SATS benchmarks

Know they’re SATS-ready

Once a month, a proper 45-minute paper in the real SATS style. It comes back as a scaled score you can actually read, plotted on a line that tells you whether the nightly work is paying off.

Benchmark · scaled score

100 · expected standard9699101104103107
The real thing, at home

A 45-minute paper, monthly

The benchmark mirrors the structure of the KS2 papers: arithmetic, reasoning, a full-length reading comprehension and a SPaG section. It’s the calm, low-stakes version of the real thing, sat at the kitchen table rather than in an exam hall.

Because it looks and feels like the genuine paper, May of Year 6 holds no nasty surprises.

June benchmark · Year 5

  • Arithmetic30 marks
  • Reasoning35 marks
  • Reading comprehension1 long text
  • Spelling, punctuation & grammar20 marks

⏱️ 45 minutes · timed

A number that means something

Scaled scores, not raw marks

Real SATS results come back on a scale where 100 is the expected standard. BoffinBox uses the same language, so a score of 107 means exactly what it means on results day, no decoding required.

It’s a good deal more honest than a raw percentage that shifts every time the paper gets harder.

Latest scaled score

107

Above the expected standard

80100 · expected120
The long game

A trend line you can relax about

One score is a snapshot; the trend is the story. Month on month you can watch the line climb above 100 and stay there, which is far more reassuring than agonising over a single wobbly week.

And if the line dips, you’ll know early, while there’s still loads of time to do something about it.

Benchmark · scaled score

100 · expected standard9699101104103107
45 min
per paper
Monthly
cadence
80–120
scaled scores
100
expected standard

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