The Year 6 children’s End of Key Stage 2 Tests are from Monday 12^th May until Thursday 15th^th May 2025,

Below is information about which tests are taking place each day and their duration, as well as how you may be able to support your child. You will also have received a letter providing further information via email.

 

When are each of the tests during the week?

Day	Test Type	Duration
Monday 12th May 2025	Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar	20 minutes for the spelling test 45 minutes for the Grammar and Punctuation test.
Tuesday 13th May 2025	English Reading Paper	60 minutes – 3 different texts to read and answer questions related to the text.
Wednesday 14th May 2025	Arithmetic Paper 1	30 minutes for the arithmetic test – covering the 4 operations, fractions, decimals, % and BIDMAS
	Reasoning Paper 2	40 minutes for the reasoning test – involving real life problems related to the all of the KS2 concepts.
Thursday 15th May 2025	Reasoning Paper3	40 minutes for the reasoning test – involving real life problems related to the all of the KS2 concepts.

 

How you can support your child:

• Reassure them that they just have to try their best on the day.
• Encouraging them to spend 10-20 minutes a day reading a challenging book, practising their spelling and timetables.
• Keeping an early and regular bedtime routine in the days leading up to and including the test week.
• Ensure your child has breakfast every day.
• Access to past SATs paper via: https://www.satspapers.org/

 

During the SATs week:

The children can arrive as normal but from 8.30am every morning the children will have access to breathing and relaxation sessions with the WBT to help calm any nerves, plus a light breakfast to set the day off to a good start.

Throughout the week the children will be given rest breaks and time to relax through PE, Art and ICT once the tests are completed.

 

Please could you make sure that your child has a water bottle, a mid-morning snack and their reading glasses (should they require them). They can also bring in a small cuddly toy or fiddle toy (that does not make any noise) which may help reassure them.

 

What should you do if your child is unwell or late during the week?

Should your child become unwell during the week, please don’t feel that they should come in, just call the office and we can make alternative arrangements for the tests to be taken at another time, once they are feeling better. However, we would appreciate it if you could avoid them having contact with their classmates who have already taken the missed test(s) due to testing regulations. Should you be running late, just call the office and we can still ensure your child takes the test that day, once they have arrived.