KS3 Maths · Year 8 · ages 12–13
Six half-term units, in the order we teach them: proportional reasoning, rates and change; linear relationships and graphs; indices, primes and the structure of number; area, volume and surface area; probability; and brackets and factorising. Below is what each unit starts from, what pupils produce and the representation it teaches with, taken from our Year 8 Mathematics scheme of work.
Six half-termly units written backwards from Year 9 and forwards from Year 7. Probability appears here, as Year 7's coverage note promised, with fractions a year old.
Year 8 means ages 12–13, or S1–S2 in Scotland.
Unit 1a · Autumn 1 · approx. 7 weeks · September – October
If something goes up 20% and then down 20%, where does it end up?
Unit 1b · Autumn 2 · approx. 7 weeks · November – December
What does a straight line on a graph actually tell you?
Unit 2a · Spring 1 · approx. 6 weeks · January – February
Why is every whole number built from primes in exactly one way?
Unit 2b · Spring 2 · approx. 6 weeks · February – April
Why does doubling the sides of a shape not double its area?
Unit 3a · Summer 1 · approx. 6 weeks · April – May
If a coin lands heads five times in a row, what is it more likely to do next?
Unit 3b · Summer 2 · approx. 6 weeks · June – July
Why is 3(x + 2) the same as 3x + 6, and how would you convince someone?
The scheme maps each requirement of the statutory programme of study for key stage 3 (Department for Education, 2013) to the unit that teaches it. Pupils should be taught to…
Statistics is light this year and returns in force in Year 9 Unit 2b. Year 7 covered averages and representation; Year 8 spends its data time on probability instead, because probability needs the fraction fluency that is now a year old and because splitting both across three years produces two thin treatments. If your department prefers statistics in Year 8, swap it with Year 9 Unit 2b rather than adding it.
Two PDFs sit behind this page, and they are meant to be used together: the scheme of work to plan the year, the knowledge organisers to put in front of pupils.
Mathematics · Key Stage 3£4.99
Full description on the Year 8 Maths scheme of work page.
The statutory programme of study for key stage 3 mathematics (DfE, 2013)·32 pages, 10 sections·For heads of mathematics, subject leaders and every teacher who has to deliver it
KS3 Mathematics · Year 8 · six A4 sheets£3.99
Full description on the Year 8 Maths knowledge organisers page.
Written to Empower Educators Year 8 Mathematics scheme of work·6 pages, 6 sections·For maths teachers and heads of department. Printed one per pupil
Six half-term units, in the order they are taught: Proportional Reasoning: Rates and Change, Linear Relationships and Graphs, Indices, Primes and the Structure of Number, Area, Volume and Surface Area, Probability and Algebraic Manipulation: Brackets and Factorising.
A set of multi-step proportional problems including percentage change, with the method justified; A set of linear graphs drawn and interpreted, with the meaning of gradient and intercept explained in context; A set of index and prime factorisation problems with the laws justified rather than recited; A set of area, volume and surface area problems including compound shapes, with formulae justified; A set of probability problems using tables and tree diagrams, with one common fallacy explained; A set of expansion and factorisation problems with the equivalence justified by area or substitution.
Yes, across the three years of key stage 3. It maps each requirement of the statutory programme of study for key stage 3 (Department for Education, 2013) to the unit that teaches it, and on this year the scheme is plain: “Statistics is light this year and returns in force in Year 9 Unit 2b.”
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