Key Stage 3

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Key Stage 3 is the stage of the English national curriculum covering the first three years of secondary education, typically for students aged 11 to 14.

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Label Occurrences
Key Stage 3 canonical 15

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf educational stage ⓘ
stage of the National Curriculum for England ⓘ
ageGroup early adolescents ⓘ
appliesToInstitutionType free schools in England ⓘ
many academies in England ⓘ
state secondary schools in England ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Wales (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Wales
assessmentType school-based tests and exams ⓘ
teacher assessment ⓘ
country England ⓘ
coversSchoolYears Year 7 ⓘ
Year 8 ⓘ
Year 9 ⓘ
curriculumFramework statutory programmes of study for each subject ⓘ
educationLevel lower secondary education ⓘ
educationSystem education system of England ⓘ
follows Key Stage 2 ⓘ
governingBody Department for Education (England) ⓘ
hasKeyStageNumber 3 ⓘ
introducedIn National Curriculum reforms of late 1980s–early 1990s ⓘ
isCompulsory true ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
mainGoal prepare pupils for Key Stage 4 and GCSE courses ⓘ
mayInclude religious education ⓘ
partOf National Curriculum for England ⓘ
precedes Key Stage 4 ⓘ
schoolPhase secondary education ⓘ
subjectIncludes English ⓘ
art and design ⓘ
citizenship ⓘ
computing ⓘ
design and technology ⓘ
geography ⓘ
history ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
modern foreign languages ⓘ
music ⓘ
physical education ⓘ
science ⓘ
typicalAgeRange 11–14 ⓘ
typicalEndingAge 14 ⓘ
typicalSetting secondary school ⓘ
typicalStartingAge 11 ⓘ
usedIn England’s maintained schools ⓘ

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