questions.
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test,
Paper 2, spelling.
Wednesday 10th May Mathematics, Paper 1, arithmetic test.
Mathematics, Paper 2, reasoning.
Thursday 11
th
May
Mathematics Paper 3, reasoning.
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The Reading Test consists of a single test paper with three unrelated reading texts.
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Children are given 60 minutes in total, which includes reading the texts and answering the
questions.
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A total of 50 marks are available.
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Questions are designed to assess the comprehension and understanding of a child’s
reading.
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Some questions are multiple choice or selected response, others require short answers
and some require an extended response or explanation.
◦ (one 800-word text and two passages of 300 words)
There will be a selection of question types, including:
• Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to
show the order in which they happen in the story’
• Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the
story’
• Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that
suggests what the weather is like in the story’
• Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear
eat?’
• Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that
begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase
the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully,
referring to the text in your answer.’
A
B
Give/explain the Retrieve
meaning of
information
words.
from the text.
18%
32%
E
F
Predict what
may happen
from details
stated and
implied.
6%
Explain how
information is
related and
contributes to
meaning as a
whole.
2%
C
D
Summarise main
ideas from more
than one
paragraph.
Make inferences
from the text
using evidence
from the text.
2%
G
36%
H
Explain how
meaning is
enhanced
through choice
of words and
phrases.
Make
comparisons
within the text.
4%
0%
A. Give/explain the meaning of words.
B. Retrieve information from the text.
D. Make inferences from the text
using evidence from the text.
 A Spelling test
minutes.
is administered containing 20 words, lasting approximately 15
 A separate test
is given on Punctuation, Vocabulary and Grammar
 This test
lasts for 45 minutes and requires short answer questions,
including some multiple choice.
 Marks for these two tests
are added together to give a total for Spelling,
Punctuation and Grammar.
1
Grammatical
terms / word
classes
26%
5
Punctuation
28%
2
Functions of
sentences
3
Combining
words, phrases
and clauses
6%
12%
6
7
Vocabulary
10%
Standard English
and formality
2%
4
Verb forms,
tenses and
consistency
16%
 Children
 Paper
will sit three tests: Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3.
1 is for ‘Arithmetic’
◦ covering calculation methods for all operations, including use
of fractions, percentages and decimals.
 Papers
2 and 3 cover ‘Problem Solving and Reasoning’,
◦ Pupils will still require calculation skills but will need to answer
questions in context and decide what is required to find a
solution.
 Questions
gradually increase in difficulty. Not all children
will be expected to access some of the more difficult
questions later in the papers
Area
Number, ratio and
Algebra
Measurement,
Geometry and
Statistics
Percentage of marks
75% - 85%
15% - 25%
•
•
•
•
About 36 Questions
Total of 40 marks
30 minutes to answer them all
Questions get harder as the paper
goes on
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Adding and subtracting fractions
Multiplying and dividing fractions
•
•
•
•
About 20 Questions
Total of 35 marks
40 minutes to answer them all
Questions get harder as the paper
goes on
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A range of writing over the year is assessed
Writing is assessed against a National
Framework
◦ Split into three standards – Working Towards,
Working At and Working at Greater Depth
◦ Children must demonstrate attainment in all the
statements within the standard to achieve it
Category
Working at the expected standard.
Working towards the expected standard.
(Writing only)
Has not met the expected standard.
(Reading, Maths and Science)
Working at greater depth within the expected
standard.
Pre-Key Stage standards
 Growing development of the expected
standard
 Early Development of the expected
standard
 Foundations for the expected standard
 Below the standard of the pre-key stage
Meaning
Working At age related expectations
Highest standard of attainment that can be
awarded for Maths, Reading and Science.
Working Slightly Below age related
expectations
Working Above the age related
expectations.
Highest standard of attainment that can be
awarded for writing
Working Below age related expectations
Category
Working at the expected standard.
Working towards the expected standard.
(Writing only)
Has not met the expected standard.
(Reading, Maths and Science)
Working at greater depth within the expected
standard.
Pre-Key Stage standards
 Growing development of the expected
standard
 Early Development of the expected
standard
 Foundations for the expected standard
 Below the standard of the pre-key stage
Meaning
Working At age related expectations
Highest standard of attainment that can be
awarded for Maths, Reading and Science.
Working Slightly Below age related
expectations
Working Above the age related
expectations.
Highest standard of attainment that can be
awarded for writing
Working Below age related expectations
Category
Working at the expected standard.
Working towards the expected standard.
(Writing only)
Has not met the expected standard.
(Reading, Maths and Science)
Working at greater depth within the expected
standard.
Pre-Key Stage standards
 Growing development of the expected
standard
 Early Development of the expected
standard
 Foundations for the expected standard
 Below the standard of the pre-key stage
Meaning
Working At age related expectations
Highest standard of attainment that can be
awarded for Maths, Reading and Science.
Working Slightly Below age related
expectations
Working Above the age related
expectations.
Highest standard of attainment that can be
awarded for writing
Working Below age related expectations
• A ‘Raw Score’ for each test
Marks
available
Raw Score
Reading
Maths
Grammar, Punctuation
and Spelling
50
110
70
• A ‘Scaled Score’ for each test
• Raw scores are converted to Scaled Scores
• Scaled scores run from 80 -120
• 100 is the ‘expected standard’
• 110 was deemed a ‘high score’ in 2016
2016
thresholds
Reading
Maths
Grammar, Punctuation
and Spelling
Scaled score
of 100
21
60
43
Scaled score
of 110
34
98
61
How we help
• We talk to the children
• Each child will be treated as an individual and
encouraged by us to do their very best
• Practise papers and questions – last week
• Mock SATs week – Last week of term
• Easter Holiday homework set
• 15-20 minutes work most days over the
holiday
• Maths and SPAG revision books
• SATs Breakfast (including MOCKs week)
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Help your child with their
homework, hear them read and
learn their multiplication tables
and spellings.
Encourage your child to do their
best.
Ensure that your child has a good
night sleep.
Let us know if they are worried