Inspire, develop and prepare 11-14 year-olds for learning success

Our suite of resources for 11-14 year-olds have been fully mapped to both our international iLowerSecondary curriculum and the English National curriculum, so you can be confident your students have everything they need for International GCSE success.

World-class qualifications together with our high-quality published resources in Maths, English, Science and Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) now provide you with the opportunity to build a complete course for your lower secondary students.

Learn more about iLowerSecondary curriculum

Learn more about the English National curriculum

Why choose Pearson for your 11-14 year olds?

Take a detailed look at the key principles underlying our 11-14 programmes and explore support webinars, samples and blogs to discover more about our programmes.

Download our 11-14 interactive brochure

NEW Professional Development

We are delighted to be launching new Professional Development to support each of these 11-14 series; KS3 Maths Progress, Exploring Science, and Inspire English.

Be one of the first schools to benefit from this exciting new training! As part of this offer you will receive the following, free of charge (currently priced at £350).

3 hours training in which up to three staff members from your school will be able to attend.
The training will be divided into two sessions, both of 1.5 hours in duration.
Session one will focus on familiarization with the resource, its functionality and strategies to use it to teach the subject in question in the classroom.
Session two will encourage participants to reflect on how their experience of the resource, how successfully they have used it, and how they can build on that each time they teach.
In between each session, participants will be set a task in which they will have to use the resource in class and make notes on their experience.

Why KS3 really matters

David Grant, full-time writer and consultant, and former Head of English explains that by getting Key Stage 3 right, we can set students on the path to international GCSE success.

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Evaluate your 11-14 curriculum

Pearson have worked with their partners at SSAT to provide a framework of questions that help schools audit their existing curriculum.

Download the evaluate your curriculum guide

Key Stage 3 – the lost years?

When researching and developing our 11-14 programmes, we spoke to a range of school leaders, teachers and learners from around the world about what they were looking for in resources at this age.

Read more about the 4 key drivers that emerged from this research.

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What makes our 11-14 programmes so unique?

Full curriculum coverage - matched to the Pearson Edexcel iLowerSecondary Award and the UK National Curriculum so you can be confident you’re meeting all curriculum requirements.
Progression to International GCSE -
provides seamless progression to Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs including preparation practice questions to ensure learner success.
International contexts and relevance -
appropriate cultural sensitivities and international contexts embedded throughout to make the content relatable to real-world and student experiences.
Flexible and adaptable resources -
blended print and digital resources that work together to give you all the support you need for planning, teaching, and assessing students’ progress that can be adapted to how you need.
Building 21st century skills -
real-life career examples along with learning options develop key 21st century skills such as fluency, problem-solving, reasoning and creativity, needed for future learning and beyond.
Assessment - options for formative, baseline, end of unit and yearly tests check on students’ progress and provide a route to further guidance or extension.