2018 SATs Papers

Download the 2018 national curriculum Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATs for free.

2018 Key Stage 2 SATs Papers

The 2018 KS2 SATs started in primary schools in England on Monday 14th May 2018. The tests took place over four days.

2018 English Reading KS2 SATs Papers

The 2018 KS2 English Reading SATs paper contained three separate reading texts: 'The Giant Panda Bear', 'Grannie' and 'Albion's Dream'.

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

Year	Reading Booklet	Reading Answer Booklet	Administrator's Guide	Modified Materials Pack	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Scaled Scores / Levels
2018	Download The Giant Panda Bear Grannie Albion's Dream	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download

2018 Maths KS2 SATs Papers

The 2018 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 2018 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	Modified Materials Pack	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Scaled Scores / Levels
2018	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	Download

As well as the video walkthroughs below, ensure you download and use our exclusive worked solutions to the 2018 KS2 Maths SATs papers.

Video Walkthroughs

Paper 1 (Arithmetic)

Paper 2 (Reasoning)

Paper 3 (Reasoning)

2018 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GaPS) KS2 SATs Papers

The 2018 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	Modified Materials Pack	Marking Scheme (Answers)	Scaled Scores / Levels
2018	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download

Video Walkthrough

About the 2018 KS2 SATs

Children in Year 6 (those aged 10-11 at the time) took their KS2 SATs tests in May 2018.

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

The 2018 SATs took place under exam conditions and were marked externally.

2018 was the third year of 'new-style' KS2 SATs tests under the new national curriculum.

To help prepare children for the 2018 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.

2018 KS2 SATs Scaled Scores Expected Standard and Greater Depth

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

2018 English Reading KS2 SATs

The raw score required to achieve the "expected standard" (a scaled score of 100) was 28. Thus, the "pass mark" for pupils taking the 2018 KS2 English Reading SATs was 28/50 or 56%. In order to achieve "greater depth" (scaled score of 110) a child would have to score at least 40/50 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	80
5	81
6	82
7	83
8	84
9	85
10	86
11	87
12	88
13	89
14	90
15	90
16	91
17	92
18	93
19	93
20	94
21	95
22	96
23	96
24	97
25	98
26	98
27	99
28	100	At Expected Level
29	101
30	101
31	102
32	103
33	104
34	105
35	106
36	107
37	107
38	108
39	109
40	110	Above Expectations / Greater Depth
41	112
42	113
43	114
44	115
45	117
46	118
47	120
48	120
49	120
50	120

2018 Maths KS2 SATs

The raw score required to achieve the "expected standard" (a scaled score of 100) was 61. Thus, the "pass mark" for children taking the 2018 KS2 Maths SATs was 61/110 or 55.5%. In order to achieve "greater depth" (scaled score of 110) a child would have to score at least 96/110 or 87.3%.

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

2018 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling KS2 SATs

The mark required to achieve the "expected standard" (a scaled score of 100) was 38. Thus, the "pass mark" for children taking the 2018 KS2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling SATs was 38/70 or 54.3%. 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	80
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	83
9	84
10	84
11	85
12	86
13	87
14	87
15	88
16	88
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	91
21	91
22	92
23	92
24	93
25	93
26	94
27	94
28	95
29	95
30	96
31	96
32	97
33	97
34	98
35	98
36	99
37	99
38	100	At Expected Level
39	100
40	101
41	101
42	102
43	102
44	103
45	103
46	104
47	104
48	105
49	106
50	106
51	107
52	107
53	108
54	109
55	109
56	110	Above Expectations / Greater Depth
57	111
58	111
59	112
60	113
61	114
62	115
63	116
64	117
65	118
66	120
67	120
68	120
69	120
70	120

Each school's KS2 SATs results were made available to their headteachers in July 2018 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 2018 as part of the 2018 primary school league tables.

2018 KS2 SATs Exam Timetable

Date	Exam
Monday 14 May 2018	Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling - Paper 1 Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling - Paper 2
Tuesday 15 May 2018	English Reading
Wednesday 16 May 2018	Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning)
Thursday 17 May 2018	Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning)

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