National Curriculum Assessment Grid
Maths
Year 4 – Expected = 24 points
Name/Group:
Class:
Number – number and
place value
Number – addition
and subtraction
Number –
multiplication and
division
Count from 0 in multiples of 4,6,
7, 8,9 25, 50, 100 & 1000
Add and subtract numbers
mentally, including:
-HTU and U
-HTU and T
-HTU and H
Write and calculate
statements for multiplication
& division using known facts
including TUxU
Find 100 or 1000 more or less
than a given number
Recognise the place value of
each digit in a 4-digit number
Order and compare numbers
up to 1000
Order and compare numbers
up to 100,000
Identify, represent and
estimate numbers using
different representations
Add and subtract numbers
with up to 4 digits using
formal written methods.
(columnar)
Estimate the answer to a
calculation and use inverse
operations to check
answers
Read and write numbers up to
100,000 in numerals and in
words
Solve addition and
subtraction two step
problems in contexts,
deciding which operations
and methods to use and
why
Recognise and describe
number relationships including
Solve problems involving
multiplying and adding,
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Estimate the answer to a
calculation and use inverse
operations to check
answers
Recall multiplication facts
up to 12x12 with ease
Use place value, known
and derived facts to
multiply and divide
mentally, including:
multiplying by 0 and 1;
dividing by 1;
multiplying 3 numbers
together
Recognise and use factor
pairs and commutativity in
mental calculations
Year Group:
Number – fractions
(including decimals))
Measurement
Geometry
properties
of shapes
Geometry
position
and
direction
Statistics
Find fractions of objects and
sets of objects
Convert between
different units of
measure (e.g. km
to m; hour to
minute)
Draw, make,
compare and
classify
geometric
shapes,
including
quadrilaterals
and triangles,
based on their
properties and
sizes
Describe
positions on a
2D grid as
coordinates
in the first
quadrant
Interpret and
present
discrete and
continuous
data using
appropriate
graphical
methods
including bar
charts and
time charts
Recognise and show, using
diagrams, families of
equivalent fractions
Count up and down in tenths
and hundredths;
-recognise that tenths arise
from dividing an object or
number by 10.
-recognise that hundredths
arise when dividing an object
by one hundred and dividing
tenths by ten.
Solve problems involving
increasingly harder fractions
to calculate quantities,
and fractions to divide
quantities,
including non-unit fractions
where the answer is a whole
number (2/5 of 20 =8)
Measure and
calculate the
perimeter of a
rectilinear figure
(including
squares) in cm
and m
Find the area of
rectilinear shapes
by counting
squares
Estimate,
compare and
calculate
different
measures,
including money
Identify acute
and obtuse
angles and
compare and
order angles
up to two right
angles (180
degrees) by
size
Identify lines of
symmetry in 2D
shapes
Describe
movements
between
positions as
translations
of a given
unit to the
L/R and
up/down
Plot specified
points and
draw sides to
complete a
given
polygon
Begin to
Solve
comparison,
sum and
difference
problems
using
information
presented in
bar charts,
pictograms,
tables and
other graphs
multiple, factor and square
Know prime numbers up to 20
Identify square numbers up to
100
Recognise and describe
number sequences, describing
the rule for continuing to a
given term e.g. 2.5, 2.75, 3 …
including:
using the distributive law to
multiply two digit numbers
by one digit,
integer scaling problems
and
harder correspondence
problems such as n objects
are connected to m
objects
Count backwards through 0 to
include negative numbers
Understands the use of
brackets in simple
calculations
Round any number to the
nearest 10,100 or 1000
Practise to become fluent
in the formal written
Read roman numerals up to
100 and recognise how the
system changed over time to
include the concept of 0 and
place value
Solve number problems and
practical problems involving
these ideas.
method of short division
with exact answers TU ÷ U
Multiply two-digit by a single
digit number when using
formal written layout.
Multiply three-digit numbers
by a single digit number
when using formal written
layout.
Compare and order fractions
with same denominator
Add fractions with the same
denominator
Subtract fractions with the
same denominator
Recognise and write decimal
equivalents to ¼, 1/2 , ¾
Convert mixed numbers to
improper fractions and vice
versa
Find the effect of dividing a
one or two digit number by 10
and 100, identifying the value
of the digits in the answer as
ones, tenths and hundredths
Recognise decimal
equivalents of any number of
tenths or hundredths
Round decimals with one
decimal place to the nearest
whole number
Compare numbers with the
same number of decimal
places up to two decimal
places
Understands how to balance
number sentences e.g. 4 +7 =
1+?
in pounds and
pence
Read and write
and convert time
between
analogue and
digital 12 and
24hour clocks
including Roman
Numerals
Solve problems
involving
converting from
- hours to minutes;
- minutes to
seconds;
-years to months;
- weeks to days
Compare
duration of events
presented in
different
orientations
Complete a
simple
symmetric
figure with
respect to a
specific line of
symmetry
rotate a
simple shape
about its
centre or
vertex
Construct
bar and line
graphs
accurately
across the
curriculum
inc.
pictograms
Continue to
use venn
and caroll
diagrams as
a method of
sorting and
classifying
information
Assessment Key- The framework works on a ‘best fit’ model
National Curriculum Assessment Grid
Maths
To achieve ‘Emerging’ within the year group approximately 15%+ of the statements must be highlighted.
Year 4 – Expected = 24 points
To achieve ‘Developing’ within the year group approximately 40%+ of the statements must be highlighted.
To achieve ‘Expected’ within the year group approximately 75%+ (or all bolded statements) of the statements must be highlighted.
To achieve ‘Exceeding’ within the year group approximately 85%+ of the statements must be highlighted.
To achieve ‘High’ within the year group approximately 95%+ of the statements must be highlighted.
(Bold statements relate to National Standard at the end of KS1 according to the NC descriptors)
Termly Assessment
Termly Assessment Task
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Highlight in agreed termly colour and date the statements children have met –there will be a sample of
independent examples of evidence that demonstrated the highlighted judgments made
Write in the numerical value on the assessment grid for the child
Enter the child’s name onto the tracking sheet each term
Enter the correct numerical value onto SIMS each term
T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
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