(Worth referring to my page on tutoring to see my views on this one too.)
SATs are standard assessment tests and they are administered in years 2 and 6. Additionally, there are QCA tests that are optional but used by most Primary schools at the end of years 3, 4 and 5. Most schools will do some sort of in-house preparation or coaching before SATs because, basically, it is in their interests to get your child to perform at their best when these tests are undertaken.
Accordingly, I wouldn’t generally recommend the tutoring route in this example. SATs provide you, as parents, with a useful snapshot of your child’s abilities and may be used by the school for setting or grouping of children. Moreover though, they are a way for Ofsted and the DCFS to keep tabs on how schools are doing – so, in that sense, they are far more importance to the school than to you or your child’s future.
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