The curriculum ensures that all pupils around England get the essential knowledge they need to become educated citizens. So, it doesn’t matter which school or area children are studying at – they will develop the same fundamental maths skills.

Included in this frame of work are curriculum aims, which pupils need to meet at the end of each school year.

The children who want to expand their knowledge even further will get the opportunity to do so. But essentially, they will all start from basics by learning about the key topic areas covered in the national curriculum for KS1 and KS2 maths.