As school life continues to be disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department for Education has announced changes to KS2 SATS, taken at the end of Year 6, in 2021.

On 6 January 2021 it was confirmed that KS2 SATs will not take place in 2021.

Gavin Williamson, the Secretary of State for Education, said that the government recognised the primary tests “will be an additional burden on schools and it’s important we are very much focused on welcoming children back to the classroom at the earliest opportunity”.

To reflect the disruption to children's learning, primary school performance data will not be published in 2021