Year 2 SATs
Statutory Assessment
In the summer term of Year 2, children will take SATs in:
- Reading
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling - this is no longer statutory however we will continue to use this as an assessment tool
- Maths
The following link will take you to a short video aimed at parents to give outline information about the new national curriculum tests for Key Stage 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8MjPFWRQs0
The Reading Test
The reading test will involve two separate papers. Each paper is worth 50% of the marks and should take around 30 minutes but the children will not be strictly timed as the tests are not intended to assess children’s ability to work at speed. The texts in the reading paper will cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and will get progressively more difficult towards the end of the test.
There will be a variety of question types:
- Multiple choice
- Ranking / ordering e.g Number the events below to show in which order they happened in the story
- Matching e.g Match the characters to the job that they do in the stort
- Labelling e.g Label the text to show the title
- Find and copy e.g Find and copy one word that shows what the weather was like in the story
- Short Answer e.g what does the bear eat?
- Open-ended answer e.g Why did Lucy write the letter to her grandmother? Give two reasons
The Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Tests
The children will sit two separate papers. Paper 1 is a 20-word spelling test taking around 15 minutes and paper 2 is a grammar, punctuation and vocabularly test which involves multiple choice questions and writing short answers.
The Maths Test
The children will sit two separate papers. Paper 1 is arithmetic and takes around 15 minutes. Paper 2 is mathematical fluency, problem solving and reasoning, taking around 35 minutes. Children will not be able to use any tools such as calculators or number lines.
How will the tests be marked?
Although the tests are set externally, they will be marked by teachers within the school. Children will be given a standardised score – although this may not be communicated to parents. Teacher assessments will be used to build up a picture of your child’s learning and achievements. Your child will receive an overall result saying whether they have achieved the required standard in the tests. The Department for Education aims for 85% of children to reach the required standard.
