A printable KS3 maths revision checklist for Years 7 to 9
The whole Key Stage 3 maths curriculum, written from the national curriculum itself, as fifty-four topics in its six strands. Rate each one red, amber or green three times as an exam gets closer. Your school only tests what it has taught so far, so tick off or cross out what your revision list leaves out, and use the rest to find the topics that need you most.
Last updated 4 November 2026 · Written and checked by the GCSEwiz team
What is on the sheet
- Fifty-four KS3 maths topics, grouped as the national curriculum groups them
- Three confidence columns, so you can see which topics move and which do not
- Free of any year: your school decides which year teaches what, so the list works for Years 7, 8 and 9
4 sheets · A4 portrait · black and white
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KS3 maths checklist: number
Page 1 of 4Write R, A or G in each pass column. Green means you could answer a question on it today without your notes.
Number
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place value, and ordering integers, decimals and fractions | |||
| Negative numbers, with all four operations | |||
| Primes, factors, multiples, HCF and LCM | |||
| Prime factorisation, written as a product | |||
| The four operations with fractions and mixed numbers | |||
| Order of operations: brackets, powers, roots | |||
| Powers and roots: square, cube and higher | |||
| Standard form: reading and comparing | |||
| Converting fractions, decimals and percentages | |||
| Percentages of amounts, and one amount as a percentage of another | |||
| Rounding to decimal places and significant figures | |||
| Estimating, and errors written as a < x ≤ b | |||
| Using a calculator and checking the answer |
KS3 maths checklist: algebra
Page 2 of 4Same rule on every sheet: green only if you could do a question on it now, closed book.
Algebra
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algebraic notation: ab, 3y, a², a/b | |||
| Substituting into expressions and formulae | |||
| Expressions, equations, inequalities, terms and factors | |||
| Collecting like terms, and expanding one bracket | |||
| Factorising by taking out a common factor | |||
| Expanding two brackets | |||
| Rearranging a formula | |||
| Solving linear equations | |||
| Coordinates in all four quadrants | |||
| Straight-line graphs: y = mx + c, gradient and intercept | |||
| Quadratic graphs, and reading solutions from graphs | |||
| Sequences: term-to-term and nth term rules, arithmetic and geometric |
KS3 maths checklist: ratio, probability and statistics
Page 3 of 4Rate a topic after trying a question on it, not before.
Ratio, proportion and rates of change
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Converting units: length, area, volume, mass, time | |||
| Scale factors, scale drawings and maps | |||
| One amount as a fraction of another | |||
| Ratio notation and simplifying ratios | |||
| Sharing an amount in a ratio | |||
| Percentage change, reverse percentages and simple interest | |||
| Direct and inverse proportion | |||
| Speed, unit pricing and density |
Probability
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 0 to 1 probability scale, and experiments | |||
| Probabilities of all the outcomes add to 1 | |||
| Sets, Venn diagrams, tables and grids | |||
| Sample spaces for combined events |
Statistics
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean, median, mode and range | |||
| Frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts and pictograms | |||
| Grouped data, and comparing two distributions | |||
| Scatter graphs and correlation |
KS3 maths checklist: geometry, and where to start
Page 4 of 4Then pick the three reds or ambers that matter most for your exam, and start there.
Geometry and measures
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter and area: triangles, parallelograms, trapezia | |||
| Circles: circumference and area | |||
| Volume of cuboids, prisms and cylinders | |||
| Constructions with a ruler and compasses | |||
| Properties of triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons | |||
| Angles at a point, on a line, and vertically opposite | |||
| Angles in parallel lines | |||
| Angles in triangles and polygons | |||
| Translations, rotations and reflections | |||
| Congruence, similar shapes and enlargement | |||
| Pythagoras’ theorem | |||
| Trigonometry in right-angled triangles | |||
| Faces, edges and vertices of 3D shapes |
Start here
| Topic | Why this one first | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 |
Your school decides which topics come in which year, so check your revision list and leave out what it does not include. The topics left are your checklist.
Where the topics come from
Every line is written from the Key Stage 3 maths programme of study, the part of the national curriculum that sets what Years 7 to 9 learn in England. It groups the content into six strands, and so does the sheet. The national curriculum does not say which year teaches which topic, and schools order them differently, so the sheet does not either.
That is why the revision list your school sends home matters more than any checklist. Before you rate anything, cross out what your exam will not cover.
What green has to mean
Green should mean you could answer a question on the topic today, without your notes, and get most of it right. Not that you remember the lesson, or that the page looks familiar. Try a question first, then rate it.
Three passes, a week or so apart, show you what is moving. A red that turns amber is real progress. An amber that stays amber usually means you keep revising the easy part of the topic and stopping before the hard part.
Most of these topics carry on into GCSE
Nearly every line here is also the start of a GCSE Maths topic, from fractions and ratio to angles and Pythagoras. Time spent turning the reds green now is time GCSE does not have to spend later.
A lesson and a deck for each red
Every GCSE Maths topic on GCSEwiz has a free lesson and a flashcard deck, no account needed, and many of them start with the KS3 lines on this sheet. When a topic stays red, the lesson explains it and the questions check it. Start on the free plan - no card needed.
