Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests

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Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests are standardized assessments taken by primary school pupils in England, typically at age 11, to measure their attainment in core subjects such as English and mathematics.

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KS2 SATs 1
Key Stage 2 1
Key Stage 2 SATs 1

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instanceOf educational assessment
primary education examination
standardised test
administeredTo primary school pupils in England
alsoKnownAs Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests
surface form: KS2 SATs

Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests
surface form: Key Stage 2 SATs
appliesToEducationLevel Key Stage 2
assessmentStage end-of-key-stage assessment
assessmentType summative assessment
country England
dataUsedBy Department for Education
Ofsted
dataUsedFor monitoring national educational standards
educationSystem national curriculum (UK)
surface form: National Curriculum for England
frequency annual
governingBody Department for Education
hasControversy concerns about pupil stress and pressure
concerns about teaching to the test
hasOutcome judgement of whether pupil has met the expected standard
scaled score for each subject
hasPolicyContext standards-based education reform in England
includesComponent grammar, punctuation and spelling test
mathematics arithmetic paper
mathematics reasoning papers
reading test
introducedForKeyStage Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests self-linksurface differs
surface form: Key Stage 2
language English
mainSubject English
mathematics
participation compulsory for most pupils in state primary schools
regulator Standards and Testing Agency
replacedAssessmentSystem previous teacher-assessed national curriculum levels
scaleScoreRange 80–120
sector state-funded primary schools in England
stakeholder government policymakers
parents
pupils
school leaders
teachers
testFormat standardised score-based assessment
written examination
testPeriod end of Year 6
typicalPupilAge 11
typicalPupilAgeRange 10–11
usedFor measuring pupil attainment
publishing school performance tables
school accountability

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Standards and Testing Agency responsibleFor Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests
Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests alsoKnownAs Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests
this entity surface form: Key Stage 2 SATs
Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests alsoKnownAs Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests
this entity surface form: KS2 SATs
Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests introducedForKeyStage Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Key Stage 2
national curriculum (UK) influences Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests
subject surface form: National Curriculum (England)
this entity surface form: Key Stage 2 national tests