The National Statistics for 2024

In total, 74 per cent met the expected standard in reading, an increase from 73 per cent, and 72 per cent met the expected standard in writing, up from 71 per cent.

Overall, 72 per cent met the expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling, which was the same as last year, and 73 per cent reached the expected standard in maths, which also remained unchanged.

However, some primary school leaders and experts have voiced concerns about the difficulty level of one of the maths SATs papers this summer.

The Department for Education (DfE) acknowledged that this year's Year 6 students experienced disruption to their learning during the pandemic, particularly at the end of Year 2 and in Year 3.

SAT's scoring explained

The maximum score possible is 120, while the minimum is 80. To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores.

The total number of marks a pupil gets in the test (their ‘raw’ score) is converted into a scaled score to enable comparisons of performance over time.

A scaled score of 100 or more shows that a child has met the expected standard on the test.