Sample medium-term plans for mathematics

These sample medium-term plans for mathematics are designed to help schools develop their own medium-term plans which will identify the objectives for the units of work that are going to be taught in Years 7 to 9.

The Framework for teaching mathematics:Years 7, 8 and 9 provides teachers with guidance on meeting the National Curriculum requirements for mathematics. It sets out yearly teaching programmes showing how objectives for teaching mathematics can be planned from Year 7 to Year 9. In developing medium-term plans for Key Stage 3 mathematics, schools may choose to start from existing schemes of work or these sample plans.

The sample plans are designed to continue the progression and expectations established in the Yearly teaching programmes up to Year 6. Each sample plan identifies core objectives that define a minimum expectation for the majority of pupils in a particular year group. For each term, suggested objectives for oral and mental activities are also identified.

The sample plans are available to download in Word format so that you can adapt them to use as a starting point to develop your own school's medium-term plans for Key Stage 3 mathematics. The planning charts included in this publication indicate dependencies between topics but the order and content of the units can be adjusted.