KS2 Year 6 English

KS2 Year 6 English SATs Papers including SPaG/GPS

Year	GPS (SPaG) Paper 1	Spelling Test Paper 2	Reading Booklet Paper 3 Answer Booket and Instructions			Modified Tests (Combined)	Framework/ Copyright/ Commentary	Marking Scheme (Answers)
2023	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 A Noise in the Night Bats Under the Bridge A Howl at Dusk	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Copyright	GPS Reading
2022	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 The Parsnips, My Circus Life & A Traveller in Time	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Copyright	GPS Reading
2021	No papers	due to	Covid-19	all	papers	were	cancelled	this year.
2020	No papers	due to	Covid-19	all	papers	were	cancelled	this year.
2019	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 The Park, Fact Sheet: About Bumblenbees & Music Box	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Copyright Scaled	GPS Reading
2018	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 The Giant Panda, Bear, Grannie and Albions`s Dream	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Copyright Scaled	GPS Reading
2017	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Gaby to the Rescue. Swimming the English Channel. An Encounter at Sea.	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack Merged	Copyright Scaled Scores	GPS Reading
2016	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Last Queen, Wild Ride & Way of the Dodo	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Copyright	GPS Reading
2016 Sample	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Space Tourism Giants The Lost World	Reading Answer Booklet	Instructions	Commentary		GPS Reading

KS2 Year 6 Level 3-5 English SATs Papers including SPaG/GPS Tests

Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Spelling Test Level 3-5 (SPaG/ GPS) Paper 2	Short Answer Questions Level 3-5 (SPaG/ GPS) Paper 1	Framework/ Copyright	Spelling Task Level 3-5 Paper 2: Admin Instructions)	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Bound- aries
2015	Charlie Small, Guide Dogs, California’s Unlikely Warriors						Reading SPaG/GPS
2014	The Humble Potato, Weird but wonderful… The Octopus, White Fang						Reading SPaG/GPS	Reading SPaG/GPS
2013	Wolf Pack						Reading SPaG/GPS	Reading and SPaG/GPS
2013 Sample
Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Writing Test (Shorter Task & Spelling Task)	Writing Test (Longer Task)	Writing Test (Longer Task Answer Booklet)	Spelling Test (Teacher’s Version)	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Bound- aries)
2012	The Great Plague		Birdspotter, Atlantis (External) They’ve Got Talent, Dragons (Internal)	Guest Appearance (External) Up, Up And Away (Internal)	External Internal	Atlantis Dragons	Reading Writing, Spelling (External) Writing, Spelling (Internal)
2011	Caves and Caving		Charity Choice, Boomerangs	Record Breaker		Boomerangs
2010	Golden Dreams		Simply The Best, Collecting	Looking After A Miptor		Collecting
2009	No Place Like Home The Earth Ship		A Busy Place, The Crater	Trainer Try-Out		The Crater
2008	Rain And Shine		Memories Of The School Year. The Silk Trade	Pip Davenport		The Silk Trade
2007	On Dangerous Ground		A New Toy, Reilly Guidance	Save it Guidance		Reilly
2006	Heart Beat		Endangered Creature Top Tips	Dear Diary		Top Tips
2005	Travelling On		It’s My Favourite Meal. Bacteria.	Can I Stay Up?		Bacteria
2004	You Can Do It		Eye Witness. Olympic Games	Time For A Change?		Olympic Games
2003	To The Rescue		A New Toy. Stunt Doubles	The Queue		Stunt Doubles
Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Writing Test (Shorter Task & Spelling Task)	Writing Test (Longer Task)	Writing Test (Longer Task Answer Booklet)	Spelling Test (Teacher’s Version)	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Bound- aries)

KS2 Year 6 Level 6 English SATs Papers including SPaG/GPS Tests

Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Extended Task (SPaG/ GPS) Paper 1	Spelling Test (SPaG/ GPS) Paper 3	Admin’s Guide Reading & SPaG/ GPS	Frame- work	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresh- olds (Grade Bound- aries)
2015	New Worlds						Reading SPaG/GPS
2014	Living With Animals				Reading SPaG/GPS		Reading SPaG/GPS	Reading SPaG/GPS
2013	Going The Distance				SPaG/GPS		Reading SPaG/GPS	Reading and SPaG/GPS
2013 Sample							SPaG/GPS
Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Writing Test (Shorter Task & Spelling Task)	Writing Test (Longer Task)	Teacher’s/ Admin’s Guide		Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thres- holds (Grade Bound- aries)
2012	Reflections On Water		Ship Wrecked and Stop The Cars	Stop The Cars		Instructions	Reading Writing
2011	Man And Machine		Creating A Character.	Word Impro- -vement			Reading Writing
Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Writing Test (Shorter Task & Spelling Task)	Writing Test (Longer Task)	Teacher’s/ Admin’s Guide		Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thres- holds (Grade Bound- aries)

KS2 Year 6 Maths SATs Papers
(Calculators cannot be used in any test)

Year	Paper 1 Arithmetic	Paper 2 Reasoning	Paper 3 Reasoning	Modified Tests (Combined)	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Guidance & Framework	Copyright
2023	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions	Large Text Braille	Mark Scheme		Copyright
2022	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Mark Scheme		Copyright
2021	No papers	due to	Covid019	all	papers	cancelled	this year
2020	No papers	due to	Covid-19	all	papers	cancelled	this year.
2019	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Mark Scheme	Scaled Scores	Copyright
2018	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Mark Scheme	Scaled Scores	Copyright
2017	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Mark Scheme	Scaled Scores	Copyright
2016	Paper 1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions	Large Text Braille Pack	Mark Scheme	Framework	Copyright
2016 Sample	Paper1 Instructions	Paper 2 Instructions	Paper 3 Instructions		Mark Scheme	Framework	Copyright

KS2 Year 6 Level 3-5 Maths SATs Papers
(From 2014 calculators cannot be used in Test B)

Year	Mental Maths Audio Transcript	Mental Maths Audio MP3	Mental Maths Answer Sheet	Test A (Paper 1)	Test B (Paper 2)	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Guidance and Framework	Level Thresholds (Grade Boundaries)
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Year	Mental Maths Audio Transcript	Mental Maths Audio MP3	Mental Maths Answer Sheet	Test A	Test B	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Guidance	Level Thresholds (Grade Boundaries)

For Maths tests children require:

A pen and pencil.
A ruler displaying both cm and mm.
An “angle measurer” (protractor).
A mirror.
Tracing paper.
Where a calculator is allowed, this is a basic model (non-scientific is fine).

KS2 Year 6 Level 6 Maths SATs Papers
(These have now been scrapped, but are useful for extension work and 11+ preparation).

Year	Level 6 Test A	Level 6 Test B	Teacher’s/Adminstration Guide	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Boundaries)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2002
2001
2000
Year	Test A	Test B	Teacher’s/Adminstration Guide	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Boundaries)

KS2 Year 6 Level 3-5 Science SATs Papers
(These have now been scrapped, but random schools are tested).

Year	Test A Science	Test B Science	Guidance & Framework Science	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Boundaries)
2016 Sample Material			Guidance Framework
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
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2003
Year	Test A	Test B	Guidance	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Level Thresholds (Grade Boundaries)

New Tests for 2023 (2016 onwards)

2016 saw new KS2 SATs tests in English and Maths with some schools being chosen to sit Science tests.

2023 SATs tests

English

The reading test will be a single one hour paper (including reading time) with questions based on a selection of texts of 1800-2300 words with 50 marks (1-3 mark questions). Question types include multiple choice; ranking/order; matching; labelling; find and copy; short response, and open-ended response.

Marks will be allocated as follows:

Subject area	Number of Marks	Percentage of total mark
Give/explain the meaning of words in content	5-10	10-20%
Retreive and record information/identify key details from fiction and non fiction	8-25	16-50%
Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph	1-6	2-12%
Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence fron the text	8-25	16-50%
Predict what might happen from details stated and implied	0-3	0-6%
Identify/explain how information/narrative content is related and contributes to meaning as a whole	0-3	0-6%
Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases	0-3	0-6%
Make comparisons within the text	0-3	0-6%

The GPS tests comprise of two tests. Paper 1 is a grammar, punctuation and vocabulary test lasting 45 minutes with 50 marks available. Paper 2 comprises of a 20-word spelling test lasting approximately 15 minutes.

Maths

There will be three papers and calculators are not allowed.

Component	Description	Marks	Time
Paper 1	Arithmetic (operations)	40	30 minutes
Paper 2	Mathematical Reasoning	35	40 minutes
Paper 3	Mathematical Reasoning	35	40 minutes

Science

A sample will take Science tests. There are different versions of the tests.

Component	Descripton	Number of Papers	Marks	Time (approx)
Test Paper b	Biology	1 (from 5 versions)	22	25 minutes
Test Paper c	Chemistry	1 (from 5 versions)	22	25 minutes
Test Paper p	Physics	1 (from 5 versions)	22	25 minutes

KS2 Year 6 English