SATs (or Standard Assessment Tests) are national tests given to children at school. They are also known as 'SATs papers', 'SATs exams' or 'SATs tests'.
Don't confuse SATs papers (a British national assessment) with "S.A.Ts". Young adults take S.A.T papers in the USA to measure their critical thinking. S.A.Ts are a completely different test to SATs.
In primary school, children take their Key Stage 1 (KS1) SATs at the end of Year 2 and their Key Stage 2 (KS2) SATs at the end of Year 6. SATs papers are taken in English Reading, Maths and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GaPS or SPaG). Separate SATs papers are also taken in Writing and Science though these are less formal teacher assessments.
In secondary school, children take their Key Stage 3 (KS3) SATs at the end of Year 9. Children can expect tests in English Reading, Writing Maths, Science and Shakespeare. Rather than externally moderated exams, these tests are teacher assessments.
"SATs week" is when all KS2 SATs tests take place across the UK. For KS1 SATs, schools are granted the flexibility of administering them at a time that's convenient to them throughout the whole of May 2020. For the 2020 KS2 SATs, the 'SATs week' will be the week commencing Monday 11th May 2020.
All KS2 SATs papers are securely transported and marked externally. In addition to KS1, KS2, KS3 SATs, plenty of schools set Optional SATs for children in other years. This is largely to help children prepare for future exams as well as to help their teachers keep an eye on their academic performance.
SATs papers have changed a number of times over the past few years. It is important that you understand these changes so your children practise the right topics. In 2016, new SATs papers were created by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA). This followed the Department for Education's (DfE) introduction of a new national curriculum. The reporting of marks was also changed and a new scaled score system was introduced. Instead of raw marks and levels, children are told whether they have met the expected standard.
There are now four sets of SATs past papers (2016 to 2019) that can be used to prepare for the 2020 SATs and 2021 SATs. You should download all of these to help your student prepare for the 2020 SATs.
SATs papers before 2016 were written for the earlier national curriculum. Some topics were removed and others were added. If used carefully, these earlier SATs papers are very useful for practice.
KS3 SATs papers are taken in English (Reading, Writing and Shakespeare), Maths and Science.
At the end of this article, you can download SATs Key Stage 3 Science Past Year Papers for Year 2003 to 2011. All the educational stuff on this is site is free and safe for educational purpose.
SATs Key Stage 3 Science Past Year Papers
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