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Learn everything you need to know about SATs results 2024 including KS1 & KS2 results and how SATs results are scored.
Author
Mhairi Sim
Published
May 2024
Learn everything you need to know about SATs results 2024 including KS1 & KS2 results and how SATs results are scored.
Author
Mhairi Sim
Published
May 2024
Learn everything you need to know about SATs results 2024 including KS1 & KS2 results and how SATs results are scored.
Author
Mhairi Sim
Published
May 2024
Key takeaways
The KS1 and KS2 SATs have long been a key event in primary school calendars across England! These assessments are where students are tested on the national curriculum as they reach the end of their current stage before they move on to the following school year.
After sitting the SAT papers themselves, one of the most nerve-wracking parts of these assessments is awaiting the SATs results day! Students, parents, and teachers all look to the SATs scores to see if their learners are where they’re expected to be in their learning journey.
In this guide, we’ll explore how KS1 and KS2 SATs are marked, what the scores mean for our kiddos, as well as highlight important results dates for your diary!
The marking process for the KS1 and KS2 SATs differ due to the recent decision to make KS1 SATs optional assessments. KS1 SATs are therefore now marked in-house by teachers that are familiar with the students.
KS2 SATs are sent out of schools for external marking by specially trained SAT markers. The results are then available online for schools later in the year.
SAT exam scores are reported using scaled scores, but what exactly are scaled scores? Put simply, they’re a way of adjusting scores each year in a way that reflects the difficulty of the paper in order to make like-for-like comparisons between yearly results.
Scaled scores are calculated using a table, like this one, which are released each year. This table allows markers to equate a ‘raw score’ (or the actual number of correct marks achieved) to a scaled score.
The range of scaled scores that are awarded differs for each Key Stage assessment:
In each Key Stage SAT the scores are used to determine if students are working at the expected level for their year group. A score of 100 or more would indicate that a pupil is right on track!
Scores of 99 or less would tend to suggest that a student might benefit from some additional support as they progress onto the next year group and key stage.
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KS1 SAT scores will be available as soon as they are marked by students’ teachers in school. These tests are no longer mandatory, so schools are under no obligation to complete these assessments or release results to either parents or local authorities if they do.
The official KS2 SATs results 2024 day is set to be Tuesday 9th July. This is the date that the SAT scores will be available for schools to view and parents will be informed soon after, before the end of the summer term.
Further results are available in the form of primary school league tables in December of each year. These results show how schools’ average results compare against others
It is up to individual schools to release pupils’ SAT scores to parents and there is no other way to view these.
It’s worth noting that if your child sits the KS1 SATs, the school are not obligated to release the results, but you can request them.
For Year 6 students who have completed their KS2 SATs, their results will be available online for schools in early July. These scores will then be shared with parents before the end of the summer term.
Teachers, students, and parents alike will no doubt be nervously awaiting the SATs results 2024! To take some of the stress out of waiting, we’ve got the dates you need for your diary below!
Things will look a little different this year for the KS1 SATs results 2024. This is due to a big change in the statutory requirements around this assessment that only came into effect this year.
As of this year, the KS1 SATs are no longer mandatory assessments and are instead, now optional. Each school will be able to decide on an individual basis if they would like their Year 2 students to take part or not.
In addition, this means that schools are also no longer obliged to report back the results of these assessments to the Department for Education. Moving forward, the results of the KS1 SATs will now just be for the school’s internal use only.
The first date you need to know for the Year 6 SATs results 2024 is Tuesday 9th July 2024. This is the date that each student’s scores will be available online for schools to view.
These results will then be released to parents shortly afterwards, but definitely before the end of the summer term. On results day, the Department for Education’s KS2 attainment page will be updated with the headline facts and figures about what the 2024 results tell us on the whole.
Further to this, in mid-December, the primary school performance table for 2024 will be published. These tables are used to show us how schools performed against others across the county in their KS2 SAT scores.
While we wait for the 2024 results coming soon, let’s take a closer look at what the SATs results 2023 and beyond look like!
The KS2 SATs results 2023, made available on the 11th of July, were scrutinised closely to assess schools’ ongoing recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and were used to create the 2023 primary school performance table.
The table below shows the percentage of students whose results met the expected standard in the KS2 SATs over the last five years of assessments. Results are shown for each of the formally assessed areas of maths, English reading, and grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Here’s a closer look at the Year 6 SATs results 2023 showing the changes on the previous year:
| Subject/Paper | % of students who met the expected standard for KS2 | % increase/decrease on 2021/22 results |
|---|---|---|
| English reading | 73% | ↓ 2% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 72% | - |
| Maths | 73% | ↑ 2% |