1. King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary school
SATS 2018
King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary school

2. When?
This year the S.a.t.S tests will be held from Monday the 14th to the 17th of May

3. The Big Picture
Children are formally assessed against national expectations at the end of each key stage.
- End of KS1 – Year 2
- End of KS2 – Year 6
This is the third year that children will be assessed against the new national curriculum.
The expectations in maths and English have been raised.
Children are continuously assessed by their teacher, in order to plan effectively for the next steps in their learning

4. Scaled scores
The children’s scores will no longer equate to a level as they did in KS1
Every pupil will receive:
a raw score for each test,
a scaled score: 100 = national expectation and…
confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard.
the scale is not set in advance as they take an average After the test, so we will not know what raw scores will equate to a scaled score of ‘100’.
Last year it was 25 in Reading – for maths and 43 for SPAG

5. Timetable For SATs 2018 Monday 14th May Tuesday 15th May
Wednesday 16h May
Thursday 17h May
SPAG 45 mins
20 mins spelling
Reading Paper
Maths 1 Arithmetic
Maths 3
Reasoning 2
Maths 2 Reasoning 1

6. The Reading Test Pupils are allowed 1 hour for the reading test.
The test will include 3 or 4 different texts – past examples include stories, poems, explanations, classic texts, interviews and accounts.
The questions will range from simple retrieval to more advanced inference and deduction.

7. The S.p. A.G. test Spelling, punctuation and grammar
Spelling Test – 20 words
Written paper – 45 minutes with approximately 60 questions

8. Have a go…

10. The maths tests There are 3 maths tests:
- Paper 1– Arithmetic: 30 minutes
- Paper 2 – Reasoning: 40 minutes
- Paper 3 – Reasoning: 40 minutes

11. How are we supporting your children?
Daily grammar and spelling sessions
Daily guided reading sessions
Weekly reading comprehension at the same level as the SATS
Regular opportunities to write across a range of genres
Opportunities to work through past SATs papers to familiarise children with the format of the paper and help them interpret questions.
We are Trying our very best to not put the children under any unnecessary pressure; all we want them to do is try their best.

12. How can you support your children?
Maintain normal routines at home
Bedtime slightly earlier than normal during test week
Allow your children to discuss and talk about how they are feeling if they want to.
Understand that they all want to do well.
Gently remind them (if they need it) to continue to do their homework and work through their SATS revision books.
Try your very best to not put the children under any unnecessary pressure; all we want them to do is try their best.

13. Support
Come and talk to us if you or your child have any subject specific questions they want help with.
We are going to serve the children who want it, with a super breakfast for every day the s.a.t.s are on from 8:15. This will hopefully give the children time to chat and relax before their tests.
After each test, revision for the next day will happen and then a variety of activities will allow the children to feel that the whole week is not just about tests.

14. There is life after SATS
Results will be sent back to school towards the beginning of July.
The test results and a teacher assessment is reported to the Secondary School and to parents.
Tests indicate what a child can do on ONE day, the teacher assessment gives a picture of a child’s ability over time.
These tests will not show a complete picture of how much progress your child has made.