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SATs Week 2025

Expected Dates:

Monday 12 May 2025 – English grammar, punctuation & spelling

Tuesday 13 May 2025 – English reading

Wednesday 14 May 2025 – Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) & Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning)

Thursday 15 May 2025 – Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning)

Year 6 Writing Moderation 2025

Thursday 28 and Friday 29 November 2024 – Preparing for Assessment Course – Focus on new moderation visit format introduced in 2024. Especially for school leaders who were last moderated in 2019. Places can be booked on the School Improvement Service online booking system

Friday 16 May 2025 – Majority of schools who will be moderated in 2025 by Cambridgeshire LA will be contacted by email at midday. (Schools selected by STA for a 48-hour notice moderation will not be contacted on this day.)

Wednesday 21 May 2025 – Meeting for Year 6 teachers in schools being moderated at Over Community Centre. 1.30pm until 5pm

Monday 2 June 2025 – Online meeting for Year 6 teachers in schools being moderated. 4pm until 5.30pm

Monday 2 June until Friday 27 June 2025 – Moderation visits are carried out

Friday 27 June 2025 – Deadline to submit Year 6 teacher assessments for writing on the Primary Assessment Gateway

Courses

End of Key Stage 2 Writing Assessment:

Session 1   27 November 2024 – Over Community Centre or 28 November 2024 – Huntingdon FA. 1.30pm until 4.30pm. Cost: £75 for Cambridgeshire LA schools or £85 for Cambridgeshire Academies and out of county schools. Booking: Assessment tab on Booking Bug.

Session 2 – 26 February 2025 – Over Community Centre or 27 February 2025 - Huntingdon FA. 1.30pm until 4.30pm. Cost: £75 for Cambridgeshire LA schools or £85 for Cambrigeshire Academies and out of county schools. Booking: Assessment tab on Booking Bug.

Unpicking the Teacher Assessment Framework:

Online training sessions – 3.45pm until 5.15pm

Session 1  Purpose – 4 December 2024

Session 2   Spelling - 11 December 2024

Session 3   Dialogue - 5 March 2025

Session 4   Register - 26 March 2025

Cost per session: £35 for Cambridgeshire LA schools or £45 for Cambridgeshire Academies and out of county schools. Booking: Assessment tab on Booking Bug.

Mock Maths SAT Papers

These papers were adapted from the published maths papers in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022. Please note - the mock papers from 2019 were organised based on the year group content domain of each question and not in the question order that appeared in the original papers.

2016

Paper 1 Arithmetic 2016661KBpdf
Size: 661KBFile format: pdf
Paper 2 Reasoning 2016739KBpdf
Size: 739KBFile format: pdf
Paper 3 Reasoning 2016765KBpdf
Size: 765KBFile format: pdf

2017

Paper 1 Arithmetic 2017417KBpdf
Size: 417KBFile format: pdf
Paper 2 Reasoning 2017481KBpdf
Size: 481KBFile format: pdf
Paper 3 Reasoning 2017486KBpdf
Size: 486KBFile format: pdf
Mark Scheme 2017270KBpdf
Size: 270KBFile format: pdf

2018

Paper 1 Arithmetic 20180.99MBpdf
Size: 0.99MBFile format: pdf
Reasoning 1 2018830KBpdf
Size: 830KBFile format: pdf
Reasoning 2 2018811KBpdf
Size: 811KBFile format: pdf
Mark Scheme 2018489KBpdf
Size: 489KBFile format: pdf

2019

Arithmetic 2019833KBpdf
Size: 833KBFile format: pdf
Reasoning 1 2019961KBpdf
Size: 961KBFile format: pdf
Reasoning 2 20191.08MBpdf
Size: 1.08MBFile format: pdf
Mark Scheme 2019404KBpdf
Size: 404KBFile format: pdf

2022

Paper 1 Arithmetic 2022860KBpdf
Size: 860KBFile format: pdf
Paper 2 Reasoning 2022807KBpdf
Size: 807KBFile format: pdf
Paper 3 Reasoning 2022744KBpdf
Size: 744KBFile format: pdf
Mark Scheme 2022314KBpdf
Size: 314KBFile format: pdf
Analysis Grid 202228KBexcel
Size: 28KBFile format: excel

Guidance for the use of Success Criteria for Independent Writing