2013 SATs Papers
In 2013, SATs tests were given to children in Year 2 (KS1 SATs) and Year 6 (KS2 SATs).
2013 KS2 SATs Papers
The 2013 KS2 SATs took place in the week commencing 12th May 2013. The tests took place over four days.
Children in Year 6 (those aged 10-11) took these tests in their normal school classrooms (in the UK). SATs papers were taken in Maths, Reading and GaPS under formal exam conditions. These papers were marked externally whilst separate teacher assessments in Writing and Science were marked by their teachers.
The 2013 Year 6 SATs featured minor tweaks to the Reading paper. These included three unrelated texts with entirely isolated questions. In previous Key Stage 2 SATs tests, the texts would be in some way related and the questions would ask children to compare them.
To help prepare children for the 2013 KS2 SATs, children were able to download KS2 SATs Papers from previous years.
2013 KS2 SATs Dates
| Date | Exam |
|---|---|
| Monday 12 May 2013 | English Reading (Levels 3-5) English Reading (Level 6) |
| Tuesday 13 May 2013 | Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling - Paper 1 & Paper 2 (Levels 3-5) Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling - Paper 1 & Paper 2 (Level 6) |
| Wednesday 14 May 2013 | Maths Paper 1 (Levels 3-5) Mental Maths (Levels 3-5) |
| Thursday 15 May 2013 | Maths Paper 2 (Levels 3-5) Maths Paper 1 (Level 6) Maths Paper 2 (Level 6) |
2013 SATs Results
To view the levels thredhold table for the 2013 SATs, download the PDF marked 'Scaled Scores / Levels'.
Each school's results were made available to their headteachers in July 2013 via the NCA tools website. Every school's performance was then made public in December 2013 to create the 2013 school league tables.
If you are interested in seeing how your child's school performed in the 2013 SATs then look at the Department for Education (DfE) website that maintains up to date and historical school league tables.
2013 KS2 SATs - English Reading (Levels 3-5)
The 2013 KS2 English Reading paper (Levels 3-5) was 60 minutes long and contained four separate texts. These were 'The Jungle Book', 'Wolves - good or bad?', 'Romulus and Remus' and 'Wolf communication'. The paper was out of 50 marks.
| Year | Reading Booklet | Reading Answer Booklet | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | Scaled Scores / Levels ⓘRaw mark to Scaled Score conversion tables | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
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| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these KS2 English papers
- Ks2 English 2013 Reading Answer Booklet
- This is the answer booklet for the 2013 KS2 English reading assessment, testing comprehension across multiple texts about wolves. Students answer 29 questions based on four texts: an informational article about The Jungle Book book and film, an extract from The Jungle Book story, a text about Wolves - good or bad? examining cultural representations, the legend of Romulus and Remus, and an informational text on Wolf communication. Questions assess retrieval, inference, language analysis, and text structure understanding.
- Wolf Pack
- This reading booklet contains four texts about wolves: an informational text about The Jungle Book book and film with character descriptions, an extract from The Jungle Book where the wolf pack discovers baby Mowgli, a text exploring how wolves are portrayed in different cultures and sayings, the Roman legend of Romulus and Remus, and a visual guide to wolf communication through body language and postures.
2013 KS2 SATs - English Reading (Level 6)
Children that were performing especially strongly may have sat a separate Level 6 Reading SATs Paper. This is listed below but to find out more, head over to the Level 6 SATs page.
| Year | Reading Stimulus | Reading Answer Booklet | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | Scaled Scores / Levels ⓘRaw mark to Scaled Score conversion tables | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ||||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these LEVEL-6 English papers
- Going the Distance
- This reading booklet contains three texts on the theme of endurance and physical challenges. Length after length is a novel extract about Jess, a teenage swimmer training at her local pool. The half-mile is a poem by Pamela Gillilan recounting a childhood swimming achievement in a tidal sea-pool. Triathlon – Will Dad make it? is a magazine article describing a family's experience competing in a triathlon event, covering swimming, cycling and running.
- Ks2 English 2013 Level 6 Reading Answer Booklet
- This is an answer booklet for Key Stage 2 Level 6 English reading assessment. Students respond to questions about three texts: Length after length (a narrative about a swimmer named Jess), The half-mile (a poem by Pamela Gillilan about swimming), and Triathlon - Will Dad make it? (an article about a family's triathlon experience). Questions assess comprehension, inference, language analysis, structural features, and cross-text comparison.
2013 KS2 SATs - Maths (Levels 3-5)
The 2013 Maths tests included Paper 1, Paper 2 and the audible Mental Maths test. All three test papers were non-calculator tests and their marks were added together for a total Maths mark.
| Year | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | Scaled Scores / Levels ⓘRaw mark to Scaled Score conversion tables | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ||||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these KS2 Maths papers
- Ks2 Mathematics 2013 Test A
- This KS2 Mathematics Test A (non-calculator) assesses mathematical skills across levels 3-5. The paper contains questions on number operations (addition, multiplication, division), fractions and decimals, shape and symmetry (reflections, nets of cubes, coordinates), measurement (perimeter, weight conversions), data interpretation (graphs, tables), and problem-solving involving money, percentages, and probability. Questions range from basic arithmetic to multi-step word problems requiring working out.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2013 Test B
- This KS2 Mathematics Test B (calculator allowed) assesses a range of mathematical skills across levels 3-5. The paper contains questions on number operations (multiplication, division, addition, subtraction with decimals), problem-solving (money, time, measurement), fractions and decimals, geometry (angles, rotation, lines), data handling (pictograms, tables, pie charts), and shape and space (area, perimeter). Questions include both straightforward calculations and multi-step word problems requiring methods to be shown.
2013 KS2 SATs - Mental Maths
| Year | Mental Maths MP3 | Mental Maths Answer Sheet | Mental Maths Transcript | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | |||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
2013 KS2 SATs - Maths (Level 6)
Children that were performing especially strongly may have sat separate Level 6 Maths SATs Papers. These are listed below but to find out more, head over to the Level 6 SATs page.
| Year | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | Scaled Scores / Levels ⓘRaw mark to Scaled Score conversion tables | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ||||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these LEVEL-6 Maths papers
- Ks2 Mathematics 2013 Level 6 Test A
- This Key Stage 2 Level 6 Mathematics Paper 1 from 2013 is a non-calculator test covering advanced mathematical concepts. It contains questions on probability, number operations including percentages and fractions, algebra with equations and formulae, geometric properties of quadrilaterals, ratio and proportion, coordinate geometry, and spatial reasoning including isometric drawing. The paper tests problem-solving abilities across number, algebra, shape, and data handling strands.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2013 Level 6 Test B
- This Key Stage 2 Level 6 Mathematics Paper 2 from 2013 is a calculator-allowed test containing 12 questions. The paper covers algebra (odd/even expressions), ratio problems (zoo animals), geometry (angle calculations, area of trapezium), data handling (scatter graphs, bar charts), averages, volume calculations, prime numbers and rounding, probability with counters, and trial-and-improvement methods for finding cube roots.
2013 KS2 SATs - GaPS (Levels 3-5)
The 2013 GaPS tests included Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 was a sequence of short-answer questions and Paper 2 was a spelling test spoken aloud by their teacher. Marks for both papers were added together to form the total GaPS mark.
| Year | Paper 1 (Questions) | Paper 2 (Spelling) | Spelling Transcript | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | Scaled Scores / Levels ⓘRaw mark to Scaled Score conversion tables | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
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| 2013 (Sample) | |||||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these KS2 GaPS papers
- Ks2 English 2013 Specimen Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 1 Short Answer Questions
- This is a Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling assessment paper testing KS2 Level 3-5 students' understanding of English language conventions. The paper assesses skills including word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns), sentence types (statements, questions, commands), punctuation (capital letters, commas, apostrophes, inverted commas, question marks), verb tenses and agreement, connectives, prefixes, clauses and phrases, and vocabulary meanings. Questions use multiple formats including multiple-choice, matching, sentence completion, and short written responses.
- Ks2 English 2013 Specimen Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 2 Spelling
- This is a KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 2: Spelling task from 2013. It contains 20 sentences, each with a missing word that pupils must spell correctly. The administrator reads each word aloud three times: once in isolation, once within the sentence context, and once more in isolation. Words are tested across various spelling patterns and common vocabulary appropriate for Key Stage 2 levels 3-5.
- Ks2 English 2013 Specimen Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 2 Spelling Teachers Version
- This is the administrator script for the 2013 KS2 English spelling test. It provides instructions for reading aloud 20 words in context sentences to students, who must spell each word correctly in their answer booklets. Words tested include common spellings such as dinner, following, picture, and more challenging terms like immediately, temperature, and obvious. The script specifies the format for administering each spelling three times with 12-second gaps between items.
- Ks2 English 2013 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 2 Spelling Teachers Version
- This is the administrator script for the 2013 KS2 spelling task. It contains instructions for reading aloud 20 spelling words in context sentences. The words tested range from common patterns like boiled and stapled to more complex spellings including disruptive, physically, and substantial. The script specifies timing, presentation format, and includes sentences contextualizing each spelling word for students to write in their answer booklets.
- Ks2 English 2013 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 2 Spelling
- This is the 2013 KS2 Paper 2: Spelling task for the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test. It contains 20 sentences, each with a missing word that students must spell correctly. The words are read aloud by an administrator three times: once in isolation, once within the sentence context, and once more in isolation. Students write their spellings in the provided spaces.
- Ks2 English 2013 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 1 Short Answer Questions
- This KS2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1 from 2013 tests a range of language skills including punctuation (capital letters, commas, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation marks, inverted commas), grammar (subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, sentence types, subordinate clauses, pronouns, prepositions), word classes (nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, connectives), and vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, word meanings, suffixes). Students answer short-answer and multiple-choice questions across these areas.
2013 KS2 SATs - GaPS (Level 6)
Children that were performing especially strongly may have sat a separate Level 6 GaPS SATs Paper. This is listed below but to find out more, head over to the Level 6 SATs page.
| Year | Paper 1 (Questions) | Paper 2 (Spelling) | Spelling Transcript | Extended Task | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | |||||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these LEVEL-6 GaPS papers
- Extended Task
- This is an extended writing task for the 2013 Key Stage 2 Level 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling assessment. Students write an article for a newspaper about something important to them that is available at no cost. The assessment tests use of varied sentence structures, punctuation range, and imaginative vocabulary. Spelling is not assessed in this task.
- Short Answer Questions
- This SATs Paper 2 for Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling contains short answer questions testing vocabulary definitions, identification of adverbs, use of punctuation marks including semi-colons, commas, dashes and colons, conversion between active and passive voice, combining clauses with conjunctions, distinguishing main and subordinate clauses, expanding noun phrases, identifying verbs, nouns and prepositions, and ensuring subject-verb agreement. Questions use multiple formats including tick boxes, insertion tasks and sentence writing.
- Spelling
- This is the Paper 3: Spelling task from the 2013 Key Stage 2 Level 6 English tests. Students are required to spell 15 words that are dictated by an administrator within the context of sentences. Each word is read three times: in isolation, within a sentence, and then in isolation again. The words test various spelling patterns and conventions including words with difficult letter combinations, homophones, and commonly misspelled vocabulary.
- Spelling (Teachers Version)
- This is the administrator script for the Level 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 3: Spelling Task from the 2013 Key Stage 2 English tests. It provides instructions for teachers to administer a 15-word spelling test, including the procedure for reading each word three times within a sentence context. The words tested include: fancied, encouraged, frequently, packaging, recognised, approaching, queue, wreckage, campaign, correspond, plummet, infinite, disappearance, phenomenon, and rhythmic.
2013 KS1 SATs Papers
The 2013 KS1 SATs took place at a time convenient to every school throughout May 2013. The tests would have likely taken place over 3-4 days. Children in Year 2 (aged 6-7) took these tests in their normal school classrooms. KS1 SATs papers were taken in Maths and Reading under fairly informal conditions. These papers were set and marked by (but not necessarily authored by) their teachers.
To help prepare children for the 2013 KS1 SATs, children were able to download past KS1 SATs Papers from previous years.
