Yes. Children can practise for free without an account. Parent accounts are free too, with no adverts or in-app purchases. Schools can join the launch pilot at no charge.

Which year groups can use Spellito?

Spellito covers Reception through Year 6. It chooses age-appropriate English primary spelling content for the year selected on the device.

Does Spellito include SATs spelling practice?

Yes. Year 2 and Year 6 children can practise released KS1 and KS2 spelling-paper words from 2016 to 2025 where a paper is available, alongside mixed year-group practice.

Do I need to create an account?

No. A child can pick a year and practise immediately without an account. A parent account is optional and adds separate child profiles, spelling buddies, cross-device progress and school connections.

What information does Spellito collect about children?

Guest practice stays on the device. Spellito does not ask for a child email, surname, birthday, home address, photo or voice recording, and it has no adverts or behavioural tracking.

What can teachers do in Spellito?

A teacher can create an exact class, share a private family invitation, send word-and-sentence sets to the class or an individual pupil, and review confirmed pupils' progress and class ranking. A pupil appears only after a parent requests the link and a teacher confirms it.

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Free KS2 spelling practice

Free Year 6 SATs spelling practice

Year 6 SATs spelling practice prepares children for Paper 2 of the KS2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test. The real paper contains 20 missing words, read aloud in sentences, and takes approximately 15 minutes. Spellito turns released paper words into free listen-and-type practice.

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No account needed. Last reviewed 19 July 2026.

Test format

What is in the Year 6 SATs spelling test?

Year 6 spelling is Paper 2 of the KS2 grammar, punctuation and spelling test. A test administrator reads each target word, places it inside a sentence and repeats the word. The child writes the missing spelling in an answer booklet. Each correct word earns one mark.

The paper is not a spelling bee and it is not a multiple-choice quiz. Children need to listen to the word in context and record the complete spelling. Spellito follows that one-word-at-a-time rhythm: the teacher voice reads the word and sentence, the child types the answer, and the session moves through all 20 words before showing the result.

The two KS2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers
Paper	What it covers	Marks	Time
Paper 1: questions	Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary	50	45 min
Paper 2: spelling	20 words read aloud in sentences	20	Approx. 15 min

Released materials

Which past SATs spelling papers can children practise?

Spellito includes the KS2 spelling words and test sentences from eight released paper years. Choose one year for a paper-shaped session, or use the mixed 20-word challenge for a fresh selection across Year 6 content.

2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025

The current collection runs from 2016 to 2025 where a released paper is available. There were no national papers in 2020 or 2021, so those years do not appear in the selector.

Curriculum coverage

Which Year 6 spelling patterns are worth revising?

The Year 5 and 6 statutory word list is useful, but it is only part of upper-KS2 spelling. Children are also expected to use what they know about word roots, prefixes, suffixes, sound-letter patterns, morphology and etymology when spelling unfamiliar words.

Prefixes and suffixes

Build longer words accurately from a known root word.

Homophones

Choose the spelling that matches the meaning inside the sentence.

Silent letters

Remember letters that cannot be predicted from pronunciation alone.

The ‘ough’ letter string

Recognise that the same letters can represent different sounds.

Endings such as -cious and -tious

Use the word family and root to choose the ending.

Words containing ei after c

Apply the pattern while noticing the listed exceptions.

A calm practice plan

How should a child use Year 6 SATs spelling practice?

1
Choose one released paper
Start with a single 20-word paper. Listen once, type the best spelling and keep moving, just as the real paper does.
2
Review the result
At the end, compare each mistake with the correct spelling. Look for the exact letter group or ending that changed.
3
Practise the pattern
Use Year 6 mixed practice for the underlying pattern, then return to another released paper on a different day.

Short, focused sessions make it easier to notice why a word was wrong. One paper provides a useful snapshot; repeated practice with the spelling pattern is what turns that result into progress. Parents can also use a free account to keep separate profiles and see each child’s recent practice in the Spellito parent dashboard.

Check the source

Where do the Year 6 SATs spelling facts and words come from?

Test format and released-paper details come from the Standards and Testing Agency. Curriculum-pattern guidance comes from the national curriculum for English and English Appendix 1. These sources let parents and teachers check the original material directly.

2026 KS2 test administration guidance
Paper format, timing, marks and administration.
National curriculum assessments: past test materials
The official collection of released papers and mark schemes.
National curriculum in England: English
The programmes of study and spelling appendix.

Questions parents ask

Year 6 SATs spelling practice FAQs

How many words are in the Year 6 SATs spelling test?

Paper 2 contains 20 spellings. Each word is read by the test administrator in a sentence, and the pupil writes the missing word in the answer booklet. The paper is worth 20 marks.

How long is the Year 6 SATs spelling paper?

The official guidance allows approximately 15 minutes for Paper 2, although it is not strictly timed. Spellito keeps a released-paper practice session moving through the same 20-word shape.

Is spelling a separate Year 6 SATs paper?

Yes. The KS2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test has two papers. Paper 1 covers grammar, punctuation and vocabulary questions; Paper 2 is the 20-word spelling paper.

Does Spellito use official past SATs spelling papers?

Yes. Spellito's past-paper sessions use spelling words from test materials released by the Standards and Testing Agency, with the word read clearly inside its test sentence.

Which Year 6 SATs spelling papers can I practise?

Spellito includes released KS2 spelling-paper practice for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Each available paper contains 20 spellings.

Is Year 6 SATs spelling practice free?

Yes. A child can start a released Year 6 SATs spelling paper in Spellito for free without creating an account. A parent account is optional for saved family progress and weekly school words.

Should children only memorise the Year 5 and 6 word list?

No. The statutory word list matters, but upper-KS2 spelling also covers patterns and word families, including prefixes, suffixes, homophones, silent letters and the different sounds made by letter groups such as 'ough'.

Ready for a 20-word Year 6 spelling paper?

Start with the latest released paper in Spellito, then use your result to choose what deserves another go.

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