Department for Education publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard
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The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2025 key stage 2 SATs to achieve the government’s “expected” score.
To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores. But this equates to different marks for each paper (maths; reading; grammar, punctuation and spelling) and can change each year.
Converting a pupil’s raw score to a scaled score simply requires looking up the raw score on the tables below, and reading across to the appropriate scaled score. The tables are also available on the government’s website here.
The marks required for 2025 on each of the key stage 2 SATs tests are:
– Maths: 58 out of 110 (up from 54 in 2024)
– Reading: 28 out of 50 (up from 27 in 2024)
– Grammar, punctuation and spelling: 35 out of 70 (the same as in 2024)
English grammar, punctuation and spelling
Raw scoreScaled score0-2No scaled score3804805826837848859861086118712881389148915901690179118921992209321932294239424952595269627962897299730983198329833993499351003610037101381013910240102411034210343104441044510546105471064810649107501085110852109531095411055111561115711258113591146011561116621176311864119651206612067120681206912070120
English reading
Raw scoreScaled score0-2No scaled score3804805826837848859861087118812891389149015911692179218931994209521952296239724972598269927992810029101301013110232103331043410435105361063710738108391094011041111421124311344114451164611747119481204912050120
Mathematics
Raw scoreScaled score0-2No scaled score380480580681782883984108411851285138614861587168717881888198920892189229023902491259126912792289229923092319332933393349435943694379438953995409541954296439644964596469747974897499750985198529853985499559956995799581005910060100611006210163101641016510166102671026810269102701027110372103731037410375104761047710478105791058010581105821068310684106851068610787107881078910890108911089210993109941099511096110971119811199112100112101113102113103114104115105116106117107118108119109120110120