Questions and answers

Children in Year 6 getting ready for the Key Stage 2 tests in England, and their parents and carers. Children in Year 5 can use it to get ahead, and children in Year 4 can practise the multiplication tables check.

No. KS2 Practice is independent and isn’t affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Department for Education or the Standards and Testing Agency. The questions come from real past papers that the Standards and Testing Agency publishes under the Open Government Licence, set out for on-screen practice. More about the papers.

Nothing. KS2 Practice is free to use, with no adverts and nothing to buy.

Every maths and grammar, punctuation and spelling paper from 2016 to 2019 and from 2022 to 2026, plus the 2016 sample tests. There were no tests in 2020 or 2021. Reading papers are available for recent years, while the official reading booklet is still on GOV.UK.

They aren’t covered. Teachers assess writing and science from classwork rather than with these tests.

The stories, articles and photos in the reading booklets belong to their authors, publishers and photographers, so we can’t show them on our site. Your child reads the official booklet, printed or on a second screen, and answers the questions here. We link to the booklet on GOV.UK. GOV.UK keeps each year’s papers for about three years, so a reading paper leaves our site when its booklet is no longer available.

Yes. Once you’re signed in, your child chooses their profile and types their PIN. They can only see their own work. To get back to the parent area, you’ll need your password.

Yes. Invite them from the parent area. They get their own login and can follow your children’s progress and help with marking.

Up to 8 children, each with their own profile and PIN.

A tablet, laptop or desktop computer with an up-to-date web browser works best, because the questions are easier to read on a bigger screen. For spelling, you’ll need the sound on or headphones.

Questions with one right answer, such as a sum or a tick box, are marked instantly. Answers that need judgement, like explaining what a character feels, and method marks in maths go to your marking list with the mark scheme alongside. You decide the marks. There’s no AI marking.

It’s an estimate. We use the official conversion table for the year of the paper, but practising at home isn’t the same as test day. A scaled score needs all the papers for a subject: three for maths and two for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Thank you for telling us. Email hq@edale.co with the year, subject, paper and question number. We’ll check it against the official mark scheme and put it right.

We collect very little, encrypt your children’s names, answers and scores, and never show adverts or sell data. Read Safety and privacy for the details.

In the parent area, you can delete a child’s profile or your whole account. It’s removed from the site straight away and from our host’s backups within 30 days.

Yes. Schools can have free class accounts: pupils sign in with a class code and their own PIN, and teachers set papers and mark written answers. See For schools.

Yes, if the school chooses to share it. Ask the teacher for a code, then open Family settings in your parent area and choose “Link a school account”. You’ll see what the teacher has set, your child’s results and the teacher’s marks. You can only look, and you or the school can end the link at any time. The school doesn’t see your account or what your child practises at home.

Only the ones we need to keep you signed in, remember which child is practising and protect the site. We don’t use advertising or analytics cookies.