QuickRead: Key Stage 2 SATs in 2025

Get an overview of Key Stage (KS) 2 SATs for 2025. Download and share this QuickRead with colleagues as a ready-made resource to keep them up to speed.

Last reviewed on 3 October 2024See updates
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Key Stage (KS) 2 SATs are scheduled for 12 to 15 May 2025

These will consist of:

  • English grammar, punctuation and spelling
    • Paper 1 questions
    • Paper 2 spelling
  • English reading
  • Mathematics arithmetic and reasoning
    • Paper 1 arithmetic
    • Paper 2 reasoning 1
    • Paper 3 reasoning 2

Teacher assessment will be used for English writing and science.

There will be no science sampling.

KS2 assessment data will be published

School-level data from the end of KS2 National Curriculum assessments for 2024/25 will be published in performance tables.

Share practice test materials to help teachers prepare

These resources include test papers from previous years, mark schemes and commentary for the tests. Look at them alongside these test frameworks to find out:

Scaled scores are used