1. Key stage 1 SAT meeting
Wednesday 25th January

2. Why do children have to take SATs?
What are SATs?
When will the SATs take place?
Who will be taking the SATs?

3. Why do Children have to take SATS?
SATS are a standardised way of assessing children’s learning at the end of key stage 1.
Schools are required to administrate
Key stage 1 SATs

4. What are SATS? Children will be tested on: English reading
Paper 1 – combined reading prompt and answer booklet
Paper 2 reading booklet & answer booklet
English grammar, punctuation and spelling
Mathematics
Paper 1 – Arithmetic
Paper 2 – Reasoning
KS1 tests are internally marked by teachers using supplied mark schemes.

5. Reading Papers
Mixture of genres – unrelated texts which increase in level of difficulty.
2 papers
Paper 1 – selection of texts. Includes list of useful words and practice questions. (20 marks)
Paper 2 – separate booklets – text. No practice questions (20 marks)
Not strictly timed as ability to work at pace is not part of assessment.

6. Reading Pupils need to be able to:
Draw on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts
Identify/explain key aspects of fiction and non- fiction texts, such as characters, events, titles and information
Identify and explain the sequence of events in texts
Make inferences from the text
Predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.

7. KS1 English Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation Test
Paper 1 – spelling. Approx. 15 minutes – 20 target words presented within 20 sentences, read from a transcript (20 marks)
Paper 2 – questions focusing on pupils knowledge of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. Approx. 20 mins (20 marks)
Not strictly timed as ability to work at pace is not part of assessment. Sufficient time to demonstrate what they understand, know and can do without prolonging the test inappropriately.
In Paper 2, grammar and punctuation carry the most weighting. Papers 1 and 2 will test areas from both Y1 & Y2 National Curriculum.

8. KS1 Mathematics test
Paper 1: arithmetic assesses pupils’ fluency in the fundamentals of mathematics, including place value, calculations and fractions.
It is a single test paper and takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, but is not strictly timed. The paper includes a practice question.
Paper 2: reasoning assesses pupils’ mathematical fluency by demonstrating their ability to solve problems and reason mathematically.
The reasoning test consists of a single test paper and will take approximately 35 minutes to complete, but it is not strictly timed. The paper includes a practice question and 5 aural questions.

9. Test Administration
Schools must administer the KS1 tests in English reading and mathematics during May
The tests do not have set days for their administration.
Marking requires a teacher’s professional judgement about which responses are correct.

10. Scaled Scores
All raw scores from the tests will be converted to scaled scores using conversion tables.
Scaled score of 100 will always represent the expected standard. This will be the only threshold set.

11. Using Test Results
Teachers must use the results of the KS1 tests in English reading and mathematics to support their TA judgement of how a pupil has performed throughout the key stage.
The tests are designed to be used with all pupils who have completed the KS1 POS and are working at the standard of the tests.
There will be some pupils who will be working below the ‘expected standard’ of the test, who will not achieve a scaled score of 100, but who should still take the tests.

12. Arrangements. Pupils shouldn’t take the tests if they:
have not completed the KS1 programme of study, or
are working below the overall standard of the KS1 tests, or
are unable to participate even when using suitable access arrangements.
We will inform parents if we feel it isn’t appropriate for their child to take the tests.

13. Teacher Assessment
Teacher Assessment is the main focus for end of KS1 assessment and reporting.
The aim of teacher assessment is to make a rounded judgement that:
is based on knowledge of how the child has performed over time and across a range of contexts
is based on a broad range of evidence from across the curriculum
takes into account strengths and weaknesses of a child’s performance
is based on knowledge of a pupil’s work over time.

14. Teacher assessment Frameworks
KS1 English reading, English writing and mathematics
The frameworks contain 3 standards
working towards the expected standard
working at the expected standard
working at greater depth within the expected standard
With the additional category of
pupils that do not meet the ‘working towards’ standard.
KS1 science
Pupils that do not meet the standard.
The frameworks set out the standards a child must be assessed against using “pupil can….” statements
To demonstrate that pupils have met a standard, pupils must demonstrate consistent attainment of all the statements within the standard (no best fit)

15. Writing assessment On going teacher assessment.
Pupils will have to demonstrate they can write in a range of different genre.
Pupils can write a narrative about their own and others’ experiences (real and fictional), after discussion with the teacher.
Cross curricular writing

16. Writing at the expected standard
demarcating most sentences with capital letters and full stops and with some question marks and exclamation marks
using sentences with different forms in their writing (statements, questions, exclamations and commands)
using some expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
using present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently
using co-ordination (or / and / but) and some subordination (when / if / that / because)
segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly
spelling many common exception words*
spelling some words with contracted forms*
adding suffixes to spell some words correctly in their writing e.g. –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly*
using the diagonal and horizontal strokes in some writing
writing capital letters and digits the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters
using spacing between words reflects the size of the letters.

17. Reading at the expected standard
The pupil can:
read accurately most words of two or more syllables
read most words containing common suffixes*
read most common exception words*.
In age-appropriate books, the pupil can:
read words accurately and fluently without overt sounding and blending,
e.g. at over 90 words per minute
sound out most unfamiliar words accurately, without undue hesitation.
In a familiar book that they can already read accurately and fluently, the pupil can:
check it makes sense to them
answer questions and make some inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.

18. What you will receive as a parent:
Each registered pupil will receive
Confirmation about whether they are
working towards the expected standard
working at the expected standard
working at greater depth within the expected standard
With the additional category of
pupils that do not meet the ‘working towards’ standard.

19. What you can do to help prepare your child for these tests?
Listen to your child read on a regular basis and talk to them about what they are reading.
Develop everyday maths skills when out and about e.g. prices when shopping, telling the time, knowledge of shapes around the home.
Learn times tables especially 2s, 5s and 10s.

20. Any questions?