Key Stage (KS) 2 SATs are scheduled for 11 to 14 May 2026
These will consist of:
Monday 11 May
- English grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Paper 1 – questions
- Paper 2 – spelling
Tuesday 12 May
- English reading
Wednesday 13 May
- Mathematics
- Paper 1 – arithmetic
- Paper 2 – reasoning
Thursday 14 May
- Mathematics
- Paper 3 – reasoning
Teacher assessment will be used for English writing and science.
KS2 assessment data will be published
School-level data from the end of KS2 National Curriculum assessments for 2025/26 will be published in performance tables.
Share practice test materials to help teachers prepare
These resources include test papers from previous years, with mark schemes. Look at them alongside these test frameworks to find out:
Scaled scores are used to report