KS3 Maths · Year 9 · ages 13–14
Six half-term units, in the order we teach them: rearranging, inequalities and simultaneous equations; Pythagoras and trigonometry; percentages, growth and financial mathematics; comparing distributions; transformations, congruence and similarity; and reasoning, proof and multi-step problems. Below is what each unit starts from, what pupils produce and the representation it teaches with, taken from our Year 9 Mathematics scheme of work.
Six half-termly units forming the bridge to GCSE. Every demand a GCSE course makes on day one — algebraic fluency, trigonometry, financial mathematics, comparing distributions, similarity and sustained reasoning — is met here first, without grades attached.
Year 9 means ages 13–14, or S2–S3 in Scotland.
Unit 1a · Autumn 1 · approx. 7 weeks · September – October
If two things are true at once, what does that pin down?
Unit 1b · Autumn 2 · approx. 7 weeks · November – December
How do you measure something you cannot reach?
Unit 2a · Spring 1 · approx. 6 weeks · January – February
Why does a debt grow faster than you expect?
Unit 2b · Spring 2 · approx. 6 weeks · February – April
Two groups have the same average. How can they be completely different?
Unit 3a · Summer 1 · approx. 6 weeks · April – May
What stays the same when a shape moves, and what changes?
Unit 3b · Summer 2 · approx. 6 weeks · June – July
What is the difference between something that always works and something that has always worked so far?
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…
Across the three years the programme of study is fully covered, but the coverage is deliberately uneven within each year: probability sits only in Year 8, statistics mostly in Year 7 and Year 9, and proof only here. That is a sequencing choice, not an omission — each topic waits until its prerequisite is a year old. The prerequisite map at the back of this book shows the whole dependency chain. Reorder units and check it still holds.
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 9 Maths scheme of work page.
The statutory programme of study for key stage 3 mathematics (DfE, 2013)·35 pages, 11 sections·For heads of mathematics, subject leaders and every teacher who has to deliver it
KS3 Mathematics · Year 9 · six A4 sheets£3.99
Full description on the Year 9 Maths knowledge organisers page.
Written to Empower Educators Year 9 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: Algebra: Rearranging, Inequalities and Simultaneous Equations, Pythagoras and Trigonometry, Percentages, Growth and Financial Mathematics, Statistics: Comparing Distributions, Transformations, Congruence and Similarity and Reasoning, Proof and Multi-step Problems.
A set of rearranged formulae, solved inequalities and simultaneous equations, each with reasoning shown; A set of right-angled triangle problems solved and justified, including one in a real context; A financial investigation using repeated percentage change, with the conclusion justified; A statistical comparison of two real data sets using an average and a measure of spread, with limitations stated; A set of transformation and similarity problems, including one where scale factor is used to find a missing length; A proof of a general statement, and a multi-step problem solved with the strategy explained.
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: “Across the three years the programme of study is fully covered, but the coverage is deliberately uneven within each year: probability sits only in Year 8, statistics mostly in Year 7 and Year 9, and proof only here.”
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