Springboard 7 - a mathematics catch-up programme for pupils entering Year 7

Springboard 7 is a catch-up programme for Year 7 children who achieved level 3 rather than level 4 in mathematics at the end of Key Stage 2. It is designed for teaching in the autumn and spring terms of Year 7.

It complements but does not replicate the teaching materials for summer numeracy schools, which are based on the same set of teaching objectives. This means that pupils who would benefit from a catch-up programme in Year 7 but who did not attend a summer school will not be disadvantaged, while those who did attend a summer school should not feel that they are repeating lessons.

This publication contains four parts

• Part 1 Introductory notes on planning and teaching the Springboard 7 programme, and essential teaching objectives
• Part 2 How to organise the Springboard 7 teaching units to form a course linked to the main Year 7 programme
• Part 3 Units of work - 15 units to form a two-term programme, with teaching notes, teaching materials, pupils' materials and corresponding answer sheets. Tests: examples of half-termly 'Assess and Review' tests to check pupils' progress
• Part 4 Revision Guidance, including an analysis of what pupils find most difficult in the Key Stage 2 tests