Guidance on teaching mathematics in primary schools

This guidance is for:

• school leaders
• teachers and other school staff
• governing bodies

You can use this guidance to help plan teaching the statutory mathematics curriculum in primary schools in England. This guidance:

• identifies the core concepts that are needed for pupils to progress in their study of mathematics
• demonstrates how pupils can build their understanding of these concepts from year 1 to year 6

Short videos that introduce and summarise this guidance are also available.

This guidance is intended to support teaching. Teachers using alternative high-quality plans for delivering the national curriculum can continue to do so

Further support for maths teachers is available through our maths hubs programme.