From the academic year 2023/24, end of KS1 assessments (SATs) are no longer statutory. However, as these are an indicator of end of key stage attainment, we will still carry these out in a relaxed way over the month of June.

The assessments are presented to children as a 'special booklet' to be completed. During dates selected by the school, children take part in a maths arithmetic paper, a maths reasoning paper, a spelling paper, two reading papers and a paper focusing on grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. The papers will be carried out in usual everyday working conditions, and spaced over the course of two weeks. 

The class teacher(s) will consider the level of work in your child's everyday school books, along with the assessmnet outcome, before reaching an end of key stage judgement. The child is then assessed to be working towards the expected level, at the expected level or working at greater depth for reading, maths and GPaS (grammar, punctuation and spelling). Some children may be assessed at working at pre key stage level if they have been unable to demonstrate their understanding at a key stage 1 level; children at pre key stage level will not take part in the assessments. 

These end of key stage levels will be shared with you in your child's end of year school report, along with assessments of other curriculum subjects. 

Please see the information booklet below for more information from the Department for Education. 

If you have any further questions about the SATs or end of year expectations, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your child's class teacher.

Examples of past papers can be found within the links below.