It won’t be long until that week in May when your child will be sitting his/her KS2 SATs. They are heading into a busy preparation time at school with their teachers targeting the areas that need more work, or perhaps focusing on past papers. Even though the school will be doing all they can to … Read more
Sisters Ella and Georgie talk to us about their perspectives on Year 2 SATs, before and after. Ella is 12. She is now in Year 8 of secondary school, so took her SATs nearly two years ago. Georgie is 10. She is in Year 6 of primary school and will sit her SATs this May. … Read more
Is your child sitting a test at primary school this summer? Our range of kits, flashcards and activity books have been designed especially to help children develop the knowledge and practice the skills they need to succeed in the Phonics Screening Check, KS1 SATs and KS2 SATs. Books and resources Phonics screening check kit and … Read more
If you are a parent of a child in Year 6 in an English primary school, you’ll probably be very aware of the SATs tests. For one week in May, Year 6 children will be tested on their reading, mathematics, and grammar, punctuation and spelling. They’ll also have their writing assessed. At the end of … Read more
As we head into the Spring term, the Key Stage 2 SATs loom large on the horizon for parents and teachers across the country. Certainly, as a Year 6 teacher, it is now that I begin to really think about that week in May when my class will be sitting their SATs. Vicky, teacher … Read more
In May of year 6, your child will sit a reading test as part of their end of Key Stage Two National Curriculum Assessments (SATs)*. This is designed to assess how well your child is doing in relation to the National Curriculum programme of study for reading, and is primarily a test of reading comprehension. … Read more