Giles Brook Primary School

SATs (Standard Assessment Tasks)

Assessments

Key Stage 1

Years 3, 4 and 5

Key Stage 2

Levels of attainment

Attainment at the end of Key Stages

End of Year 2

End of Year 6

Assessments are made continuously, in each year group, in order to identify the skills in which children are confident and those where further teaching skills are required. Assessments are part of daily teaching and inform the planning and differentiation required to support and extend children's individual skills. We aim to challenge and extend learning and have high expectations of children's achievements.

At the end of Key Stage 1 (Year 2), children are assessed against National Curriculum criteria in the areas of Speaking and Listening, Reading , Writing, Mathematics and Science. This judgment of attainment is based upon teacher assessments and is informed by the use of National Curriculum tasks in reading, writing and numeracy.

At the end of Years 3, 4 and 5, teachers make use of National Curriculum testing material to support their teacher assessments.

At the end of Key Stage 2 (Year 6) children are required to undertake National Curriculum Tests in the areas of Reading and Writing (which combine to give an overall English level), Mathematics and Science. These are timed tests, completed under test conditions within the usual environment of the classroom. These tests are completed in a set week during May.

End of Key Stage teacher assessments and Key stage 2 tests results are passed on to parents at the end of the year alongside the child's annual report. These give information about each child's particular strengths and areas which are in need of development and are used to support the monitoring of children's progress. End of Key Stage results, in percentage format for the year group, are included within the Annual Report sent out to parents in the Summer Term, alongside national statistics.

Progress in National Curriculum subjects is measured by levels. There are 8 of these levels, spanning the primary and the secondary sector, with only the most able pupils achieving at Level 5 when they reach the age of 11. Each National Curriculum subject has a careful description of the particular skills, knowledge and understanding that are required to progress from one level to the next. The levels are very broad and are not matched to Year groups i.e. Level 3 represents the achievement of an average child at the end of Year 4 and Level 4 represents achievement for an average child at the end of Year 6.

Children with particular needs or learning difficulties may take several years to achieve all the requirements of a particular level and progress to the next.

W - Working towards level 1 but not yet reaching the standards required

Level 1 - working towards nationally expected attainment.

Level 2B - represents achievement at the nationally expected level for most 7 year olds.

Where the levels are divided into grades A, B and C, ‘A' represents the highest achievement.

Level 3 - indicates achievement above that expected in Year 2.

KEY STAGE 2 SATS RESULTS
2005
GILES BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Percentage at each level

SUBJECT

Number
of children eligible

Disapplied children

Below Level 3

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Mathematics

Level 3 - represents the expected achievement for 9 year olds and is evidence that the child is working towards, but not yet achieving, the expected attainment at the end of Year 6

Level 4 - represents achievement at the nationally expected level for most 11 year olds.

Level 5 - indicates achievement above national expectations.

Key Stage 2 (End of Year 6)

KEY STAGE 2 SATS RESULTS 2005 NATIONAL RESULTS
	Percentage at each level
SUBJECT	Number of children eligible	Disapplied children	Below Level 3	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
English	-	-	6	14	52	27
Mathematics	-	-	6	18	44	31
Science	-	-	3	10	40	47