SATs Information Evening Thursday 9th November 2017

Structure of the evening 6:30-6:50 Information about SATs and SATs week 6:55-7:15 Workshop 7:20-7:40 Workshop 14/09/2018

2017 Test timetable Monday 14th May Tuesday 15th May Wednesday 16th May Thursday 17th May English grammar, punctuation and spelling test. Paper 1: Short answer questions Paper 2: Spelling English reading test Mathematics. Paper 1: arithmetic Paper 2: reasoning Paper 3: reasoning

Participation in the tests Pupils working well below the standard of the tests. Access arrangements- must be based on normal classroom practice. Small groups. Absence during test week. 14/09/2018

Key changes to the KS2 tests (3rd year) The new national curriculum. No longer reported using levels. No level 6 tests. Arithmetic paper. 14/09/2018

Scaled scores A scaled score of 100 will always represent the ‘expected standard’. National ‘expected standard’ will roughly equate to an old level 4b. The pupil’s raw score will be translated into a scaled score. “We can’t give full information about what the scale will look like yet. We need to wait until pupils have taken the tests and the tests have been marked before we can set the national standard and the rest of the scale.” 14/09/2018

Score conversions Score needed in 2016 to get a scaled score of 100 Maths 60 out of 110 57 out of 110 Reading 21 out of 50 26 out of 50 Grammar, punctuation and spelling 43 out of 70 36 out of 70 14/09/2018

Results Raw score. A scaled score. Confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard. Teacher Assessment. TA for KS2 English writing is subject to statutory external moderation. 14/09/2018

Grammar, punctuation and spelling Test results Subject Raw score Scaled score Attainment Maths 47/110 97 Expected standard not achieved Reading 32/50 109 Expected standard achieved Grammar, punctuation and spelling 65/70 114 Your child’s scaled score is based on their raw score. The raw score is the total number of marks they scored in the test, based on the number of questions they answered correctly. Scaled scores help test results to be reported consistently from one year to the next. National curriculum tests are designed to be as similar as possible year on year, but slight differences in difficulty will occur between years. Scaled scores maintain their meaning over time so that two pupils achieving the same scaled score in different years will have demonstrated the same attainment. Pupils with a scaled score of 100 or more will have met the expected standard on the test. The lowest scaled score that can be awarded is 80 and the highest is 120. 14/09/2018

Teacher assessment code Teacher assessments Subject Teacher assessment code Maths EXS Reading HNM Writing Science KS2 English reading, mathematics and science teacher assessment codes For KS2 English reading, mathematics and science there are two standards teachers are allowed to report: working at the expected standard (EXS) has not met the expected standard (HNM) 14/09/2018

Teacher assessment code Teacher assessments Subject Teacher assessment code Maths EXS Reading Writing GDS Science KS2 English writing teacher assessment codes For KS2 English writing, teacher assessment is the primary outcome used for accountability as pupils do not sit a writing test. There are four standards teachers must use to report: working towards the expected standard (WTS) working at the expected standard (EXS) working at greater depth within the expected standard (GDS) Pupils will be grouped into 4 categories for accountability; the 3 categories above plus an additional category for those pupils that do not meet the ‘working towards’ standard. 14/09/2018

During test week Ensure your child has plenty of sleep. Make sure you give them a good breakfast – they will need the energy. Make sure they have something to eat at break time. Make sure they have a bottle of water. Get them to school on time so they are not rushed and worried. Help them to be organised with equipment. Keep their normal routines e.g. attendance at clubs. And finally...a treat to say, “Well done for surviving SATs!” :) 14/09/2018