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TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

In particular, we suggest downloading:

You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Year 2 maths: what your child learns

Girl with abacus
Your guide to what’s covered in the maths curriculum in Year 2, from partitioning to pictograms.

As in Year 1, there’s still a lot of practical and visual learning in maths, using real-life situations children can relate to. The children are learning to think about the methods they use to solve problems, and to check if they are correct. They will start to work with logic problems, and will be recording their results using lists and tables. They will also start to work on solving maths problems mentally.

You may find the children revisiting topics they covered in Reception or Year 1. This is revision in preparation for KS1 SATs, but also to ensure that children have really understood the basics before they move into Key Stage 2. The maths your child is learning now can be easily reinforced at home.

Year 2 maths – your child will be:

Number and place value

  • Counting in steps of 2, 3 and 5
  • Putting the numbers one to 100 in the correct order
  • Using < and > symbols
  • Recognising the place value of each digit in a two-digit number

Calculating

Fractions

  • Finding 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a shape or quantity

Measurement

  • Using appropriate units to measure length, weight and capacity
  • Combining amounts of money to make a particular value
  • Working out how much change to give
  • Tell the time to five minutes, including quarter to / past the hour

Geometry

Statistics

Try this at home

  • Play cards – take out the Kings, Queens and Jacks and then try to turn over two cards that add up to ten. You can play a similar game with dominoes, counting the spots
  • Point out odd and even numbers on houses when you go out
  • Get your child to add up the numbers on car number plates or buses
  • Build a tower – blocks are perfect for talking about size and shape
  • When you’re cutting a cake or pizza, talk about halves and quarters
  • Encourage your child to spot the different shapes you can see on the way to school

Boost your child's confidence with regular at home practice – look through our Year 2 maths worksheets (including our Year 2 mental maths mini-test) to find activities to mirror what is being learnt in the classroom and make KS1 maths concepts come to life with practical maths suggestions from a KS1 teacher.

Check your Y2 child's progress in maths with our free Y2 maths Progress checks, three mini-tests for autumn, spring and summer term.

Explore the Year 2 English and Maths Learning Journey programmes.