INTENT STATEMENT FOR SUBJECT AS A WHOLE
Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over
centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. It is essential
to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial
literacy and most forms of employment. A high-quality mathematics education therefore
provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an
appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and
curiosity about the subject.
KEY STAGE 3 INTENT STATEMENT
The Key Stage 3 curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
- become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and
frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils
develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge
rapidly and accurately. - reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships
and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using
mathematical language - can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non
routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems
into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
Mathematics is an interconnected subject in which pupils need to be able to move fluently
between representations of mathematical ideas. Pupils will build on their learning from
key stage 2 and make connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency,
mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
KEY STAGE 4 INTENT STATEMENT
The Key Stage 4 curriculum for mathematics encourages students to develop confidence
in, and a positive attitude towards mathematics and to recognise the importance of
mathematics in their own lives and to society. It also provides a strong mathematical
foundation for students who go on to study mathematics at a higher level post-16.
Year 10 Foundation
Year 10 Higher
Year 11 Foundation
Year 11 Higher
KEY STAGE 5 INTENT STATEMENT
The Key Stage 5 curriculum for mathematics provides students with the opportunity to understand
mathematics and mathematical processes in a way that promotes confidence,
fosters enjoyment and provides a strong foundation for progress to
further study. It will extend their range of mathematical skills and techniques and help them to
understand coherence and progression in mathematics and how different areas of
mathematics are connected.
Students will be able to apply mathematics in other fields of study and be aware of the relevance
of mathematics to the world of work and to situations in society in general. They will use their
mathematical knowledge to make logical and reasoned decisions in solving problems both within
pure mathematics and in a variety of contexts and communicate the mathematical rationale for
these decisions clearly.