What is keystage 2?

What is keystage 2?

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Keystage 2 runs from age seven to the end of primary school at eleven, and is aimed at getting the child to basic numeracy and literacy and giving them some broader experience of science and of history, and of the world around them. But the focus is very much on numeracy and literacy, because unless you can handle number and language well, then you will be totally at sea when you get to secondary school because primary school is a much more caring and closed environment and you can get away in primary school without having these skills. In secondary school, you are much more on your own and unless you have got to level 4, which is the crucial level at the end of keystage 2, you are going to have a hard time in secondary school.