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Key Stage 2 SATs: which pupils shouldn't take them?
Not all pupils have to take part in Key Stage 2 SATs. Find out which pupils shouldn't take the test and your requirements to inform parents of your decision.
Contents
- Do pupils in my school have to take the tests?
- You must register all pupils, even if they won't take the tests
- Headteachers decide which pupils take the test
- Pupils that should take the test
- Pupils that shouldn't take the test
- If you withdraw pupils, your must let parents know
- Parents can appeal your decision
- Key Stage 1 and 2 grammar, punctuation and spelling tests
- Key Stage 1 and 2 tests: analysis tools
- Key Stage 2 SATs access arrangements
- Key Stage 2 SATs: can parents withdraw their children?
- Key Stage 2 SATs in 2019
- QuickRead: Key Stage 2 SATs in 2020
- Key Stage 2 SATs: using a reader
- KS2 SATs toolkit
- KS2 teacher assessment: pupils working below the standard of the tests
- Standardisation and exemplification materials for writing (primary)
- Year 4 multiplication tables check: requirements and guidance
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