1. Key Stage 1 Assessment
2nd October 2017

2. Key Stage 1 Assessment
Nationally, teachers are required to make judgements about each child’s attainment at the end of Key Stage 1
Attainment results are reported to the Local Authority

3. What is reported to the Local Authority?
Teachers are required to report levels for:
English reading
English writing
Mathematics
Science

4. What is reported to the Local Authority?
Reporting at KS1 in English reading, English writing and mathematics:
Working below the expected standard
Working towards the expected standard
Working at the expected standard
Working at greater depth within the expected standard
Reporting at KS1 in science:
Not working at the expected standard
Working at the expected standard

5. How are judgements made?
Teacher assessment is the main focus for the end of KS1 assessment and reporting.
It is carried out as part of teaching and learning in the classroom.
Children are assessed over time and in a range of contexts.
Assessment will take into account a broad range of evidence from across the curriculum, including written work, practical activities, oral work and observations, which will be judged using the KS1 teacher assessment framework.
The results of the KS1 SATs tests will also feed into the teacher assessment judgement.

6. KS1 SATs - no Pressure!
SATs papers will be completed in an informal way in the classroom
Children will complete practice papers at various points throughout the year and will be given chance to discuss and improve their answers
The tasks and tests can be completed as a whole class, in small groups or individually, depending on the child and their individual needs
They will not be put under pressure and may not even be aware when we are completing the ‘real ones’

7. When will the children be sitting the SATs papers?
The KS1 SATs can be administered at any point in May.

8. SATs papers The children will complete 6 SATs papers: English reading
English spelling, punctuation and grammar
spelling
punctuation and grammar
mathematics
arithmetic
reasoning

9. Scaled Scores KS1 test results will be marked in scaled scores.
The ‘expected standard’ will always be set at 100.
Raw scores in the test will be converted to scaled scores.
Pupils who score 100 or more will have met the ‘expected standard’.
Pupils who score below 100 will have not met the ‘expected standard’.

10. Scaled Scores
KS1 Scaled Scores will be in schools after the tests have taken place (towards the end of May)
All tests have to be marked on the premises.

11. KS1 Reading Emphasis on comprehension
Each paper will have a selection of unrelated texts of increasing difficulty. There will be a mixture of text genres.

12. Reading paper 1 Reading prompt and answer booklet Approx. 30 minutes
Approx. 20 questions to answer

15. Reading paper 2 Reading booklet and separate answer booklet
9-10 pages of text to read; fiction & non- fiction
Approx. 40 minutes
Approx. 20 questions to answer
More challenging questioning than Paper 1

18. SPAG papers (optional)
SPELLING TEST:
20 words
No time limit; teacher reads word and puts it in to sentence for meaning
Children complete spelling of the missing word in the sentence
GRAMMAR TEST:
Approx. 20 questions
Approx. 20 minutes

20. Maths papers Paper 1: Arithmetic
Assesses confidence and mathematical fluency with:
whole numbers / place-value / counting
Approx. 20 questions
Approx. 20 minutes, no time limit
Paper 2: Reasoning
Assesses mathematical fluency, problem solving, and reasoning skills.
Approx. 35 minutes, no time limit

26. The KS1 Teacher Assessment Framework
Teachers use own knowledge of a child and the results of the KS1 tests to determine if a child is at age related expectations.
The standards within the framework each contain a number of ‘pupil can’ statements.
To demonstrate that pupils have met a standard within the framework, a pupil must demonstrate attainment of all of the statements within that standard and all the statements in the preceding standard(s).
A change this year-A more flexible approach in writing – teachers can now use their discretion to ensure that, on occasion, a particular weakness does not prevent an accurate judgement of a pupil’s attainment overall being made.

27. Examples of expected standard - Writing
write simple, coherent narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real or fictional)
Use present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently
use co-ordination (e.g. or / and / but) and some subordination (e.g. when / if / that / because) to join clauses
Demarcate most sentences with capital letters and full stops and use question marks correctly when required

28. Examples of expected standard - Reading
In a familiar book that they can already read accurately and fluently, the pupil can answer questions and make some inferences on the basis of what is being said and done
Read accurately most words of two or more syllables

29. Examples of expected standard - Maths
The pupil can add 2 two-digit numbers within 100 and can demonstrate their method using concrete apparatus or pictorial representations
The pupil can identify ½ , 1/3, ¼ , 2/4 and ¾ and know all parts must be equal parts of the whole
The pupil can read the time on the clock to the nearest 15 minutes.

30. Moderation
Teacher moderation meetings take place in school in Key Stage Phases
Teacher assessment judgements and the marking of SATs papers are moderated by the senior leadership team before the results are submitted to the Local Authority (LA)
The LA moderates assessment arrangements in 25% of schools each year
Schools must demonstrate that teacher assessment judgements are in line with national standards
Moderators will ask to see portfolios of work from several selected children
Moderators will engage in discussions with the teachers about the selected children and their work, and teachers will be asked to justify their judgement