Maths – Years 7 - 9

Mathematics is the study of how we make sense of the world — from managing money and designing apps to building bridges and predicting the weather.

At Knutsford Academy we aim to deliver a fun and inspiring Maths curriculum that connects learning to everyday life and future careers — using a mix of interactive lessons, real-world problem-solving, collaborative projects, and digital tools to build confidence, spark curiosity, and develop critical thinking skills for success.
 
Our Key Stage 3 Maths curriculum is designed to support mastery learning by focusing on core mathematical concepts such as number, ratio, algebra, and shape. It builds on Key Stage 2 foundations and aims to develop students' confidence, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
 
Maths is streamed from Year 7, based on Key Stage 2 assessment. This ensures that students can access the correct level of work in order to realise their potential. Each class will cover 10 units, which incorporate the main 4 strands of Maths; Number, Algebra, Data and Geometry.

Assessment

Students are assessed each lesson using a range of methods including questioning, low-stakes quizzes, discussion, self, peer and teacher assessment. 
 
Formal assessments take place three times throughout the academic year, one in each Term. 
 
Please see our Assessment Overview for more information about assessment in Maths. 

 

Enrichment

NRICH club and UK Maths Challenge. 
 
You can find our full Enrichment Timetable here. 

Careers

Maths can help open doors to careers in:

  • Accountancy
  • Acoustic Engineering
  • Actuarial Work
  • Aircraft Modelling
  • Astronomer
  • Business Consultancy
  • Data Analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • Engineering
  • Financial Manager
  • Financial Modelling
  • Games Design
  • Internet Security
  • Investment Analyst
  • Investment Banking
  • Modelling
  • Project Management
  • Quantity Surveyor
  • Research Scientist
  • Software Engineer
  • Sound Engineer
  • Statistician
  • Teacher

Useful links

The following three links require logins which your child will have been given in class. These are a combination of their names, Knutsford and their date of birth.

Sparx Maths - Home

https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle/

https://www.pearsonactivelearn.com/app/Home

Alternative recommended revision website

https://www.piximaths.co.uk/the-revision-zone

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zqhs34j

Challenge Tasks

https://nrich.maths.org/

Curriculum Map for Maths (KS3)

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Computing Years 7 to 9

Overview to curriculum

Our Computer Science and IT curriculum aims to promote a love of learning and a deep understanding of how computing affects our daily lives. Early foundations are laid for students to learn the computational thinking skills which will empower them throughout their learning journey.  These skills are continually developed through engaging project work which challenges learners to think independently in order to solve problems.

Subjects studied in each year:

Year 7

  • Foundation in digital literacy
  • Introduction to computational thinking
  • Flowal
  • Scratch projects
  • Microbit

Year 8

  • History of computing
  • Binary mathematics
  • Python programming

Year 9

  • Emerging technologies
  • HTML coding
  • Networks
  • Software development lifecycle

How it is assessed, during the year and end of year?

Students are regularly assessed including end-of-topic tests throughout the year. Student work is assessed regularly with formative feedback.

Useful links – please include any useful websites or other information sources

BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z34k7ty

Microbit: https://microbit.org/

Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/