Key Stage 2 children must be taught all the National Curriculum subjects. Covering the National Curriculum subjects takes up most of each week. Like the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1, there are three main subjects, called Core Subjects . Modern Languages are not taught until pupils are eleven years old, although some schools voluntarily introduce them to the Key Stage 2 curriculum.
Some subjects have several areas and children have to cover each one.
In Key Stage 2 maths, for example, there are four main areas. These Levels show what the child has learned. When your child enters Year 3, he or she will be taught the knowledge and skills to take him or her to the next Levels from those achieved at the end of Key Stage 1. The average Level achieved at the end of Key Stage 1 is Level 2. When the teacher assesses your child, and he or she has achieved all of the goals included in the Level Description, then he or she is given a Level.