Yr 6 sats

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Hard to ask this question without sounding boasty but just wondering about the sats and how unusual it is to get full marks or just drop a few marks? Dd has been doing that consistently in the practice papers but I guess they might be easier than the real thing.
Just wondered if this is quite unusual or there are a few in every school?
Curious really.

If I read the stats right, ~10% reach a higher standard, ie scaled score of 110, ie ~10 wrong in English, ~14 wrong in Maths.

Given the tests are not designed to identify attainment or outliers, just that they have reached the minimum standards, it's not designed to stretch the most able.

In a recent arithmetic test, 2 children with SEN scored 22/25 out of 40, seven children scored between 30 and 35, 12 children scored over 35 with a further 14 scoring full marks. Maths and grammar are fairly easy to score full/nearly full marks, reading is somewhat more difficult ( simply because the mark schemes can be rather specific!)

Ok interesting, so not that unusual.
Was wondering when she moves to her massive secondary school (about 450 in the year) if she would stand out if the marks she’s been getting in the practice ones translate into the real ones but it sounds like there are likely to be a significant group at that level.

There'll be a some who get that in most classes, also at least where I am secondary schools do not look at SATs anyway, they actually don't really mean anything to the children, just to the primary school.

The highest scaled score score awarded is not full marks (well it may be but it may also be lower)

In reading 9800 pupils had the maximum scaled score of 120 (2%)
In maths 9452 pupils had the maximum scaled score of 120 (2%)
In spag 35,134 had the maximum scaled score of 120 (6%)

DD is in year 8 and got 120 in all three in year 6. Think we got her raw scores for them as well - she didn’t get full marks in any of them (although obviously got pretty near). I would imagine there are others at her secondary school who got similar.

My daughter did this in y2 for the actual papers, my youngest son is also doing this in year 2 for the practice papers. My eldest I can't remember what he scored in y2 although did well - but is nowhere near this in his y6 practice papers. It is unusual but not particularly amazing as most schools will have some kids doing this.... although your child definitely deserves praise for this.

The practice papers probably won't be any easier than the real tests, as most schools will use past papers to practise on. However, they may be slightly less strict with the timings and obviously the atmosphere is different for the actual tests.

But no, it's not that rare to score almost full marks. In a cohort of 450 at the secondary school, there will be quite a few at the same high levels. It's probably slightly less common to score so highly on all 3 papers, but still not rare.