1. SATs Information Session Academic Year 2017 - 2018 Wednesday 31st January 2018

2. Agenda SATs timetable SATs tests: 2018 changes
How to best support your child
How school is supporting your child

3. The key stage 2 tests Monday 14th to Thursday 17th May 2018

4. 2018 SATs Changes More rigorous than 2015 Raw scores
Range of scaled score:80 to 120
Scaled score-expected standard 100
Greater depth- 110 scaled score
2016 saw the abolition of Levels and the first test based on the new curriculum.
More rigorous- changes to the Maths paper, quick recall, no calculators
New marking and grading system-
tests are both set and marked externally
teacher assessment-Writing

5. Calculating raw scores The raw scores for each test are calculated by adding the scores from each paper for a subject.

6. Range of scaled scores
The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is the same as 2016 and is intended to stay the same in future years.
80 is the lowest scaled score that can be awarded and 120 is the highest scaled score.

7. Expected Standard
Pupils scoring at least a scaled score of 100 will have met the expected standard of the test.
A pupil awarded a scaled score of 99 or below has not met the expected standard in the test.

8. Reading 26/50 GD 39/50
Grammar 36/70
Maths / GD 95-97

9. GPS: Sample Questions
Reading test 1hour to read booklet and answer 33 questions , long answers, one /two words, selected answers.
This question assesses understanding of modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility.
45 mins to answer 46 questions /46 approx 58 sec per question

10. Sample Questions: Arithmetic
Answer these questions, you have 2 minutes: =
29,347+64,210=
4/5 x 5/6=
8 divided by 6/9=
8+96 divided by 2=
30 min to answer 36 questions ( 1800sec)
50 seconds per questions. Answer 1242

11. Arithmetic- how well did you do?
Answer these questions, you have 2 minutes:
= 997
29,347+64,210= 93,557
4/5 x 5/6= 20/30 OR 2/3
8 divided by 6/9= 6/72 OR 1/12
divided by 2= 56 (division first)
30 min to answer 36 questions ( 1800sec)
50 seconds per questions. Answer 1242

12. Sample Questions: Maths
Paper 2 Reasoning- 1mark question
Time given
12x20 =£ p = £2.55

13. Sample Questions: Maths
2 mark question
Tests knowledge of fractions, X and subtraction. 150 pages

14. Reading Have a look at both the reading paper and question book
3 texts, 39 questions
1 hour in total- reading and answering
Mixture of questions- inference, retrieval,
30 min to answer 36 questions ( 1800sec)
50 seconds per questions. Answer 1242

15. How to best support your child
Ensure your child:
attends school every day
completes their home learning
reads every day
practise Maths every day
Explains their learning to you
knows the key facts
has a quite space to study
gets enough rest

16. How school is supporting your child
Your child is supported by:
small in class focus groups
weekly homework
free daily Study breakfast
smaller Maths groups
smaller Literacy groups
small intervention groups
regular assessment of learning
Free Saturday school – January to May

17. Questions