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KS2 English GPS Paper 1: questions 2024

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A free english past paper from Standards and Testing Agency (KS2 SATs), linked here from the publisher's own site and published in 2024.

  • English
  • 2024
  • Mixed format

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Published by
Standards and Testing Agency (KS2 SATs)
Paper type
Past paper
Subjects
English
Exam board or style
KS2 SATs
Format
Mixed format
Year
2024
Answers
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Skills classified in this paper

Response items mapped to the pinned Trace Learn skill graph. Multi-skill questions split their weight between tags.

This paper-level analysis needs review

The document reached terminal classification, but the response-item analysis still carries one or more review conditions. Its granular tags are visible as uncertain paper-level evidence and are never used as trend evidence or for rising and falling signals.

  • Low-confidence skill mapping
Easy questions
15
Medium questions
26
Hard questions
9

Paper-level difficulty counts include every classified response item, including creative-writing prompts. Sitting-year difficulty trends compare objective response items only, so those totals use a different, explicitly labelled denominator.

Published skill tags for KS2 English GPS Paper 1: questions 2024
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishApply a prefix or suffixSpellingProvisional analysis5.2%3 of 500 / 2.6 / 0
EnglishClassify a word in contextGrammarProvisional analysis31.2%16 of 506 / 7.6 / 2
EnglishClassify a word relationshipVocabularyProvisional analysis2%1 of 501 / 0 / 0
EnglishDistinguish a phrase and clauseGrammarProvisional analysis6%3 of 500 / 2 / 1
EnglishDistinguish contraction and possessionGrammarProvisional analysis4%2 of 501 / 0 / 1
EnglishIdentify writer purposeReading comprehensionProvisional analysis4%2 of 500 / 2 / 0
EnglishMaintain consistent tenseGrammarProvisional analysis6%3 of 500 / 3 / 0
EnglishMark a sentence boundaryPunctuationProvisional analysis12%6 of 503 / 3 / 0
EnglishMark possessionPunctuationProvisional analysis2%1 of 501 / 0 / 0
EnglishPunctuate a fronted adverbialPunctuationProvisional analysis4%2 of 500 / 2 / 0
EnglishPunctuate a listPunctuationProvisional analysis2.8%2 of 500 / 0 / 1.4
EnglishPunctuate direct speechPunctuationProvisional analysis4%2 of 500 / 0 / 2
EnglishPunctuate parenthesisPunctuationProvisional analysis6%3 of 500 / 2 / 1
EnglishSelect a pronoun formGrammarProvisional analysis4%2 of 501 / 1 / 0
EnglishSelect a synonymVocabularyProvisional analysis0.8%1 of 500 / 0.4 / 0
EnglishSelect an antonymVocabularyProvisional analysis2.8%2 of 501 / 0.4 / 0
EnglishUse a colonPunctuationProvisional analysis1.2%1 of 500 / 0 / 0.6
EnglishUse capital lettersPunctuationProvisional analysis2%1 of 501 / 0 / 0

Classification coverage: 100% across 50 classified response items from 50 detected. Ratios describe classified items only, so any uncovered detected items are not silently treated as another skill. This profile is automated and is not represented as independent human review. Confirmed, provisional taxonomy, and provisional analysis labels show which claims can safely contribute to trend evidence.

Subject-based preparation

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