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This table shows you the year in which we introduce each of the topics from the KS3 curriculum.

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Place value and ordering numbers
Addition and subtraction — Addition and subtraction — Solving number problems —
whole numbers, decimals harder decimals, negative numbers using non‑calculator arithmetic
Multiplication and division — Multiplication and division —
powers of 10, whole numbers decimals, negative numbers
Negative numbers — Negative numbers —
ordering, simple addition harder calculations
BODMAS — BODMAS —
brackets, division, multiplication, brackets, powers and roots, division,
addition, subtraction multiplication, addition, subtraction
Inverse operations
Number

Rounding — Rounding — Rounding —

to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, etc., decimal places, significant figures rounding errors, inequality notation
to the nearest whole number
Estimating — Estimating — Estimating —
by rounding to whole numbers or by rounding to 1 significant figure solving problems by rounding
to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, etc. to specified accuracy
Powers and roots — Powers and roots — Power and roots —
squares, square roots, cubes, cube roots higher powers, powers of 10, power laws, negative powers
approximating roots
Standard form
Multiples and LCM
Factors and HCF
Prime numbers — Prime factorisation — Prime factorisation —
identifying primes factor trees, product notation using prime factors to find
e.g. LCM, HCF, squares, roots
Fraction basics — Solving fraction problems
equivalent fractions, ordering fractions,
mixed numbers, improper fractions
Adding and subtracting fractions — Adding and subtracting fractions —
denominators with a common factor denominators with no common factors
Multiplying fractions — by whole numbers Multiplying fractions — by other fractions
Dividing fractions
Fractions, decimals, percentages — Fractions, decimals, percentages —
simple converting without a calculator harder converting, comparing proportions
Percentages of amounts — Percentages of amounts —
with and without a calculator solving harder problems
Proportions and Units

Percentage change — Percentage change —

finding new amounts, finding the percentage change,
finding the original amount simple interest, harder problems
Ratios — Ratios — Ratios —
introducing ratio notation, harder simplifying, decimals, mixed units,
simplifying ratios writing in the form 1 : n, harder ratio problems
solving ratio problems
Proportion — Proportion — Proportion —
comparing amounts using fractions, scaling up and down direct and inverse proportion, harder
percentages and ratios scaling problems, algebra and graphs
Time —
converting between the 12- and 24-hour
clock, units of time, timetables
Compound measures — Compound measures —
speed problems harder speed problems,
density problems, best buy problems
Units — Units — Units —
using metric units, converting between metric converting compound units,
converting between metric units and imperial units including areas and volumes
Scales and scale drawings — Scales and scale drawings —
converting and drawing scales given as ratios
using simple scales

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KS3 Maths Yearly Topic Map

Expressions — Expressions — Expressions —
simplifying expressions, expanding single brackets, expanding double brackets,
forming expressions, substitution factorising expressions factorising simple quadratics
Solving equations — Solving equations — Solving equations —
simple one- and two-step equations involving negatives, fractions, brackets harder equations,
and the unknown on both sides using graphs to solve equations
Inequalities —
Algebra and Graphs

notation, number lines,

solving simple inequalities
Formulas — substituting into formulas Formulas — writing formulas from words Formulas — rearranging formulas
Sequences — Sequences — Sequences —
finding the term-to-term rule, finding the nth term, using the nth term geometric sequences,
finding missing terms, to generate terms other types of sequence
working with shape sequences
Coordinates —
working in all four quadrants,
drawing shapes on coordinate axes
Graphs of straight lines — Graphs of straight lines —
horizontal and vertical lines, plotting straight calculating gradients,
lines, reading off real-life graphs finding the equation of a straight line
Graphs of quadratics and other curves —
plotting and recognising graphs of quadratic
equations, real-life curved graphs
Polygons and symmetry — Polygons — Polygons —
line and rotational symmetry, solving problems using properties interior and exterior angles
properties of triangles and quadrilaterals of triangles and quadrilaterals
Angle geometry — Angle geometry —
angles around a point, angles on a angles around intersecting and
straight line, vertically opposite angles, parallel lines, angles in triangles
angles in triangles and quadrilaterals
Measuring and drawing — Measuring and drawing — Measuring and drawing —
straight lines, angles, bearings constructing simple loci, perpendicular
constructing triangles lines, perpendicular bisectors,
angle bisectors
Geometry

Perimeter and area — Area —

perimeter and area of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapeziums,
triangles and composite shapes harder composite shapes
Circles — circumference, area
Transformations — Transformations —
reflections rotations, translations, enlargements
3D shapes — 3D shapes — 3D shapes —
naming shapes, identifying prisms, nets of cubes and cuboids, nets of harder shapes,
recognising faces, vertices and edges, volume of prisms and composite shapes volume of cylinders
volume of cubes and cuboids
Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometry —
finding missing sides and angles
Similarity and congruence —
congruence conditions for triangles,
finding missing sides and angles in
similar shapes, simple proof
Probability — Probability — Probability —
Probability and Statistics

the probability scale, harder probability problems, relative frequency, Venn diagrams,
calculating probabilities listing outcomes, sample spaces tree diagrams
Venn diagrams and set notation
Displaying data — Displaying data — Displaying data —
tables, bar charts (including dual bar charts), dual and composite bar charts, stem and leaf diagrams,
pictograms, pie charts vertical line charts, harder pie charts frequency bar charts and polygons
Scatter graphs — Scatter graphs —
plotting, correlation, lines of best fit interpreting, estimating, outliers
Averages and range — Averages and range — Averages and range —
calculating the mean, median, frequency tables, solving problems, grouped frequency tables
mode and range choosing the best average
Comparing distributions —
using averages and range

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