SATs, Phonics and EYFS Assessments
Pupils undertake a range of assessments throughout the course of the school year with some of these assessments being statutory. The majority of statutory assessments take place in the summer term and parents will be provided with information and updates as the year progresses.
The following assessments will take place in the 2025-2026 academic year;
KS2 SATs Dates 2025/26 – Testing Period
Monday 11th May 2026: Spelling, punctuation and grammar Test- Grammar/Punctuation- (Papers 1 & 2)
Tuesday 12th May 2026: English Reading Test
Wednesday 13th May 2026: Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) & Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning)
Thursday 14th May 2026: Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning)
Year 4 Multiplication Check Dates 2025/26 – Testing Period
The multiplication tables check (MTC) is statutory for all Year 4 pupils registered at state-funded maintained schools, special schools or academies (including free schools) in England. The check takes place on-line and will be carried out over a 2 week period from the week beginning Monday 1st June 2026.
KS1 (Year 2) SATs Dates 2025/26 - Testing Period
KS1 SATs are non-statutory meaning pupils in Year 2 are not required to complete KS1 SATs. At Le Cateau, we do not undertake these assessments.
Year 1 Phonics Check Dates 2025/26 – Testing Period
The Phonics screening check takes place during the week beginning Monday 8th June 2026 for all pupils in Year 1.
Year 2 Phonics Re-Check - Testing Period
Year 2 pupils who met the expected standard in phonics in the 2025 check will not be required to complete any further statutory assessments in phonics. Year 2 pupils who did not meet the expected standard in the 2025 check or who did not take the assessment in 2025 will be expected to take the statutory check in June 2026, alongside Year 1 pupils (see above).
EYFS (FS2) Assessment Dates 2025/26
All pupils entering FS2 (Reception) will complete the reception baseline assessment (RBA). This assessment takes place within the first 6 weeks of the school year and is a short, interactive and practical assessment of your child’s early literacy, communication, language and mathematics skills when they begin school, using materials that most children of your child’s age will be familiar with. It is statutory for all schools.
The assessment will be carried out by your child's class teacher and is designed so that your child cannot ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ the assessment. Its main purpose is to create a starting point to measure the progress schools make with their pupils.
EYFS Profile Assessment
Schools must complete the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile assessment for all children in the academic year that they turn 5. This is in FS2 therefore, all FS2 pupils will be assessed in the summer term (June) with assessments being shared with parents at the end of the academic year.
