Key Stage 2 - 2017 English SATs Papers

Help your child prepare for the Year 6 English SATs, taken at the end of Key Stage 2, with some revision and at-home practice. These complete 2017 Y6 SATs past papers are the official past papers from the Department for Education, used in schools.

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Keystage: KS2, Year 6

These 2017 KS2 English SATs papers will help your child with their SATs revision and preparation and help them to approach their SATs with confidence.

These are the second set of "new-style" SATs papers, reflecting the new National Curriculum. Children first sat this new-format test in May 2016.

This pack includes:

Grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions
Grammar punctuation and spelling Paper 2 administration instructions, including a transcript of the spelling words to read out
Grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling
English Reading Paper 1: Reading answer booklet

For copyright reasons the Reading Booklet for the KS2 English 2017 SATs exam should be downloaded directly from the DfE website. All the other test papers have been merged into one easy download for you.

You can also download the answers and marking scheme for the English grammar, punctuation and spelling test or the mark scheme for the English reading test so you can look through your child's work and compare it with what teachers and examiners are looking for.

To understand how to use the KS2 English past papers at home most effectively, read our step-by-step guide to administering and marking KS2 English SATs practice tests at home.

You can also read up-to-date advice about KS2 SATs, find out more about the grammar, punctuation and spelling part of the test and look through all our KS2 SATs-preparation advice to help you support your child at home.

For information about SATs for Y2 children look through our KS1 SATs information.

Free KS2 SATs past papers to download

To download more KS2 SATs official past papers, browse through our free Year 6 SATs maths and English past papers.

All official SATs papers available on TheSchoolRun are © QCA / QCDA / Department for Education and reproduced under the terms of the Open Government Licence (see our Terms and conditions for further details). They are intended for home use / private study only.

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