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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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.
What are SATs?

Given that SATs occupy a huge amount of teachers’ and pupils’ time as they prepare for the tests each May, they can loom large enough to overshadow everything else at school. Read on to find out exactly what to expect from them, so you and your child can keep them in perspective.
Who takes SATs?
The first time your child is exposed to SATs could be in Key Stage 1, in Year 2, at the end of infants (aged 7). These are optional SATs and schools may not administer them. But if they do, your child will be tested in maths and English (reading and spelling, punctuation and grammar). Teachers will generally try to keep the testing procedure informal – the papers are not strictly timed, and are usually taken in a normal classroom situation to keep the pressure off children.
In Years 3, 4 and 5 some schools test end-of-year progress by using tests known as optional SATs. The results won't be nationally recorded, but optional SATs help teachers assess children's progress and are used to help children get used to working in exam conditions.
Your child will take compulsory SATs in Key Stage 2 in Year 6, aged 11. These more formal, written tests (in English and maths) are 45 minutes long and can be quite daunting for this age group. The papers are sent away for marking and the results are known before children leave primary school in July.


Prepare your child for SATs today
- Your guide to SATs
- KS1 & KS2 SATs revision courses
- SATs practice papers in English & maths
What are SATs for?
For a parents' guide to how SATs results are used by secondary schools, Ofsted and the Department for Education, read our article What are SATs results used for?
How parents can help with KS1 SATs and KS2 SATs
The format of SATs and the mark scheme changed in 2016 but the new-style papers are available to download for free:
- KS2 English SATs 2016 past papers
- KS2 Maths 2016 past papers
- KS2 English 2017 SATs
- KS2 Maths 2017 SATs
- KS2 English 2018 SATs
- KS2 Maths 2018 SATs
- KS2 English 2019 SATs
- KS2 Maths 2019 SATs
- KS2 English 2022 SATs
- KS2 Maths 2022 SATs
- KS2 English 2023 SATs
- KS2 Maths 2023 SATs
- KS2 English 2024 SATs
- KS2 Maths 2024 SATs
- Subscriber-exclusive KS1 and KS2 SATs practice papers in the new 2016 format