1. What Do We Need To Know About SATs
What Do We Need To Know About SATs? Calveley Primary Academy Thursday 19th January

2. What does SATs Stand For?
Statutory Assessment Tasks (also includes Teacher Assessment).
Usually taken at the end of Key Stage 1 (at age 7) and at the end of Key Stage 2 (at age 11).

3. How are the children assessed?
English Reading Paper 1:
combined reading prompt and answer booklet.
English Reading Paper 2:
separate reading and answer booklet.
Maths Paper 1:
arithmetic
Maths Paper 2:
reasoning
The tests are used to informed the final teacher assessment.

4. Reading tests
Both papers have a selection of texts and genres which increase in difficulty.
Paper 1 –
Combined reading prompt and answer booklet.
There is a list of useful words and some practice questions.
Takes about 30 minutes but is not strictly timed.
Paper 2 –
An answer booklet and a separate reading booklet.
No practice questions
Test takes about 40 minutes but again is not strictly timed
(however teachers can stop at their discretion).

5. Maths Tests Paper 1: Arithmetic
Tests place value, calculations and fractions.
Some questions have grids in the answer or working out spaces.
Practice questions
Takes about 20 minutes but is not strictly timed.
Paper 2: Reasoning
Assesses mathematical fluency through reasoning and problem solving questions.
Takes about 35 minutes but is not strictly timed.
After completing some practice questions and 5 aural questions, it should take about 30 minutes to complete the rest of the test.

6. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (optional)
Paper 1: Spelling
Test transcript with 20 missing words
Takes approx 15 mins but is not strictly timed
Paper 2: Reasoning
Combined Q & A booklet focusing on pupils’ knowledge of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary.
Takes approx 20 mins but is not strictly timed

7. When do the tests happen?
Throughout May
What help can the children have?
In the reading test, children must read the text and questions by themselves, but MAY have help recording their answers, if this is done in a normal classroom situation.
In Maths, teachers can read questions to any child who asks.
Teachers can encourage, but not guide or say than an answer is correct or incorrect.
Words on a test paper can be transcribed where a marker may not be able to read a child’s answer.

8. Scaled scores
Children achieve a raw score which is based on the number of questions answered correctly in each test.
The raw score is translated into a scaled score using a conversion table.
For KS1 tests a scaled score of 100 represents the “expected standard”

9. Finalising Teacher Assessment
Teacher assessment draws together everything the teacher or teachers know about a child, including observations, marked work and school assessments.
Teacher assessment is not a ‘snapshot’ like tests and is therefore more reliable. The tests simply help to support our final assessments as to whether children are:
working towards the expected standard
working at the expected standard
working at greater depth within the expected standard

10. Finalising Reading Assessments

12. Writing assessment

13. Writing assessment

14. Writing assessment

15. Maths Assessment

16. Maths Assessment

17. Maths Assessment

18. What information do parents get and when?
Test papers are marked internally. (These are often moderated by an LEA official.)
The results are sent electronically to the LEA.
Schools must inform parents of their final teacher assessment by the end of the school year in July. This takes into account the SATs results. (Parents may request a breakdown of the results.)
Parents are given the overall school results as a percentage. These are compared to the previous year’s national figures.

19. How can parents help? Supporting homework. SATs club
Not putting children under too much pressure.