12-05-2025
A guide to Sats — by two primary school teachers of the year
Key Stage 2 tests run smoothly at Willow School in north London because of outstanding teaching and preparation, according to the head teacher, Dawn Ferdinand. But there is the occasional hiccup.
'We had a child who had a disagreement with his mum on the way to school one year and arrived in a bad mood and refused to sit the test,' says Ferdinand, who was named head teacher of the year at the Pearson Teaching Awards in December. 'So aim for uneventful journeys to school during Sats week!'
About 600,000 year 6 pupils across England will sit the Key Stage 2 assessment in maths and English this month — six papers over four days. Last year 74 per cent of pupils reached the standard expected
