TheSchoolRun.com closure date
As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.
As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.
In particular, we suggest downloading:
- Learning packs
- All the worksheets from the 11+ programme, if you are following this with your child
- Complete Learning Journey programmes (the packs below include all 40 worksheets for each programme)
You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.
We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.
KS2 English SATs practice test A
Since May 2016 KS2 SATs have been made up of new-style SATs papers, reflecting the revised primary curriculum in England. As part of the English test, children are assessed on their spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG).
TheSchoolRun has also produced five complete mock papers, written in the style of the KS2 SATs, for at-home practice and study. Prepared by primary-school teachers, the practice papers offer children the opportunity to practise the kinds of questions they might be asked to answer in the May assessments. All answers are provided so you can mark your child's work at home.
In this TheSchoolRun practice paper (Test A), you will find four papers:
- English Reading Booklet (The Lens, Daffodils and The Speckled Band)
- English Reading answer booklet
- English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions
- English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling
Please note: our practice papers have not been prepared for official assessment purposes and we are unable to offer scoring / levels information for teachers.
| The non-fiction texts in TheSchoolRun's KS2 SATs English Practice Test A are from Eye Benders, 1st edn, reproduced with permission from Ivy Press. © Ivy Press 2013 Eye Benders, published by Ivy Kids, is priced at £9.99 and can be purchased from all good bookshops and online retailers. |  |
How to use these KS2 SATs practice papers
Allow your child to complete the tests in a quiet room without any help.
The Reading Paper should take one hour to complete, including reading time. The Grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1 should take 45 minutes to complete and Paper 2 (spelling) around 20 minutes.
Following the test, it will really help your child to sit down and work through the answers together – use the marking information provided. Remember to talk about what they have achieved and review any questions they may have found tricky. Encourage them to look carefully at the different question types so they feel confident about how to answer them quickly and accurately.
As with anything new, reassure your child that this practice test is simply a way of checking what they have been learning in class. Talking through the test and praising their understanding will really help them to feel confident and achieve their very best in May!
More KS2 English SATs practice papers to download
All our practice papers are available to TheSchoolRun subscribers only. Follow the links below to download all the papers for your child.
