Year 6 national curriculum tests (also known as SATs)

Assessments in year 6 are used to measure school performance and to make sure individual pupils are supported in the best way possible as they move into secondary school. They take place in May each year and children are assessed in reading, writing, grammar, punctuation and spelling, maths and science.

The results are reported using a scaled score. The highest possible scaled score is 120 and the lowest is 80. A scaled score of 100 represents the expected standard and a scaled score of 110+ represents the higher standard.

Progress scores show how much progress children in our academy made in reading, writing and maths between the end of key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1. For further information please visit the Department of Education (DfE) website.

It will not be possible to calculate key stage 1 to key stage 2 progress measures for the 2023 to 2024 or 2024 to 2025 academic years. There is no key stage 1 baseline available to calculate primary progress measures for these years because of Covid-19 disruption.

For the 2023 to 2024 academic year, academies do not have to publish progress scores in reading, writing or maths, as the Secretary of State is not publishing these.

Key stage 2 national curriculum tests2023
Average scoreProgress
Reading102-0.7
Writing2.6
Maths1031.5
Percentage of pupils who achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths51%
Percentage of pupils who achieved a higher standard of attainment in reading, writing and maths2%