UK Primary · Upper Key Stage 2 (UKS2)
Year 5 Resources for UK Primary
The first year of Upper Key Stage 2 — the run-up to Year 6 SATs begins here. Writing develops with relative clauses, modal verbs, and parenthesis. Maths introduces all four operations with decimals and percentages.
Last year before SATs. Schools may run optional Year 5 assessments to baseline.
What Year 5 children are learning
📚 English curriculum focus
- Reading — read a wider range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction; analyse for structure and effect
- Writing — use relative clauses; use modal verbs (might, could, should, will); use a wide range of cohesive devices
- Punctuation — brackets, dashes, commas to indicate parenthesis; commas to clarify meaning
- Spelling — Years 5 and 6 statutory spelling list begins (100 words across two years); -cious/-tious; -ant/-ent endings
- Grammar — modal verbs; relative pronouns; the perfect form of verbs
🔢 Maths curriculum focus
- Number and place value — numbers up to 1,000,000; negative numbers; Roman numerals to M
- Addition and subtraction — multi-digit problems using formal written methods
- Multiplication and division — multiply 4-digit by 1-digit and 2-digit by 2-digit using long multiplication; long division
- Fractions, decimals, percentages — equivalence; convert between forms; understand percentages as 'parts per 100'
- Measurement — convert between metric units; perimeter, area, volume
- Geometry — angles in shapes; properties of regular polygons; reflection and translation
- Statistics — line graphs; complete tables and timetables
Phonics: All children fluent readers. Vocabulary expansion through wide reading is the focus.
Year 5 model texts (WAGOLLs)
Year-group exemplar texts with colour-coded annotations for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and text-type features. Free to view, free to print.
The Cliff House
Atmospheric narrative opening about a child arriving at an isolated cliff-top house. Uses relative clauses, modal verbs, semicolons, brackets and dash…
Diary EntryThe Night of the Storm
First-person diary entry from a child evacuated during World War 2, written the night they arrive at their billet. Uses first-person past tense, emoti…
PersuasionWhy You Should Read Every Day
A persuasive piece arguing for daily reading. Models rhetorical questions, modal verbs, statistics, emotive language, and a clear call to action. Meet…
Year 5 resources by subject
Resources mapped to Year 5 from across LessonKind. We use US-style grade levels internally; for UK Year 5 we show the equivalent grade content.
Math · 63 resources
English / Language Arts · 76 resources
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Science · 33 resources
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Topic Packs · 33 resources
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Behavior & Classroom Management · 34 resources
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SEND & Inclusion · 20 resources
Tools for Year 5 teachers
About the UK National Curriculum
The UK National Curriculum (2014) defines what state-funded primary schools in England teach. Children move through Key Stages: Reception (EYFS, age 4-5), Key Stage 1 (Years 1-2, ages 5-7), Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3-4, ages 7-9), and Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5-6, ages 9-11).
Each year group has age-related expectations (AREs) for reading, writing, mathematics, and other subjects. LessonKind resources are organised by US grade level for the global brand, but on these UK pages we surface the equivalent content for each UK year group.
Key statutory checkpoints
- Phonics Screening Check (Year 1, June) — 40 words to decode
- Multiplication Tables Check (Year 4, June) — 25 questions, all times tables to 12×12
- Key Stage 1 statutory teacher assessment (Year 2)
- Key Stage 2 SATs (Year 6, May) — Reading, GPS, Maths; writing teacher-assessed