SATs guidance handout for 1:1 readers & scribes (obv full guidance is important but I made this handout as a quick ref sheet). Other side is for teachers and includes a summary of the evidence for access arrangements. High-res version available p32 here: tr.ee/ezKpLqVZUL

✅ ONE-PAGE ANSWERS 📝 For years now I’ve turned the SATs mark schemes into “one-page answers” (the entire mark scheme on one page) so you don’t have to flip through those endless pages when marking SATs papers 😅 All OPAs from 2016 here: tr.ee/AFdd7xEiEj #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6

Have you seen @missiebee.bsky.social analysis of the 2017-2025 SATs papers to help support you with 2026 SATs prep? In this very insightful blog, Sophie uses her data analysis to identify the consistent trends and heavy-weight topics that should shape your planning. #LbQ #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

Happy National Storytelling Week 🎉 In our latest blog, @missiebee.bsky.social has put together a list of ideas and strategies to keep the magic of storytelling alive in the classroom all year round! #LbQ #EduSky #EduPrimary

Free @lbqorg.bsky.social webinar on what to prioritise for SATs based on previous data 📊 🎙️Hosted by @teachsleeprepeat.bsky.social (& I’ll have my geeky slot to crunch the numbers 🤓) 🎟️ Save your spot here (if you can’t make the live session, you’ll get sent the recording): tinyurl.com/Sats26webinar

🚨 Obligatory Klaxon Alert AGAIN 🚨 We've now gone over 22,000 downloads of Sophie's Travel Guide Through Year 6. 🔥 Have you downloaded yours yet? We wouldn't want you to miss out! 🎒 🔗 mailchi.mp/lbq/sophies-travel-guide-year-6-2025 #LbQ #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary | @missiebee.bsky.social

Mondays hit different when you've got your Travel Guide Through Year 6 on officially the first day of Autumn. 😍🍂 #LbQ #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary | @missiebee.bsky.social

✅ ONE-PAGE ANSWERS 📝 For years now I’ve turned the SATs mark schemes into “one-page answers” (the entire mark scheme on one page) so you don’t have to flip through those endless pages when marking SATs papers 😅 All OPAs from 2016 here: tr.ee/AFdd7xEiEj #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6

🌟 Teaching Year 6? We’ve got you covered. Sophie’s Travel Guide Through Year 6 is here to help with expert advice, practical tips, and resources to support every step of the journey. 📥 Download your free copy: mailchi.mp/lbq/sophies-travel-guide-year-6-2025 #LbQ | @missiebee.bsky.social

Link here to download for free: tinyurl.com/Year6guide

IT’S HEEEEEEREEEEEEEEE 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 44 pages of goodness all compiled especially for Y6 teachers 😍 📍 A ‘map’ that takes you through the Autumn, Spring & Summer terms with advice each step of the way, including: 🍁 Ideas for the new term, grammar & maths knowledge organisers… 1/5 #EduSkyPrimary #Year6

Team y6!! Whether it’s your first rodeo in y6 or your tenth 😅, I’ve been working on something (free) I think you’ll love/will find v useful This Sunday, @lbqorg.bsky.social are sharing a huge pack of free advice, downloadables & resources to guide you through year 6… 1/2 #EduSkyPrimary #Year6

Teaching year 6 for the first time in September? In this episode, the amazing @missiebee.bsky.social offers 5 tips for teaching year 6. #edusky open.spotify.com/episode/5NZF...

Anyone else on insta? Let me know so I can follow you! (I’m _missiebee on there too)

The most read article of the week was ‘2025 KS2 SATs results analysis’ by @lbqorg.bsky.social 📚

Has anyone got any pictures of a reading display they’re proud of? If so, and you’d be happy for me to share it with credit (I’m collating reading display pictures for a blog), please reply to this tweet with the pic/s! (Or DM me) 📚📖 #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

National GDS % are out (unusual as they usually don’t release until Oct) 📖 Reading: 33% (highest it’s ever been) ✍️ Writing: 13% (same as last 3 yrs & lowest it’s ever been) 📊 Maths: 26% (2nd highest it’s ever been) 🔡 GPS: 30% More analysis here: primary.lbq.org/hub/2025-ks2... #EduSky

Complete SATs results breakdown here 👇🏼 #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6

2025 KS2 SATs “pass marks” 📊 Maths - 58/110 (or 53% - it was 49% last year) 📖 Reading - 28/50 (or 56% - it was 54% last year) 🔡 GPS - 35/70 (or 50% - it was 50% last year)

NATIONAL HEADLINES for SATs 2025: (Everything up by 1%) RWM: 62%, up from 61% last year Reading: 75%, up from 74% last year Maths: 74%, up from 73% last year Writing: 72%, up from 71.5% last year GPS: 73%, up from 72% last year Science: 82%, up from 81% last year

Anyone else on insta? Let me know so I can follow you! (I’m _missiebee on there too)

Some of you may already use my Y6 maths KO… well I’ve created a GPS one now (double-sided) - and the maths one has had a bit of a brush up too! Free to download here: tinyurl.com/year6KOs #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

I will only do this once, I promise! After an AGE of to-ing and fro-ing, I decided to become #10percentbraver… So - parents of 0-3yo - if you’re interested in hearing more about infant sleep, please give my lil side hustle business [@ thenurturenarrative on Instagram] a follow 👇🏼 💤💙🧠

Last month SATs expert @missiebee.bsky.social gave her analysis of the GPS papers for 2025. This included grammatical ‘disguises’ and potential accent slip ups as well as the usual data, data, data that we know and love. 👉 primary.lbq.org/hub/ks2-sats-2025-gps-papers-analysis #LbQ #EduSkyPrimary

I will only do this once, I promise! After an AGE of to-ing and fro-ing, I decided to become #10percentbraver… So - parents of 0-3yo - if you’re interested in hearing more about infant sleep, please give my lil side hustle business [@ thenurturenarrative on Instagram] a follow 👇🏼 💤💙🧠

@missiebee.bsky.social latest blog has a whole host of helpful tips, resources and games to enjoy this final half term of maths with your class (and set them up for their next step!) #LbQ #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

🔔 Ideas for Year 6 maths this term 👇🏼 Found some amazing financial literacy resources I never knew existed (all free obv) and some great little maths games that, once taught, would keep the kids busy during play practice 😂 tinyurl.com/MathsAfterSATs #EduSkyPrimary

Looking to share @missiebee.bsky.social analysis of the recent SATs papers with your colleagues? We've created slides you can use as discussion points in your school. 🔗 mailchi.mp/lbq/sats-analysis-slides #LbQ #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

Can’t wait for the newspaper headlines in 5 weeks’ time to read 🚨 28% OF CHILDREN LEAVE PRIMARY SCHOOL UNABLE TO READ 🚨 not knowing kids were marked wrong for answering questions like this (Q in post below) (Clip from @teachsleeprepeat.bsky.social pod ep: tinyurl.com/SATspodcast)

Missing Chen? Never fear - Dylan, Hayden and @missiebee.bsky.social are here to keep you company and tell you their undiluted thoughts on this year's SATs papers. 👀 So pop the kettle on and settle down for a listen. You won't want to miss this. 🤩 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/0Rru... #LbQ #EduSky

Got a spare hour this bank hol? Bit of background listening for you 🎧 I had a chat with the guys of @teachsleeprepeat.bsky.social about the SATs (I say chat - more of a rant about the mark schemes & then a bit of a love-in about some of the maths Qs😍) Listen here: tinyurl.com/SATspodcast #EduSky

🚨 Full analysis of all the 2025 SATs papers 👇🏼 Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀 MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs

It’s that time of year, people: got my data hat on again 🧢 Analysis of this year’s KS2 maths SATs papers: facts, figures, bit of moaning (if you like rounding, don’t take anything personally 👀) 👇🏼📊 #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs primary.lbq.org/hub/ks2-sats...

This is such a nice activity for this week - creating a class piece of art by giving each child their own section then putting them together. I did this with my class 2 years ago for the Queen’s Jubilee 👑 just upload the picture you want to use to rasterbator.net #EduSky

Y6 teachers, I hope you’re having a relaxing weekend! 🤞🏼 Spelling & GPS papers tomorrow 📝 I personally prefer to let the kids have a lesson-free morning beforehand,but if you’re more inclined to some light-touch last-minute revision,use these for ideas: tinyurl.com/SATsspelling tinyurl.com/SATsGPS

2 days to go! 👀👇🏼 #EduSkyPrimary

Planning for the last 4 days before SATs? See what hasn’t appeared in SATs for the last few years (OR what has appeared every single year so far) and revise it! See post below 👀 #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

SENDCOs / parents of young SEND children - please help! My friend has a 2.5yo (not yet in nursery) & has been advised to apply for an EHCP. I’ve advised her to contact her local SENDIASS & she’s going to collect evidence to request an EHC needs assessment. Any other advice please?! #EduSky

9 days to go until SATs! Last-minute things to revise 📝 📊 MATHS: scale factors, reading scales, volume (tinyurl.com/SATsmaths) ✍️ GRAMMAR: parenthesis, synonyms/antonyms, apostrophes (tinyurl.com/SATsGPS) 🔤 SPELLING: silent letters, /shun/ endings (tinyurl.com/SATsspelling) #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

THURSDAY QUIZ Year 6 teachers - house points for you if you can correctly guess which of these 51 GPS strands have appeared the most in previous SATs papers. Clue - it isn’t the subjunctive 🫠 shock Answers here: tinyurl.com/SATsGPS No cheating! 😂 #EduSkyPrimary #EduSky

YEAR 6 TEACHERS 👇 What's more likely to appear on the KS2 SATs 2025 papers? What content should you prioritise? @missiebee.bsky.social shares her thoughts and provides all the insights you need. #LbQ #EduSkyPrimary #EduSky

3 spelling rules that should appear in SATs (have appeared every year so far >1x in each paper): - silent letters - suffix -ly - endings that sound like ‘shun’ And @sarahfarrellks2.bsky.social has shared her amazing spelling pack which would help revise these! (Link in 2nd post) #EduSkyPrimary

📝🔡 Y6 SATs 2025 spelling test predictions for last-minute prep 🔡📝 I know the spelling paper is the least of anyone’s problems at this point but *if* you have a spare 10 mins to squeeze in some spelling revision, start here! primary.lbq.org/hub/sats-202... @lbqorg.bsky.social #EduSkyPrimary

Y6 teachers - focus your maths lessons here: a) 4 ops & FDP (these cover over half of the papers) b) the 3 content domains below - the only maths areas that haven’t been seen in SATs now for 3 yrs (so law of probability…) Via @lbqorg.bsky.social: primary.lbq.org/hub/2024-mat... #EduSkyPrimary

Whether you’re a SATs newbie or a seasoned pro, @missiebee.bsky.social blog is your guide to focusing on what really matters. Get insights on: 👩‍🏫 Key topics dominating maths papers. 📚 The reading trend that might finally break in '25. 🎯 Grammar topics more likely to appear. #LbQ #EduSkyPrimary

In our latest SATs insights video, we reveal which Year 3 question only 44% of Year 6 pupils answered correctly first time and the most common wrong answer. Check it out below! #LbQ #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

Have just added the 2024 grammar paper :) (Y6 teachers - if you haven’t used these yet, I’m not one to blow my own horn but I PROMISE they’ll save you time. All the SATs answers on 1 page to save you from flipping through those blessed answer schemes!!) tinyurl.com/SATsonepage #EduSkyPrimary

Y6 TEACHERS 👇🏼 SATs revision tips and techniques, plus ideas for how to structure this term’s maths and English lessons! @lbqorg.bsky.social primary.lbq.org/hub/KS2-SATs... #EduSkyPrimary

We're back with a SATs insights video that shows what the 2025 cohort are finding tricky. Find out which Year 5 question only 42% of Year 6 pupils answered correctly first time and the most common wrong answer. SATs Springboard is here to fill those gaps: lbq.org/sats #LbQ #EduSkyPrimary