National Curriculum in England
Key Stage 3
36 standards for Key Stage 3, each with free sheets that practise it. Ages 11–14
Descriptions are short summaries in our own words, not the official wording.
Mathematics: Number
KS3.MA.NUM.3
Use prime numbers, factors, multiples, highest common factor, lowest common multiple and prime factorisation.
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KS3.MA.NUM.4
Use the four operations with integers, decimals and fractions, both positive and negative.
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KS3.MA.NUM.5
Use the conventional notation for the priority of operations, including brackets, powers and roots.
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KS3.MA.NUM.7
Use integer powers and real roots (square, cube and higher) and recognise powers of 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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KS3.MA.NUM.8
Interpret and compare numbers in standard form A × 10ⁿ, where 1 ≤ A < 10.
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KS3.MA.NUM.10
Work with percentages: parts per hundred, one quantity as a percentage of another, and percentages over 100%.
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- Percentages of amounts (level 2)PlayPrintMake
- Percentages of amounts (level 3)PlayPrintMake
- Writing one amount as a percentage of anotherPlayPrintMake
- Writing one amount as a percentage of another (level 2)PlayPrintMake
- Writing one amount as a percentage of another (level 3)PlayPrintMake
- Fractions and decimals to percentages (level 3)PlayPrintMake
Mathematics: Algebra
KS3.MA.ALG.2
Substitute numbers into formulae and expressions, including scientific formulae.
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KS3.MA.ALG.4
Simplify and manipulate expressions by collecting like terms, multiplying out brackets and taking out common factors.
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KS3.MA.ALG.7
Solve linear equations in one variable, including all forms that need rearranging.
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KS3.MA.ALG.12
Generate terms of a sequence from a term-to-term or position-to-term rule.
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KS3.MA.ALG.13
Recognise arithmetic sequences and find the nth term; recognise geometric and other sequences.
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Mathematics: Ratio and proportion
KS3.MA.RP.4
Divide a quantity into two parts in a given part:part or part:whole ratio.
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KS3.MA.RP.8
Solve percentage change problems, including increase, decrease, original value and simple interest.
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KS3.MA.RP.9
Solve problems involving direct and inverse proportion.
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KS3.MA.RP.10
Use compound units such as speed, unit pricing and density to solve problems.
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Mathematics: Geometry and measures
KS3.MA.GEO.1
Use formulae for the perimeter and area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezia, and the volume of cuboids and other prisms (including cylinders).
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KS3.MA.GEO.2
Calculate perimeters of 2-D shapes (including circles) and areas of circles and composite shapes.
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KS3.MA.GEO.8
Use angles at a point, on a straight line and vertically opposite, and angles with parallel lines.
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KS3.MA.GEO.10
Use the angle sum of a triangle to find the angle sum of any polygon and the angles of regular polygons.
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KS3.MA.GEO.12
Use Pythagoras' Theorem and trigonometric ratios to solve problems with right-angled triangles.
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Mathematics: Statistics
English: Vocabulary
KS3.EN.VO.1
Extend and use vocabulary and spell accurately, drawing on knowledge of word structure.
Science: Biology
KS3.SC.BI.1
Cells as the basic unit of life: functions of the cell wall, membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria and chloroplasts.
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KS3.SC.BI.2
The organisation of multicellular organisms from cells to tissues, organs, organ systems and organisms.
KS3.SC.BI.3
Photosynthesis: its reactants and products, a word summary, and why almost all life depends on it.
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KS3.SC.BI.4
Aerobic and anaerobic respiration in living organisms, with a word summary of aerobic respiration.
Science: Chemistry
KS3.SC.CH.1
The Periodic Table: elements and their symbols, metals and non-metals, and how the table is arranged.
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Science: Physics
KS3.SC.PH.1
Speed and the relationship between average speed, distance and time (speed = distance ÷ time).
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KS3.SC.PH.2
Forces: weight as mass × gravitational field strength, and forces changing motion.
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KS3.SC.PH.3
Electricity: current, potential difference and resistance in circuits, measured in amps, volts and ohms.
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KS3.SC.PH.4
Energy: power ratings of appliances, energy in kilowatt-hours and the cost of energy use.
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KS3.SC.PH.5
Space physics: gravity in the solar system, the Sun as a star, and the light year as a unit of distance.
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Science: Working scientifically
Geography: Locational knowledge
KS3.GE.LK.1
Extend locational knowledge of the world's countries, including their key physical and human features.
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Languages: Vocabulary
KS3.LA.VO.1
Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary in a foreign language.
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Computing: Data and representation
KS3.CO.DA.1
Understand how numbers are represented in binary and carry out simple operations, such as converting between binary and decimal.
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