Year 6 SATs - do they need to revise for them?

[Pipsquiggle]

Hi my Yr6 DC had some SAT mocks in December and has come home with some CPG SAT books from school.

Do they need to revise for SATs outside of school? I wasn't planning on doing any.

Do the marks from SATs actually matter for the child?

My understanding was that SATs was more about how the school was performing - do they check the Yr 6 results with the Yr 2 results to see if the child is still on the same learning curve?

@Iamnotthe1
Spot on in everything you said.

Yes, you will get told a scaled score for each tested area and then what it means. You'll also be given the grade for writing but not a scaled score as there is no writing test.

It's not necessarily about the setting (though it can play into that). It's about the level of challenge and support that child will have during their time there. You have to remember that it's very different to a primary setting: your child is one out of a much larger pool in terms of within their year group, within the school and of the students each individual teacher sees on a weekly basis. To those in charge, it can absolutely become a bit of a numbers game.

@Pipsquiggle Each primary will have expectations for each child. Each high school will turn set theirs. Ours are shared with parents direct.

@Pipsquiggle schools have different approaches to streaming & setting. Some grammars for example don't do any as they already have the top 10% but others do lots.

You will get a scaled score which basically is when their actual marks are compared against the rest of the country. The scaled scores range between 80-120. So a scaled score of 100 means they are working at the expected standard, below 100 means they are working below the expected standard and above 100 is working above the expected standard.

80 to 89 is significantly below the standard but still within KS2.
90 to 99 is working towards the standard.
100 to 109 is working at the age-related standard.
110 to 120 is working a greater depth in the age-related standard.

Bizarrely I think it might help my yr 6 twins. They both have ASD and are pathologically averse to 'homework' as they are very rigid in their thinking that school is school and home is home.. they have done no homework at home for 2 years due to the distress and trauma it caused... as this has been phrased as 'revision'... rather than homework by school they are far more on board with it and prepared to give it a go... also they quite like a nice test with clearly defined answers.. they HATE anything with ambiguity !