What are the key dates for the 2018 Sats

Here is a breakdown of the key dates for the new national curriculum tests
1st April 2015, 10:00am

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What are the key dates for the 2018 Sats

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Monday 23 April  - Deadline for schools to submit applications for additional time

Week commencing Monday 30 April - Schools receive their KS2 test materials

14-17 May - KS2 test week

Monday 14 May - English grammar, punctuation and spelling test, paper 1, short answer questions

Tuesday 15 May - English reading test.

English grammar, punctuation and spelling test, paper 2, spelling.

Wednesday 16 May - Maths, paper 1, arithmetic test. Maths, paper 2, reasoning.

Thursday 17 May - Maths, paper 3, reasoning

 

Remember teachers and test administrators must not discuss the content of the test papers with anyone or use question-specific information to prepare pupils for the test. Also, specific content which could compromise the test must not be discussed on social media or published in blogs.

After the tests have been administered the test scripts must be kept securely until they are collected for marking. Any unused test materials must be kept securely until Friday 25 May.

 

Thursday 28 June - Deadline to submit teacher assessment data

Tuesday 10 July - Pupil results (raw scores and scaled scores) and marked script images available on NCA tools. Raw score to scaled score conversion tables available on gov.uk

Friday 20 July - Deadline for schools to submit review applications

21 July(ish) - end of term

 

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