Level 6 SATs Papers for KS2
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Level 6 Reading
| 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 |
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| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these LEVEL-6 English papers
- New Worlds
- This is a reading stimulus booklet containing two texts for comprehension assessment. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson presents extracts describing Jim Hawkins' first impressions of the mysterious island where treasure is buried. Moondust by Andrew Smith recounts the 1969 Moon landing, focusing on Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic first steps on the lunar surface. Both texts explore themes of exploration and first encounters with unfamiliar places.
- Ks2 English 2015 Level 6 Reading Answer Booklet
- This is a Level 6 English Reading answer booklet from 2015 Key Stage 2 tests. Students answer questions about two texts: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, an extract describing Jim Hawkins' arrival at the mysterious island, and Moondust, a non-fiction account of the Apollo 11 moon landing and Armstrong's first steps. Questions assess comprehension, language analysis, inference, and comparison skills across both texts.
- Living With Animals
- This Level 6 reading stimulus booklet contains two texts exploring human relationships with animals. Animal Management discusses animal domestication, explaining the characteristics needed for successful domestication including diet, growth rate, breeding, character, response to danger, and hierarchy. A Donkey in Corfu is an extract from Gerald Durrell's memoir about receiving a donkey as a birthday present and his brother's disastrous attempt to teach him donkey care.
- Ks2 English 2014 Level 6 Reading Answer Booklet
- This is the answer booklet for the Key Stage 2 Level 6 English reading test. Students answer questions about two texts: Animal Management, an explanatory text about why certain animals cannot be domesticated (covering gorillas, hippos, bears, cheetahs, zebras, elephants, and antelopes), and A Donkey in Corfu, a narrative extract about a boy named Gerald receiving a donkey named Sally as a gift. Questions assess comprehension, inference, analysis of language effects, text structure, and comparison between the two texts.
- 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.
- Reflections on Water
- This Level 6 English reading stimulus contains three texts about water's role in human life. The Great Stink of London describes Victorian sewage problems and Joseph Bazalgette's engineering solution. Daughter of the River is an autobiographical extract about childhood in 1960s China near the Yangtze River. Bath times with the Romans explains Roman public bathing systems and their social importance. The paper assesses reading comprehension at an advanced level.
- Ks2 English 2012 Level 6 Reading Answer Booklet
- This Level 6 English reading answer booklet contains questions based on three texts: The Great Stink of London (about Victorian sewerage and cholera), Daughter of the River by Hong Ying (a memoir about life by the Yangtze), and Bath times with the Romans (about Roman public baths). Questions assess inference, language analysis, writer's techniques, and cross-text comparison skills.
- Ks2 English 2011 Level 6 Reading Answer Booklet
- This is an answer booklet for a Level 6 English reading test covering three texts. Robots rule... is a non-fiction web page about robots and their increasing role in society. The Tractor is a poem about a farmer named Cynddylan and his relationship with his tractor. Who can replace a man? is a science fiction story about machines questioning their purpose when humans disappear. Questions assess comprehension, language analysis, writer's technique, and comparative skills across these texts.
- Man and Machine
- This reading stimulus booklet contains three texts exploring the relationship between humans and machines. Robots rule... is a web page from a science museum discussing the history and development of robotics. The Tractor by R S Thomas is a 1950 poem about a Welsh farmer's new tractor and its impact on traditional farming. Who can replace a man? is a science fiction extract by Brian Aldiss where machines respond to the absence of human orders.
Level 6 Reading was an optional and more challenging test for children in Year 6. These Level 6 Reading comprehension tests were written for higher ability children.
Level 6 Reading texts and questions were more complicated than standard tests. There were fewer fact-retrieval questions and more inference and intent questions.
Level 6 Reading tests remain useful for gifted and talented pupils.
Level 6 Maths
| 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 |
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| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these LEVEL-6 Maths papers
- Ks2 Mathematics 2015 Level 6 Test A
- This Key Stage 2 Level 6 Mathematics Paper 1 assessment is a calculator-not-allowed test containing questions across multiple mathematical topics. It includes problems on number operations (finding halfway points, factors, percentages), algebra (solving equations with variables), data handling (interpreting pie charts, scatter graphs, and grouped frequency diagrams), geometry (triangle angles, 3D shapes, area and perimeter), and probability (calculating probabilities with number cards). Questions range from straightforward calculations to multi-step word problems requiring students to show their working.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2015 Level 6 Test B
- This Level 6 Mathematics Paper 2 allows calculator use and contains questions testing advanced mathematical skills. Topics covered include algebraic equations and expressions, probability with multiple outcomes, ratio and proportion problems, volume calculations with 3D shapes, mean averages, area of composite shapes involving circles, and data handling with pie charts. Questions require both calculation skills and written explanations of methods.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2014 Level 6 Test A
- This Level 6 Mathematics Paper 1 is a non-calculator test covering advanced Key Stage 2 mathematical concepts. Questions assess algebra (solving equations with variables), geometry (properties of shapes, angles, coordinates, area), data handling (mean, range, probability, pie charts), number operations with decimals and fractions, and problem-solving involving perimeter, speed-distance-time graphs, and prime numbers.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2014 Level 6 Test B
- This calculator paper assesses Level 6 mathematics through problems requiring algebraic expressions, statistical concepts including mean and ratio, data interpretation from graphs and Venn diagrams, formula application for predicted heights and costs, fraction comparison, estimation using spreadsheets, percentage calculations from pie charts, perimeter of semi-circles, and time unit conversions. Questions test skills in algebra, number, data handling, and measures.
- 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.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2012 Level 6 Test A
- This Key Stage 2 Level 6 Mathematics Paper 1 assessment tests advanced mathematical skills without calculator use. Questions cover number sequences, probability with spinners, percentage calculations, area and perimeter problems, ratio and proportion, fraction comparisons, data interpretation from bar charts and pie charts, algebraic expressions with prime and square numbers, 3D shape calculations with cubes and cuboids, and graphical reasoning.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2012 Level 6 Test B
- This Level 6 mathematics test paper for Key Stage 2 assesses higher-level mathematical skills using a calculator. Questions cover interpreting graphs and data, working with decimals and number lines, probability calculations, large numbers and place value, mass and proportional reasoning, square numbers, solving inequalities with whole numbers, factors, angle properties in a rhombus, algebraic equations, nets of 3D shapes, frequency tables with archery scores, and a multi-step area problem involving circles and percentages.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2011 Level 6 Test A
- This Level 6 Mathematics Paper 1 is a non-calculator test containing questions on algebra (solving equations, algebraic expressions), coordinate geometry (plotting points, equations of lines), ratio and proportion, statistics (scatter diagrams, mean and range), geometry (angles in polygons, properties of shapes), percentages, and problem-solving including word problems about sequences and logical reasoning.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2011 Level 6 Test B
- This Level 6 Mathematics Paper 2 is a calculator-allowed test containing questions on geometry and measures, algebra, statistics, and problem-solving. Topics include rotations and transformations, sequences with algebraic rules, probability, area calculations with trapeziums, trial and improvement methods for equations, currency conversion using graphs, and data interpretation from tables and charts.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2002 Test C
- This KS2 Mathematics Level 6 calculator paper assesses higher-level mathematical skills including fractions and percentages, algebraic sequences and equations, ratio, geometry including rotations and enlargements, coordinates and circles, area calculations, and statistical interpretation. Questions cover both numerical problem-solving and spatial reasoning, requiring students to work with formulae for trapeziums and prisms, interpret graphs, and manipulate algebraic expressions.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2001 Test C
- This Level 6 Mathematics Paper (Test C) is a calculator-allowed assessment containing questions on number sequences, decimals, square numbers, graph interpretation, geometry including equilateral triangles and angles, algebraic equations, percentage calculations, pattern sequences with algebraic rules, volume and area problems involving cuboids and triangles, multiples and their properties, coordinates and linear graphs, mean calculations, and ratio problems. Questions require both computational skills and method demonstration.
- Ks2 Mathematics 2000 Test C
- This Level 6 Mathematics test paper for Key Stage 2 students contains calculator-allowed questions covering ratio and proportion, percentages, transformations and enlargement, algebraic equations, coordinate geometry, probability, fractions, angle calculations, area and volume problems, pattern sequences, and data interpretation using graphs and pie charts. Questions require working with real-world contexts including recipes, shopping, cinema tickets, and television advertising costs.
Selected children took Level 6 Maths papers between 2011 and 2015. These challenging tests were written for higher ability children.
Level 6 Maths papers had more topics than the standard assessment papers. Level 6 Maths questions included algebra, advanced probability and more complex ratios.
Whilst no longer taken, Level 6 Maths papers remain useful for gifted and talented pupils. The challenge and variety of Level 6 Maths questions are superb for these children.
Level 6 GaPS Test
| 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 |
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About these LEVEL-6 GaPS papers
- Ks2 English 2015 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 1 Extended Task
- This is the extended writing task for the 2015 Key Stage 2 Level 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1. Students write a speech to the school council about something people waste and what should be done about it. The task assesses use of varied sentence structures, range of punctuation marks, and vocabulary choice. Spelling is not assessed in this paper.
- Ks2 English 2015 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 2 Short Answer Questions
- This is Paper 2 of the 2015 Key Stage 2 Level 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test, containing short answer questions. It assesses students' understanding of grammar terminology (nouns, verbs, adverbs, clauses, phrases), punctuation usage (colons, brackets, dashes, semi-colons, commas), sentence structure (active and passive voice, subordinate clauses, complex sentences), and word classes (contractions, prefixes, suffixes, prepositions, pronouns).
- Ks2 English 2015 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 3 Spelling
- This is a Key Stage 2 Level 6 spelling test from 2015. The paper contains 15 spelling questions where students must write missing words from dictated sentences. Words are tested in context, with each word spoken three times by the administrator. The assessment evaluates students' ability to spell challenging vocabulary including words with complex letter patterns, prefixes, suffixes, and homophones.
- Ks2 English 2015 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 3 Spelling Teachers Version
- This is the administrator instructions script for the 2015 Key Stage 2 Level 6 spelling test. It contains the script for reading out 15 spelling words in context sentences, including words such as alternative, catastrophe, vaccination, picturesque, and apparatus. The document provides instructions for test administration, including timing guidance and the requirement to read each word three times with contextual sentences.
- Ks2 English 2014 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 1 Extended Task
- This is Paper 1: Extended Task from the 2014 Key Stage 2 Level 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test. Students write an article for a national newspaper about a campaign called Save our screens! which proposes giving up television, computers and mobile phones for a month. The task assesses sentence structures, use of punctuation to control writing, and vocabulary range. Spelling is not assessed in this extended writing task.
- Ks2 English 2014 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 2 Short Answer Questions
- This assessment tests grammar, punctuation and spelling skills through short answer questions. It covers punctuation (semi-colons, commas, apostrophes), grammar (noun phrases, subordinate clauses, active and passive voice, adverbs), sentence structure (complex sentences, connectives), word classes (nouns, pronouns, verbs), and vocabulary (word families, synonyms, antonyms, suffixes, contractions).
- Ks2 English 2014 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 3 Spelling
- This is a spelling task paper for Key Stage 2 Level 6 English assessment. Students are tested on 15 spellings that are read aloud by an administrator. Each word is presented within a sentence context, with students writing the missing word in the space provided. The words test spelling patterns and vocabulary appropriate for advanced Level 6 students.
- Ks2 English 2014 Level 6 Grammar Punctuation Spelling Paper 3 Spelling Teachers Version
- This is the administrator instructions script for the 2014 Key Stage 2 Level 6 spelling task. It provides the verbal script for reading out 15 spelling words to students, with each word presented three times: alone, within a context sentence, and repeated. Words tested include achieve, cartridge, league, extinguish, parallel, parliament, and restaurant. The document specifies timing guidelines and procedural instructions for test administrators.
- 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.
- Extended Task (Specimen)
- This is Paper 1: Extended Task from the Key Stage 2 Level 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling assessment. Students write a report arguing for or against Cyberschooling (online learning from home). The task assesses sentence structures, use of punctuation marks to control writing, and vocabulary range. Spelling is explicitly not assessed in this extended writing task.
- Short Answer Questions (Specimen)
- This Key Stage 2 Level 6 specimen paper tests grammar, punctuation and spelling through short answer questions. It assesses use of commas, colons and semi-colons, conversion between active and passive voice, connectives, synonyms and antonyms, prepositions, contractions, types of adverbs, noun phrases, verb forms and infinitives, personal and impersonal forms, verb tenses, types of nouns and pronouns, main and subordinate clauses, and subject-verb agreement.
- Spelling (Specimen)
- This is a spelling test booklet for Key Stage 2 Level 6 students, forming Paper 2 of the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling assessment. The test contains 15 numbered sentences, each with a missing word that students must spell correctly. Words are read aloud three times by an administrator within sentence contexts. The spelling items test various orthographic patterns including complex vocabulary and word formations.
- Spelling (Specimen Teachers Version)
- This is the administrator script for the Key Stage 2 Level 6 spelling test, part of the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling assessment. The script contains instructions for reading aloud 15 spelling words to students, including: knowledge, accident, beginning, permanent, unnecessary, catalogue, biscuits, leisure, preferred, subtle, jewellery, foreign, synchronised, desperately, and vicious. Each word is presented with a context sentence and read three times.
The Level 6 GaPS Test was a set of separate Level 6 SATs papers. These Level 6 SATs papers were optional and only taken by higher ability children.
Level 6 GaPS had more complex short-answer questions than the standard tests. The spellings in the Level 6 GaPS test were also harder.
Since 2016, the standard GaPS test is significantly harder with more topics included. We recommend using past Level 6 GaPS tests because they include these new topics. Indeed, what was in the SATs Level 6 for GaPS is currently used in the KS2 SATs.
Level 6 Writing Tasks
| Year | Writing Test (Shorter Task) | Writing Test (Longer Task) | Answers ⓘFull answers and mark schemes | 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 LEVEL-6 Writing papers
- Stop The Cars
- This is a Key Stage 2 Level 6 Writing Test longer task from 2012. Students are required to write a speech expressing their opinion about making areas around schools into traffic-free zones. The task asks students to consider the issue of congestion and pollution, present their own viewpoint, and acknowledge different perspectives from the community. A planning page is provided for notes.
- Shipwrecked
- A Key Stage 2 Level 6 Writing Test from 2012 containing two tasks. The shorter writing task asks students to choose two people (real or imagined) they would like to be shipwrecked with and explain their choices for a radio programme. The longer writing task is titled Stop the cars. Assessment focuses on sentence structure, punctuation, text organisation, composition and effect, and spelling.
- World Improvement
- This is a Level 6 Writing Test longer writing task from 2011. Students are asked to write an article for a magazine competition continuing from the prompt 'The world would be a better place if…'. The task assesses ability to write an engaging, imaginative and well-argued article on a topic of the student's choice. A planning page is provided for notes on themes, developing ideas, and reader engagement.
- Creating a Character
- This is an answer booklet for an optional Level 6 English Writing Test containing two tasks. The shorter task asks students to write the opening paragraphs of a short story, introducing a character connected to one or two objects (two tickets, a book of poetry, a strange-shaped parcel, or an antique watch). The longer task is a persuasive or discursive piece responding to the prompt 'The world would be a better place if...' The booklet provides lined pages for student responses.
About Level 6 SATs Papers
Level 6 SATs papers were a set of optional tests for higher ability children that ended in 2015. Unlike the standard tests, Level 6 SATs were a "pass or fail" style of assessment.
The Level 6 SATs were popular with schools because their success rate was not published. Hence teachers and children had nothing to lose from having a go.
Level 6 Maths SATs papers (or Level 6 Maths tests) had several topics that were not covered in the curriculum. These Level 6 Maths questions included advanced algebra, rotation and transformation. Two papers existed but there was little difference between each Level 6 Maths paper.
Level 6 English was split into Level 6 GaPS and Level 6 Reading. Both of these tests were more complex versions of the standard KS2 tests.
What happened to Level 6 SATs Papers?
Level 6 SATs papers were phased out because of the new curriculum changes. Instead of a separate test, advanced questions are now incorporated into the papers everyone takes. This has led to plenty of criticism with pupils unable to answer every question. Thankfully, the results normalisation ensures that this does not reflect poorly on children. Or in other words, children should not be worrying about Level 6 Maths revision!
Whilst no longer set, Level 6 SATs are superb practice for talented children. Remember, what's in the current KS2 GaPS papers is in past SATs Level 6. However, Level 6 Maths questions on probability should be ignored as it is no longer in the curriculum.
