KS2 SATs-style maths practice papers (Year 6)

Free KS2 SATs-style maths practice papers for Year 6: six arithmetic papers and six reasoning papers, marked instantly, with explanations.

These are practice papers written by Classfern. They are not past papers, and they are not official tests.

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The tests

About these tests

Free maths practice papers for Year 6 in the style of the KS2 SATs (the national curriculum tests taken in May of Year 6). There are six arithmetic papers like Paper 1 and six reasoning papers like Papers 2 and 3, plus mixed sets of 20 questions that change every time.

Every question is our own, written for the national curriculum in England and checked by a computer program and a second checker. Answers are marked straight away and every question has a short explanation.

The reasoning papers include bar charts, pictograms, timetables, scales, coordinate grids and shape diagrams, each with a text description for screen readers. What these papers cannot do: the real reasoning papers include drawing, measuring and explaining, which a computer cannot mark fairly, so ours only use questions with one clear answer. Our score is a guide to what to practise next. It is not a scaled score and it does not predict a result.

Key facts

The 2027 key stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 10 May to Thursday 13 May 2027. Mathematics Papers 1 and 2 are on Wednesday 12 May 2027 and Paper 3 is on Thursday 13 May 2027. Source: Primary assessments: future dates (GOV.UK)
The KS2 mathematics test has three papers: Paper 1 (arithmetic) is worth 40 marks and takes 30 minutes; Papers 2 and 3 (reasoning) are worth 35 marks each and take 40 minutes each. That is 110 marks in total. Source: Key stage 2: mathematics test framework (Standards and Testing Agency) (Test format table)
Paper 1 is made of context-free calculations. Most are worth one mark, but two marks are available for long multiplication and long division. Source: Key stage 2: mathematics test framework (Standards and Testing Agency)
The questions in each test are placed in an approximate order of difficulty. Papers 2 and 3 include both selected response questions (such as multiple choice and matching) and constructed response questions, and up to 50 per cent of the marks across these two papers are set in context. Source: Key stage 2: mathematics test framework (Standards and Testing Agency)
For questions worth more than one mark, when the correct answer has not been reached, the mark scheme can give marks for using a formal method (Paper 1) or for correctly following a process through the problem (Papers 2 and 3). Source: Key stage 2: mathematics test framework (Standards and Testing Agency)
Results are reported as scaled scores. Pupils scoring at least 100 have met the expected standard. The lowest scaled score is 80 and the highest is 120, and the number of raw marks needed for 100 can change from year to year. Source: Understanding scaled scores at key stage 2 (GOV.UK)
Future assessment arrangements are under review following the Curriculum and Assessment Review, but the arrangements for the 2026 to 2027 academic year remain unchanged. Source: Key stage 2: mathematics test framework (GOV.UK page)

How to use these tests

Start with an arithmetic paper with the timer off. Look at the review at the end: it shows each answer and how to work it out.
Use the 20-question mixed sets for short practice on school nights.
Try a full paper with the 30- or 40-minute timer only when your child is ready, and talk about the questions they found hard rather than the score.
Encourage written working on paper, especially for long multiplication and long division, as on the real test.

How we wrote these tests

Each arithmetic paper has 36 questions: 32 worth 1 mark and 4 long multiplication or long division questions worth 2 marks, 40 marks in all, like the real Paper 1. (The framework sets the marks, not the number of questions.) Each reasoning paper has 24 questions worth 35 marks: we count multi-step questions as 2 marks and the rest as 1 mark. That split is our own choice, as the real mark scheme sets marks question by question. On the real test, working can earn a mark even when the final answer is wrong; here only the final answer is marked. All answers are computed by a program and checked again by a second program.

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Plan the teaching

Use these tests for practice at home or in class. See what to teach in Year 6 Maths, Year 5 Maths, then plan lessons with the free Lesson Plan Maker.

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Official sources

KS2 SATs-style practice by Classfern. Not an official test and not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education or the Standards and Testing Agency.