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For grown-ups · Key Stage 2 SATs (Years 3 to 6)
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What is tested at the end of Year 6, when, who marks it, why writing and science are teacher assessed, and what the results are and are not used for.
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Why 100 means the expected standard and 110 a high score, what N means, how the raw marks needed moved in 2024 to 2026, and how Courselo estimates a scaled score from a practice paper.
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What the June check is like (25 questions, 6 seconds each, on screen), what the score means with no pass mark, and how to practise without pressure.
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A plain-English guide to the grammar words your child is taught, from fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses to modal verbs, the passive and the subjunctive.
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The daily timetable for test week, what to say the night before, access arrangements and how to ask the school, and what arrives in July.
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Picking the year group, how a lesson, its checks and the practice set fit together, what the stars mean, and a gentle ten-minutes-a-day routine from Year 3 to Year 6.