Part of the Oxford Smart Curriculum Service, Oxford Smart Mosaic is a responsive curriculum for KS3. The Student Book supports practice, fluency and connections, enabling Year 8 students to develop secure understanding first time. The Oxford Smart Curriculum for Maths develops knowledge, skills and understanding in line with the DfE Mathematics guidance for KS3 so that learning is well-sequenced and connected, building on what has been learned at KS2 and preparing learners for the transition to KS4.Designed around Series Editor Craig Barton''s Learning Episode Model, the Student Book contains guidance through example-problem pairs and plenty of practice questions in a variety of different exercises. These have been carefully constructed to provide faded scaffolding and stepped challenge, to promote depth of learning and support every learner in achieving success and making excellent progress.From integrated diagnostics to help all students access the curriculum, to depth, challenge and opportunities for working mathematically built into every topic. All students are supported to make the best possible progress, whatever their prior attainment.