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E-ACT primary school has SATs results cancelled for reading and maths

Year 6 pupils at a primary academy in Birmingham run by the chain E-ACT will not receive scores for...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Don’t boycott SATs, heads tell parents

Headteachers have warned parents not to take part in a planned boycott of this year’s SATs. The campaign group...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

The four key trends in the 2017 KS2 primary test results

Provisional results of the primary school key stage 2 SATs tests broken down at local authority and regional level...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Scaled scores for 2017 key stage 2 SATs announced

Note (added July 10 2018): Here are the 2018 scaled scores for key stage 2 SATs. The Department for Education...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

How to prepare year 6 for KS2 maths SATs

Education blogger @thatboycanteach explains what we can learn from studying the 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs results After the release of...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Primary school key stage 2 performance tables: 8 key progress findings

Pupils in primary schools across the country vary in their progress – under the government’s new value-added measure –...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

2016 key stage 2 SATs: Fewer primary schools below floor standards

Fewer primary schools fell below the new “floor standards” this year compared with last – overturning the government’s expectation...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Year 5 girls fall behind boys in maths for first time since 2007, TIMSS data shows

Girls in year 5 performed “significantly” worse than boys in mathematics in England, amid a mixed global picture for...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Academy trust health checks will be rolled out from January, schools commissioner reveals

The schools commissioner has started piloting multi-academy trust “health checks” and revealed his full masterplan to ensure chains don’t...

John Dickens
John Dickens