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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Educational Impact
Additional evidence
Dec 2024
Castle Hill Primary
Awards
The EdTech Impact Awards are based on independent, verified customer feedback, and recognise the top 10 solutions across each of our 13 impact metrics.
Top Student Attainment Tool
2025
Top School Money Saving Tool
2025
Top Teacher Workload-reducing Tool
2025
Top Teaching Efficiency Tool
2025
 Company | Business Name: SATs Companion HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2016 |
| Age Range | 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 |
 Features | AssessmentInterventionSatsYear 6Ks2EnglishMaths Science Reduce Teacher WrkloadGap AnalysisHomework |
 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-compliant pupil import process which the school can do within 30 minutes. |
 Training | Live OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos We have help videos within the teacher and pupil platform but we recommend a 60 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. |
 Tags | SATsY6 |
AIAI usage The SATs Companion team has not stated whether it uses AI. | |
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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SATs Companion Reviews
from 45 Verified Reviews
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May 2025
Great customer service and support with a vareity of SATs prep and intervention resources.
Sam Brown found SATs Companion:
- Reduces teacher workload“Minimalises Assessment times and home work planning”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Good curriculum coverage and varied content”
- Improves attainment“Pupils enjoy using SATs companion”
- Saves school money“We budget for use within our Year 6 budget as it supports teacher wellbeing and workload”
May 2025
I would recommend it to classes in year preparing for SATs.
Andrew Douglas found SATs Companion:
- Reduces teacher workload“Less time spent preparing resources. Less time spent marking assessments.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“You can set targeted focus tasks based on learning taking place in class to help consolidate the children's understanding.”
- Improves attainment“It has improved the attainment of our more conscientious pupils who access it most regularly as they get lots of extra practise.”
- Saves school money“It saves money as there is less printing costs.”
May 2025
I would recommend it for other teachers in years and 6
Andrew Douglas found SATs Companion:
- Reduces teacher workload“There is less time spent preparing resources as there are a wealth of resources available on there. It saves marking time as the questions are marked online.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“It can be used to help embed the learning the children are doing in class as you can set tasks based on what has been taught.”
- Improves attainment“The children that use Sats companion regularly are scoring higher in their assessments than those who do not access it as often”
- Saves school money“It helps with printing costs as it reduces the amount of tests having to printed.”
Dec 2024
Children engagement, afl, access to sats questions
Georgie found SATs Companion:
- Saves school money“Homework books, printing, intervention work, time”
- Reduces teacher workload“Sorting out intervention group work and homework”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Direct results which impact the next task.”
- Improves attainment“Children wanting to achieve, increase percentages and gain coins/gems”
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:
- Saves school money“As a school we have save money on using this resource rather than buying individual revision guides”
- Reduces teacher workload
- Improves teaching efficiency
- 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:
- Saves school money“Less photocopying and do not need additional resources, teacher time”
- Reduces teacher workload“Less photocopying and finding resources”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Set interventions easily”
- 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:
- Saves school money
- Reduces teacher workload“Papers are marked and then a question analysis is generated for you”
- Improves teaching efficiency
- 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:
- Saves school money“photocopying”
- Reduces teacher workload“setting and marking of homework -”
- Improves teaching efficiency“immediately identifying errors and/or misconceptions.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“Reduction in photocopying Reduction in teacher time”
- Reduces teacher workload“Reduction in time photocopying, reduction in time locating resources and marking as well as adapting resources to suit need”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Able to personalise learning effectively, target groups and individuals quickly and removes the need for marking”
- 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:
- Saves school money“Some money might be saved by not using other resources but not as much as the cost of SATS companion”
- Reduces teacher workload“Reduction in time spent finding, creating and copying alternative resources”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Being able to set focused tasks for groups and individuals”
- 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:
- Saves school money“Saving on photocopying SAT resources”
- Reduces teacher workload“Not having to spend time locating or producing SAT practice materials.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Support to provide focused activities to support pupil's next step targets”
- 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:
- Saves school money“SATs companion can be used to support HLTAs teaching.”
- Reduces teacher workload“Less marking.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Homework, marking and gap analysis”
- 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:
- Saves school money“There has been no need to pay for intervention teachers.”
- Reduces teacher workload“Less marking, quicker simpler gap analysis”
- Improves teaching efficiency“I am able to work with a small group of children whilst the rest of the class are learning independently.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“A reduction on photocopying.”
- Reduces teacher workload“Instant marking and analysis can significantly reduce workload.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Instant feedback can be received even when pupils are carrying out different tasks.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“N/A”
- Reduces teacher workload“Less planning for intervention”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Interventions”
- Improves attainment“Boosts confidence”
Apr 2024
Lou found SATs Companion:
- Saves school money“Replaced tutoring for children working just below ARE”
- Reduces teacher workload“It allows you to set specific activities that have been identified as areas of weakness in assessments”
- Improves teaching efficiency“All resources are in one place with teaching videos that contain practice activities and a follow up quiz”
- Improves attainment
Mar 2024
It is easy and convenient to use.
Emma Bramble found SATs Companion:
- Saves school money“Less copying is required.”
- Reduces teacher workload“The programme gives instant feedback to both pupils and the teacher.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Pupils can all be working on different objectives specific to their own needs.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“No”
- Reduces teacher workload“Reduces teacher workload”
- Improves teaching efficiency
- 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:
- Saves school money“We used to use CGP books which work out more expensive”
- Reduces teacher workload“Marking time is 0 and setting of intervention tasks is quick and easy”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Gaps are easily seen so that interventions are personalised”
- Improves attainment“Levels, especially in maths have improved”
Mar 2024
Lisa Elbourn found SATs Companion:
- Saves school money“We used to use cgp papers which work out more expensive.”
- Reduces teacher workload“Marking time is 0 and the setting of tasks is very quick.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Gaps can be seen instantly from assessments and tasks can then be set according to this.”
- 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:
- Saves school money
- Reduces teacher workload“Homework setting is easy and can be done quickly. Assessments are marked automatically saving on marking time.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“It allows you to see the gaps in children's learning and allows you put interventions in place to bridge them.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“SATsCompanion has replaced mymaths so the cost has been exchanged.”
- Reduces teacher workload“Reduction in marking time is significant.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“By being able to identify gaps in learning to tailor first class teaching or interventions.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“Fewer interventions and catch-up interventions purchased in Y6.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“N/a”
- Reduces teacher workload“Not having to mark practice papers, data is produced by the system and question level analysis is done for teacher.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Quick access to relevant SATs questions and feedback for students.”
- 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:
- Saves school money“Activities are online so there is a reduction in photocopying. Use of SATs Companion instead of purchasing published revision books.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Improves attainment“Difficult to separate from high quality teaching.”
