KS2 Sats results released

Some 61% of KS2 children have reached the expected standard across reading, writing and mathematics in the latest Sats test, well up on last year's figure of 53% but still leaving nearly 40% of children failing to meet the expected levels across all three areas.

More than half a million 10- and 11-year-olds took the tests in reading, maths and spelling, punctuation and grammar (Spag) in May According to today's results, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, up from 66% last year. In mathematics, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard, up from 70% last year. Writing, which is teacher assessed, has also seen a rise, with 76% of pupils at the expected standard. That compares to 74 per cent of pupils last year. Some 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in the Spag tests, up from 72 per cent last year. The raw scores from test papers are converted into a score from 80 to 120, with children expected to achieve 100. This year, the average scaled score in reading was 104, compared with 103 last year. In Spag, it was 106, whereas last year it was 104. In maths, it was 104, compared with 103 last year. In 2016, the first year of the new Sats, the results were lower than they had been under the old national curriculum. In 2015, 80 per cent of pupils achieved what was then the expected level 4 in reading, writing and maths.