What is SATs Companion?
A team of teachers and headteachers, based in SW London, developed an online system to cover the new KS2 and Year 6 SATs curriculum for English and Maths.
Our innovative online platform was designed, based on research, to address the key challenges teachers, pupils and parents are facing for the KS2 SATs.
The core issues we overcame were: lack of curriculum resources based on the new question styles, to reduce teacher workload through data, planning and marking, provide effective GAP analysis with positive pupil & teacher impact. Lastly, to provide excellent value for money for schools during a budget crisis.
Our vision is for every Year 6 pupil to achieve and excel beyond the expected standard for Maths & English, to ensure they are Secondary school ready.
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 Company | Business Name: SATs Companion HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2016 |
| Age Range | 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 |
 Features | AssessmentInterventionSatsYear 6Ks22023 SatsEnglishMaths Science Reduce Teacher WrkloadGap Analysis |
 Languages | English |
 Accessibility | Moderate features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android SATs Companion is tablet, laptop and desktop friendly and only access to the internet is needed. |
 Set Up | For teachers and pupils, no technical capacity is needed. We have a GDPR complaint pupil import process which the school can do within 30 mins. |
 Training | Live OnlineDocumentationVideos We have help videos within the teacher and pupil platform but we recommend a 30 minute on-line training session for the teachers. |
 Support | EmailKnowledge BasePhone Support24/7 Live Rep We hold free monthly training sessions |
| Home Learning | Parent Access School must create the account. |
SATs Companion PricingPricing Plans Paid Subscription SATs Companion pricing starts from £14 / per-pupil The base price for from a minimum of 15 to 30 pupils. amounts to £14 (excl VAT) per student, per year.  Optimised for a quick response | |
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Rachel McDonald
UKS2 Phase Leader/Year 6 teacher
Used SATs Companion weekly for 3-4 years
Jul 2024
An excellent resource find highly engaging
Rachel McDonald found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“As a school we have save money on using this resource rather than buying individual revision guides”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves attainment
Emma Reynolds
Teaching Assistant
Used SATs Companion weekly for 7–12 months
Jun 2024
Easy for children to use and children get a lot out of it
Emma Reynolds found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“Less photocopying and do not need additional resources, teacher time”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Less photocopying and finding resources”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Set interventions easily”
- Moderately improves attainment“Able to personalise learning for same day intervention”
Jun 2024
It's really good for elements, but there are some things that could be better e.g. setting up tasks is a bit laborious
Amy Bottoms found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Papers are marked and then a question analysis is generated for you”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves attainment“Children are able to access work at home and this increases their levels”
Jun 2024
due to it ease of use - the accuracy of the data collected and the engagement of the children.
David Jones found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“photocopying”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“setting and marking of homework -”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“immediately identifying errors and/or misconceptions.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Some children are better prepared for forthcoming lessons”
Victoria Reynolds
Executive Head
Used SATs Companion daily for 7–12 months
Jun 2024
This has been incredibly effective in preparing our pupils for SATS and in reducing teacher workload.
Victoria Reynolds found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“Reduction in photocopying Reduction in teacher time”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduction in time photocopying, reduction in time locating resources and marking as well as adapting resources to suit need”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Able to personalise learning effectively, target groups and individuals quickly and removes the need for marking”
- Significantly improves attainment“Significant improvement in mental arithmetic scores, pupils felt more prepared for SATs and improved SPAG outcomes”
Sally Barber
Year 6 Teacher
Used SATs Companion daily for 7–12 months
Jun 2024
The system is very good.
Sally Barber found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“Some money might be saved by not using other resources but not as much as the cost of SATS companion”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduction in time spent finding, creating and copying alternative resources”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Being able to set focused tasks for groups and individuals”
- Significantly improves attainment“Allowing children to practice and apply their knowledge”
Clive Evans
Headteacher
Used SATs Companion weekly for 7–12 months
Jun 2024
Very positive score but some schools might find it expensive
Clive Evans found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“Saving on photocopying SAT resources”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Not having to spend time locating or producing SAT practice materials.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Support to provide focused activities to support pupil's next step targets”
- Significantly improves attainment“We have noticed a good improvement with reasoning problems in Maths”
May 2024
Good quality resource but a little pricey.
Lou Romans found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“SATs companion can be used to support HLTAs teaching.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Less marking.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Homework, marking and gap analysis”
- Moderately improves attainment“Children are choosing to practice at home and watch the videos and making good progress.”
May 2024
The one missing score, I wish there was more flexibility for the teacher to set different amounts of questions or block children from accessing certain areas.
Tamara Leonard found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“There has been no need to pay for intervention teachers.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Less marking, quicker simpler gap analysis”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“I am able to work with a small group of children whilst the rest of the class are learning independently.”
- Significantly improves attainment“The children are striving to do better and earn more coins and gems and therefore are learning without really thinking about it. The program is carefully designed that the areas the children need to work on can gain them more coins.”
Apr 2024
My score is not quite a 10, only because I am still getting used to the programme. Some elements of the videos are not presented exactly as we would show our pupils to calculate or solve the problems.
Emma found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“A reduction on photocopying.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Instant marking and analysis can significantly reduce workload.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Instant feedback can be received even when pupils are carrying out different tasks.”
- Slightly improves attainment“It would be hard to solely say that Satscompanion raises attainment, but it does increase engagement.”
Apr 2024
Efficient and helpful - gets results every academic year for all learners
Jacob Heseltine found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“N/A”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Less planning for intervention”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Interventions”
- Significantly improves attainment“Boosts confidence”
Apr 2024
Lou found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“Replaced tutoring for children working just below ARE”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It allows you to set specific activities that have been identified as areas of weakness in assessments”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“All resources are in one place with teaching videos that contain practice activities and a follow up quiz”
- Moderately improves attainment
Mar 2024
It is easy and convenient to use.
Emma Bramble found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“Less copying is required.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The programme gives instant feedback to both pupils and the teacher.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Pupils can all be working on different objectives specific to their own needs.”
- Slightly improves attainment“It is a nice change for pupils, they are engaged by the use of technology.”
Hannah Galvin
Acting Headteacher
Used SATs Companion daily for 4-6 months
Mar 2024
Identify pupil gaps and helps close those gaps.
Hannah Galvin found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“No”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduces teacher workload”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves attainment“Attainment has improved”
Mar 2024
SATs companion has been an easy platform to use and the children have really enjoyed using it. The platform is engaging for the children and the videos have helped to explain difficult concepts.
Lisa Elbourn found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“We used to use CGP books which work out more expensive”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Marking time is 0 and setting of intervention tasks is quick and easy”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Gaps are easily seen so that interventions are personalised”
- Significantly improves attainment“Levels, especially in maths have improved”
Mar 2024
Lisa Elbourn found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“We used to use cgp papers which work out more expensive.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Marking time is 0 and the setting of tasks is very quick.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Gaps can be seen instantly from assessments and tasks can then be set according to this.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Childrens levels have improved greatly, especially maths.”
Aneesa Rawat
Assistant Headteacher
Used SATs Companion daily for 7–12 months
Oct 2023
I have loved using it and seen how well it can work if used consistently and embedded into your daily teaching and learning. I do think there are a few tweaks that could be made to make the platform even better. Happy to elaborate on this if needed.
Aneesa Rawat found SATs Companion:
- Does not save school money
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Homework setting is easy and can be done quickly. Assessments are marked automatically saving on marking time.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“It allows you to see the gaps in children's learning and allows you put interventions in place to bridge them.”
- Moderately improves attainment“gaps can be identified and bridged by targeted task setting.”
Sep 2023
SATsCompanion does everything that we need it to, through setting SATs style questions to identifying gaps in knowledge and creating a competitive edge for the children.
Emma found SATs Companion:
- Slightly saves school money“SATsCompanion has replaced mymaths so the cost has been exchanged.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduction in marking time is significant.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“By being able to identify gaps in learning to tailor first class teaching or interventions.”
- Significantly improves attainment“The pupils engage most often with SATs Companion have made the most progress in their level of attainment.”
Jul 2023
As a school, we have found the breadth and depth of content on SATS companion perfect for revising and providing interventions that prepare our Y6 children for SATS.
Mia Watson found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“Fewer interventions and catch-up interventions purchased in Y6.”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“When using SATS companion in class, workload is reduced because relevant videos provide test style questions for the children at an age-appropriate challenging level and the follow up independent work is also provided through the online tasks which can be scheduled in advance.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“Finding online or creating new appropriate SATS style questions can often be laborious. However, SATS companions ready made tasks that are domain and objective specific ensure that children are challenged appropriately and never face the same SATS question. This means that the children are well and truly accessing their retrieval of knowledge and understanding rather than just remembering answers.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Using SATS companion as the driver for our catch-up sessions and after school booster clubs has enabled children to achieve EXS in their SATS assessments.”
Adam Ball
Year 6 Teacher
Used SATs Companion weekly for 1-2 years
Jun 2023
Fantastic for reducing workload of a Year 6 teacher and to get detailed question level analysis in preparation for SATs.
Adam Ball found SATs Companion:
- Does not significantly save school money“N/a”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Not having to mark practice papers, data is produced by the system and question level analysis is done for teacher.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Quick access to relevant SATs questions and feedback for students.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Fantastic for children on the borderline and need further intervention. They can be directed to certain topics or even practice their own strengths/areas for improvement.”
Mar 2023
It is a great resource. I am still fairly new to it so not probably using it to its full potential.
Liz found SATs Companion:
- Significantly saves school money“Activities are online so there is a reduction in photocopying. Use of SATs Companion instead of purchasing published revision books.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Used for homework activities - really quick and easy to set. No marking as children receive immediate feedback. If a child or group requires a specific intervention, the resources can be located quickly.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Work can be set to support a lesson. Videos used to introduce topics to the whole class then bespoke tasks for specific children or groups. If a child needs additional practice on a topic, this can be set quickly. Reports clearly show who has or has not grasped a concept.”
- Slightly improves attainment“Difficult to separate from high quality teaching.”
Mark Wilkinson
Year Six Teacher
Used SATs Companion weekly for 7–12 months
Mar 2023
Great resource for staff and children, personalised learning in a nutshell!
Mark Wilkinson found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“replaces staff intervention costs”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“less tine setting tasks & marking, or identifying gaps”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“can quickly recap previous learning and prior knowledge and focus on misconceptions and next steps”
- Moderately improves attainment“targets specific areas for children to improve”
Mar 2023
Louise Allen found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“Less printing”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Not having to mark homework”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“To use videos to consollidate learning”
- Slightly improves attainment
Mar 2023
We think it is a useful tool, particularly for home learning
Chris Edwards found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“Less photocopying”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“No marking. Less time finding and setting homework”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Children can go over different areas of maths”
- Slightly improves attainment“More opportunities for practise of key skills”
Mar 2023
Incredibly helpful team at the end of the phone or email. Reasonably priced and delivers what it offers!
katherine davies found SATs Companion:
- Moderately saves school money“Blended learning approach - we are a very small school and can't afford a TA in each class. When appropriate, SATS Companion enables me to work with certain year groups with the assurance that the other children are receiving targeted, impactful provision.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“I don't have to source additional tasks for homework / reading comprehension etc.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Now I am familiar with the site, I can source what I need quickly.”
- Moderately improves attainment“I am using it to consolidate learning in class, plus provide additional targeted support to close gaps. Parents are supportive and really like it too. Children are eager to use it. I don't have hard data yet, but confidence is definitely growing.”
