End of key stage 2 assessments (known as SATs) were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Some children will undoubtedly have felt relief at not having to do these tests, while some pupils tell us they quite enjoy doing them. Similarly, some parents don’t place a lot of importance on the tests, while for others, they’re an important indicator of how well their child, and school, has done.
The data below represents what we predict would be the outcomes of those assessments – and it’s a cause for celebration of the children’s great learning throughout their time at Scholes (Elmet) Primary.
For Reading, Maths, and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, our assessments stem from some trial tests that children did in the Autumn term and in February. The tests were all previous SAT tests and were done under test conditions. They were marked and graded based on the thresholds for that particular test. As a result, the assessments below are likely to provide an accurate indication of outcomes in the national assessments in May.
For Writing, the assessment stems from teacher assessment, as it would do for the outcomes in May. Year 6 teachers across Sphere Federation and beyond met at various times in the Autumn and Spring term to review their assessments for children’s writing. As a result, the teacher assessment for Writing is also likely to provide an accurate indication of end of year outcomes.
Attainment: expected standard
Expected standard is where a pupil’s scaled score is 100 or more. 83% of our pupils were on-track to achieve the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths, combined. As in recent years, this is securely above the national figure – we don’t have a national 2020 figure, but in 2019, the combined figure was 65%.
The proportions reaching national expectations for each subject, and for Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, are all predicted to have been higher than the 2019 national:
- Reading: 90% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 73%)
- Writing: 90% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 78%)
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: 90% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 78%)
- Maths: 88% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 79%)
Attainment: higher level
Greater depth standard is where a pupil’s scaled score is 110 or more. 15% of pupils were on-track to reach greater depth in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, which is again higher than the 2019 national figure of 11%. the proportions for Reading and Writing were predicted to be very much higher than the 2019 figures:
- Reading: 49% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 27%)
- Writing: 34% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 20%)
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: 34% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 36%)
- Maths: 29% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 27%)
Whilst we can’t be certain that these figures would match the outcomes of the real SATs in May, we’re confident they wouldn’t be far off – perhaps a little lower, but just as likely to be even a little higher. What we can be certain of is that our Year 6 children once again have enjoyed and achieved great things at our school – we’re very proud of them.