2017 SATs Papers

Download the 2017 national curriculum Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATs for free.

2017 Key Stage 2 SATs Papers

The 2017 KS2 SATs started in primary schools in England on Monday 8th May 2017. The tests took place over four days.

2017 English Reading KS2 SATs Papers

The 2017 KS2 English Reading SATs paper contained three separate reading texts: 'Gaby to the Rescue', 'Swimming the English Channel' and 'An Encounter at Sea'.

Download the question paper, answer booklet and mark scheme resources below:

Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Administrator's Guide	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Scaled Scores / Levels
2017	Download Gaby to the Rescue Swimming the English Channel An Encounter at Sea	Download	Download	Download	Download

2017 Maths KS2 SATs Papers

The 2017 KS2 Maths tests included Paper 1 (Arithmetic), Paper 2 (Reasoning) and Paper 3 (Reasoning). All three test papers were non-calculator tests and their marks were added together for a total Maths mark.

The 2017 KS2 SATs were in English Reading, Maths and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.

Download the question papers, answer booklets and mark schemes below:

Year	Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 3	Administrator's Guide	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Scaled Scores / Levels
2017	Download Question Paper Download Worked Solutions	Download Question Paper Download Worked Solutions	Download Question Paper Download Worked Solutions	Download Paper 1 Download Paper 2 Download Paper 3	Download	Download

As well as the video walkthroughs below, ensure you download and use our exclusive worked solutions to the 2017 KS2 Maths SATs papers.

Video Walkthroughs

Paper 1 (Arithmetic)

Paper 2 (Reasoning)

Paper 3 (Reasoning)

2017 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GaPS) KS2 SATs Papers

The 2017 KS2 GaPS tests (also known as GaPS or Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) included Paper 1 (Questions) and Paper 2 (Spelling). Marks for both papers were added together to form the total GaPS mark.

Download the question papers, answer booklets and mark schemes below:

Year	Paper 1 (Questions)	Paper 2 (Spelling)	Word List	Spelling Transcript	Spelling Audio	Administrator's Guide	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Scaled Scores / Levels
2017	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download

Video Walkthrough

About the 2017 KS2 SATs

Children in Year 6 (those aged 10-11 at the time) took their KS2 SATs tests in May 2017.

The 2017 KS2 SATs were authored, produced and managed by the STA (Standards and Testing Agency) under the authorisation of the DfE (Department for Education).

KS2 SATs 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.

Pupils with additional educational needs were offered support and/or extra exam time where available. Modified materials using braille and large print were available to eligible pupils and their teachers.

For the 2017 Key Stage 2 tests, it was decided that the Reading paper would again take place on the Tuesday following a successful trial in 2018.

The 2017 SATs took place under exam conditions and were marked externally.

2017 was the second year of 'new-style' KS2 SATs tests under the new national curriculum.

To help prepare children for the 2017 KS2 SATs, children were able to download test papers from previous years free of charge. Whilst not working to the same curriculum, KS2 SATs Papers from 2015 (and before) were still useful to aid preparation.

Once marked, children's scores were converted to scaled scores:

If a child's scaled score was below 100, they had not reached the expected standard.
If a child's scaled score was between 100 and 109, they had reached the expected standard.
If a child's score was 110 or over, they had exceeded the expected standard and were judged as working at greater depth.

2017 KS2 SATs Scaled Scores Expected Standard and Greater Depth

Here you will find the Key Stage 2 raw/scaled conversion tables.

2017 English Reading KS2 SATs

The raw score required to achieve the "expected standard" (a scaled score of 100) was 26. Thus, the "pass mark" for pupils taking the 2017 KS2 English Reading SATs was 26/50 or 52%. In order to achieve "greater depth" (scaled score of 110) a child would have to score at least 39/50 or 78%.

See below for the full raw marks to scaled scores conversion table:

Raw Score	Scaled Score	Level Attained
0	0	Below Expectations
1	0
2	0
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	83
7	84
8	85
9	86
10	87
11	88
12	89
13	90
14	91
15	91
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	95
21	96
22	97
23	97
24	98
25	99
26	100	At Expected Level
27	100
28	101
29	102
30	103
31	103
32	104
33	105
34	106
35	107
36	108
37	108
38	109
39	110	Above Expectations / Greater Depth
40	112
41	113
42	114
43	115
44	116
45	118
46	119
47	120
48	120
49	120
50	120

2017 Maths KS2 SATs

The raw score required to achieve the "expected standard" (a scaled score of 100) was 57. Thus, the "pass mark" for children taking the 2017 KS2 Maths SATs was 57/110 or 51.8%. In order to achieve "greater depth" (scaled score of 110) a child would have to score at least 95/110 or 86.4%.

See below for the full raw marks to scaled scores conversion table:

Raw Score	Scaled Score	Level Attained
0	0	Below Expectations
1	0
2	0
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	81
8	82
9	82
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	93
32	93
33	93
34	94
35	94
36	94
37	94
38	95
39	95
40	95
41	96
42	96
43	96
44	96
45	97
46	97
47	97
48	97
49	98
50	98
51	98
52	98
53	99
54	99
55	99
56	99
57	100	At Expected Level
58	100
59	100
60	100
61	100
62	101
63	101
64	101
65	101
66	102
67	102
68	102
69	102
70	103
71	103
72	103
73	103
74	104
75	104
76	104
77	104
78	105
79	105
80	105
81	105
82	106
83	106
84	106
85	106
86	107
87	107
88	107
89	108
90	108
91	108
92	109
93	109
94	109
95	110	Above Expectations / Greater Depth
96	110
97	110
98	111
99	111
100	112
101	112
102	113
103	114
104	114
105	115
106	116
107	117
108	118
109	120
110	120

2017 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling KS2 SATs

The mark required to achieve the "expected standard" (a scaled score of 100) was 36. Thus, the "pass mark" for children taking the 2017 KS2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling SATs was 36/70 or 51.4%. In order to achieve "greater depth" (scaled score of 110) a child would have to score at least 56/70 or 80%.

See below for the full raw marks to scaled scores conversion table:

Raw Score	Scaled Score	Level Attained
0	0	Below Expectations
1	0
2	0
3	80
4	81
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	85
9	86
10	87
11	87
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	90
16	90
17	91
18	92
19	92
20	93
21	93
22	94
23	94
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	96
28	96
29	97
30	97
31	98
32	98
33	99
34	99
35	99
36	100	At Expected Level
37	100
38	101
39	101
40	102
41	102
42	103
43	103
44	104
45	104
46	105
47	105
48	106
49	106
50	107
51	107
52	108
53	108
54	109
55	109
56	110	Above Expectations / Greater Depth
57	111
58	112
59	112
60	113
61	114
62	115
63	116
64	117
65	118
66	119
67	120
68	120
69	120
70	120

Each school's KS2 SATs results were made available to their headteachers in July 2017 via the NCA tools website. Individual KS2 SATs results were fed back to parents some time after this date, normally within a child's end of year report.

Every school's KS2 SATs performance was made publicly available in December 2017 as part of the 2017 primary school league tables.

2017 KS2 SATs Exam Timetable

Date	Exam
Monday 8 May 2017	Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling - Paper 1 Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling - Paper 2
Tuesday 9 May 2017	English Reading
Wednesday 10 May 2017	Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning)
Thursday 11 May 2017	Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning)

Email:
Email address is not valid.
	I consent to your Privacy Policy.
Tick the box above.

Recep. Year 1 Year 2	Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6	Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Select your children's year group(s).