Knowledge

Year 9 is our opportunity to review the KS3 Fundamentals and make sure students possess essential skills they will need in everyday life such as telling the time, calculating change as well as understanding units of measurement. In KS4 this progresses by supporting students for a future of making informed decisions about the use of technology, managing money, and through preparing students for their GCSE examinations, providing them with further learning opportunities and broadened career choices.

Ways of thinking

Mathematics is the science of problem solving. It is a fundamental part of human thought and logic. This is done by taking the information presented to you, using your prior knowledge and resilience to find solutions or even produce further questions. Students begin with concrete examples of real-life situations or a pictorial representation of the problem at hand, and progress to understanding and manipulating abstract representations in order to generate solutions.

Character

Mathematics provides the ultimate way of building mental discipline, encouraging logical reasoning and mental rigor. Problem solving, resilience, curiosity and creative thinking are important in all aspects of life and learning mathematics develops these character traits. It also encourages critical thinking. For example, it is important students can understand potentially misleading information in advertising statistics to make informed, sensible decisions.

Experiences

Students will build resilience during their learning because making mistakes is a crucial part of the process of understanding mathematics and addressing misconceptions. Resilience is important in all aspects of life and students will build this through their experiences in maths lessons. Class discussions will enable the development of mathematical reasoning, and teaching tailored to each student’s needs will give them a comprehensive experience of mathematics.

FOUNDATIONAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
Year 9Rounding, estimation,
4 operations, standard form,
order of operations,
negative numbers
Expressions, indices, equations, formulae, sequencesFractions of a quantity,
Ratio & proportion
Percentages (growth & decay)
Unit Conversions
Perimeter, area (inc. circles) and volume
2D and 3D shapes, properties of polygons, angles, scale drawings & bearingsStatistics (Y8HT6) 
Probability (Y7HT6)
Year 10Ratio & proportion (links to fractions)Sequences, linear graphs
Expressions (algebraic indices) and graphs
Units, measures, compound measures,
real life graphs
Pythagoras and TrigonometryTransformations
Similarity & Congruence
Vectors
Probability,
Venn Diagrams,
Tree Diagrams
Year 11Number and Algebra RevisionShape and Data RevisionBespoke RevisionBespoke RevisionBespoke Revision 
HIGHERAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
Year 9Rounding, estimation,
4 operations, standard form,
order of operations,
negative numbers
Expressions, indices, equations, formulae, sequencesFractions of a quantity,
Ratio & proportion
Percentages (growth & decay)
Unit Conversions
Perimeter, area (inc. circles) and volume
2D and 3D shapes, properties of polygons, angles, scale drawings & bearingsStatistics (Y8HT6) 
Probability (Y7HT6)
Year 10Ratio & proportion, exchange rates (links to fractions)
[surds, quadratics]
Sequences (inc. quadratic), linear graphs
Expressions (algebraic indices) and graphs
Units, measures, compound measures,
real life graphs
algebraic proportion
Pythagoras and trigonometry [inc. non-right angled], Algebraic FractionsTransformations
Similarity & Congruence
Vectors
Probability,
Venn diagrams,
Tree Diagrams
Year 11Algebraic Fractions, Quadratics Revision (inc. Inequalities), Algebraic Probability Trees / Algebraic Ratio, Quadratic Formula, Algebraic ProofCircle Theorems, Non-RA Trig, Sectors & Segments, Data Revision, Histograms, Catch & Release SamplingCompleting the Square, Equation of a Circle, Coordinate Geometry, Exponentials & Geometrics, Index Equations, IterationFunctions, Graph Transformations, Area under a curve, instantaneous rates of change, boundsBespoke Revision 
 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 
Year 12 (A Level)Introducing the LDS (Data Processing)  Surds, Indices and Logarithms  Quadratics and Simultaneous Equations (Inc. Equations of Circles)  Probability  Data (Scatter graphs and Correlation, Sampling, Errors/Outliers)  Binomial Expansion  Binomial Distribution  Kinematics  Coordinate Geometry (Parallel and Perpendicular) Differentiation  Integration  Hypothesis Testing  Trigonometry  Vectors  Forces Sequences and Series (Y13)  Trigonometry (Radians and Reciprocal Functions) (Y13) 
Year 13 (A Level)Partial Fractions  Binomial Expansion  Polynomial Division  Functions and Iteration  Probability  Normal Distribution  Differentiation  Further Differentiation  Trigonometric Identities*  Vectors*  Kinematics Integration (Inc. Trapezium Rule)  Forces and Motion (Inc. Friction)  Parametric Equations (Inc. Integration)  Projectiles  Differential Equations  Proof  Hypothesis Testing  Moments* Revision