How old is a child in Year 4?

Children in Year 4 are 8 to 9 years old during the school year in England and Wales. It is part of Key Stage 2.

What subjects does a Year 4 child study?

14 subjects run in Year 4 on this plan: English, maths, science, history, geography, art, design and technology, computing, French, PE, religious education, Islamic studies, PSHE, critical thinking.

How many lessons are there in Year 4?

845 lessons across 14 subjects, sequenced across a 36 week school year.

Does a home educated child have to follow the Year 4 curriculum?

No. Home educating parents in England must provide a suitable full-time education, and they are not required to follow the national curriculum or to keep a child in their official year group.

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What should my Year 4 child know?

Year 4 is for children aged 8 to 9 in England and Wales, and it is part of Key Stage 2. Below is every subject a Year 4 child covers on this plan, with the real lesson list for each one: 845 lessons across 14 subjects, sequenced over a 36 week year.

If you home educate, none of this is compulsory. Parents in England have to provide a suitable full-time education and are free to decide what that contains. The list is here because “what would they be doing at school this year” is the question almost everybody starts with, and it is oddly hard to find a straight answer to.

Year 4 at a glance

Age: 8 to 9
Stage: Key Stage 2
Subjects: 14
Lessons: 845

Every subject in Year 4

Open any subject for the full lesson list in teaching order.

Who wrote these lessons

11 of the 14 subjects come from Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are credited on every lesson. Oak is free to anyone, and it always will be.

We wrote the other 3: Islamic studies, PSHE, critical thinking. The planning, the pacing, the marking and the record are ours across all of them.

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Common questions

How old is a child in Year 4?: Children in Year 4 are 8 to 9 years old during the school year in England and Wales. It is part of Key Stage 2.
What subjects does a Year 4 child study?: 14 subjects run in Year 4 on this plan: English, maths, science, history, geography, art, design and technology, computing, French, PE, religious education, Islamic studies, PSHE, critical thinking.
How many lessons are there in Year 4?: 845 lessons across 14 subjects, sequenced across a 36 week school year.
Does a home educated child have to follow the Year 4 curriculum?: No. Home educating parents in England must provide a suitable full-time education, and they are not required to follow the national curriculum or to keep a child in their official year group.