AQA Key Stage 3 tests for Years 7, 8 and 9
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All Term 1 Tests | All Term 2 Tests | All Term 3 Tests |
All Consolidation Tests | All Main Tests | All Extension Tests |
What are AQA Key Stage 3 tests?
We've worked with teachers from the Ark schools to put together a series of tests aimed at Key Stage 3 students.
Covering Years 7, 8 and 9, our termly Key Stage 3 tests help you:
- check your students understanding
- identify areas where intervention is needed
- get students used to how GCSE papers look and feel
- become familiar with command words and question styles to GCSE
- to design the test you want by cutting and pasting from across the tests.
Our Key Stage 3 tests are designed to help you see how your students are engaging with mathematics and performing relative to each other; they should not be used to predict future GCSE grades and we won't offer indicative grade boundaries, as these could not currently be reliable. However, these tests, or questions taken from them, may support your school's strategy in addressing assessment without levels.
How to use the tests
Start your students with the main test for that term. From there, students who perform well can move to a more demanding extension test to challenge them further.
For students who don’t perform as well, follow on with the consolidation test to understand more about gaps in their knowledge.

How the content of the tests is structured
AQA Key Stage 3 Tests and Mark Schemes
Download all Tests for Year 7, 8 and 9 | ||
All Term 1 Tests | All Term 2 Tests | All Term 3 Tests |
All Consolidation Tests | All Main Tests | All Extension Tests |
Year 6/7 baseline test and mark scheme (this paper is designed to be used early in Year 7) |
Download all Year 7 Tests | ||
Year 7 Term 1 Tests | Year 7 Term 2 Tests | Year 7 Term 3 Tests |
Year 7 Main Tests | Year 7 Extension Tests |
Download all Year 8 Tests | ||
Year 8 Term 1 Tests | Year 8 Term 2 Tests | Year 8 Term 3 Tests |
Year 8 Consolidaton Tests | Year 8 Main Tests | Year 8 Extension Tests |
Download all Year 9 Tests | ||
Year 9 Term 1 Tests | Year 9 Term 2 Tests | Year 9 Term 3 Tests |
Year 9 Consolidation Tests | Year 9 Main Tests | Year 9 Extension Tests |