KS2 SATs - 2025 Dates and Information
Key Stage 2 SATs in 2025
The National Curriculum assessments, or SATs, can seem daunting, but understanding them can ease concerns. SATs are national and standardised tests taken by children in Year 6 in England. (Children in some independent junior or prep schools do not take these exams.) SATs assess the knowledge and skills in Mathematics, English Reading, and Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (GPS).
Held every May, the 2025 Key Stage 2 SATs run from Monday, May 12th, to Thursday, May 15th.
The purpose of Key Stage 2 SATs is to measure your child's academic progress and a school's performance. SATs results are passed on to your child's secondary school to help their new school set a baseline for progress measurement and often place them into suitable sets or streams in Year 7.
Here at St Monica's, we will host a parent meeting in September and again in January to give you guidance and help you understand how we will prepare your children for SAT's.
SATs Subjects
- English Reading: Tests comprehension skills through questions based on various texts. There is one English Reading Paper, 50 marks, 60 minutes.
- Mathematics: This course includes arithmetic and reasoning papers. It focuses on number operations, fractions, decimals, percentages, and problem-solving. There are three Mathematics Papers, 110 marks, and 110 minutes.
- English Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (GPS): This assesses grammar rules, punctuation, and spelling knowledge. There are two GPS papers, 70 marks, 60 minutes.
SATs Test Schedule
- Monday, 12th May 2025: English Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Papers 1 and 2).
- Tuesday, 13th May 2025: English Reading.
- Wednesday, 12th May 2025: Mathematics (Papers 1 and 2).
- Thursday, 15th May 2025: Mathematics (Paper 3).
Year 6 SATs Papers
Free download to Year 6 past papers. Search under SATs
Parent Information - Year 6 SATs
Key Stage 1 - Year 2
The Year 2 KS1 SATs (Standardised Assessment Tests) will be administered during the month of May.
We hope that you find the below document useful if your child is in Year 2. The document outlines key information in regards to your child's SATs and phonics and provides useful suggestions for ways that you can assist at home.