Curriculum roadmaps, Years 3 to 9

What your child learns this year in maths, science and English, in the order it is taught, on one printable page. Every unit links to free practice.

Key Stage 2

Year 3

Year 3 Maths

6 units, from Place value to 1,000 to Shape and statistics.

Year 3 Science

6 units, from Plants to Working scientifically.

Year 3 English

6 units, from Reading for meaning to Spelling and handwriting.

Year 4

Year 4 Maths

6 units, from Place value to 10,000 to Geometry and statistics.

Year 4 Science

6 units, from Living things and habitats to Working scientifically.

Year 4 English

6 units, from Reading longer texts to Spelling and vocabulary.

Year 5

Year 5 Maths

6 units, from Place value to 1,000,000 to Geometry and statistics.

Year 5 Science

6 units, from Living things and life cycles to Working scientifically.

Year 5 English

6 units, from Reading whole novels to Spelling and inference.

Year 6

Year 6 Maths

6 units, from Number and calculation to Statistics and SATs readiness.

Year 6 Science

6 units, from Living things and classification to Secondary ready.

Year 6 English

6 units, from Reading with inference to SATs readiness.

Key Stage 3

Year 7

Year 7 Maths

7 units, from Number and place value to Perimeter, area and data.

Year 7 Science

7 units, from Working scientifically to Light, sound and space.

Year 7 English

6 units, from Reading a modern novel to Grammar, spelling and speaking.

Year 8

Year 8 Maths

7 units, from Number skills to Advanced shape and transformations.

Year 8 Science

7 units, from Health and lifestyle to Motion, pressure and electricity.

Year 8 English

6 units, from Novel study and personal accounts to A 19th century novel.

Year 9

Year 9 Maths

7 units, from Number and calculation to Ready for GCSE.

Year 9 Science

7 units, from Ecosystems and food chains to Ready for GCSE science.

Year 9 English

6 units, from Modern drama to Ready for GCSE English.

These roadmaps follow the national curriculum programmes of study, written in plain words by WAJD Academy. Schools order their units differently, so treat this as the shape of the year rather than your school's exact plan.