Progression 5-11 Years

A progression chart of knowledge and skills for pupils aged 5-11 Years to support teaching and learning about healthy eating, cooking and where food comes from across the UK.

This progression chart has been developed by the British Nutrition Foundation to support food teaching in the UK. The chart is based on the key learning objectives from the Food - a fact of life website (but, to support progression, provides a more detailed breakdown of the stages of learning) and is linked to primary school curricula in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Consideration is also given to the Core competences for children and young people aged 5-16 years (2016) and other food teaching guidance documents, and bodies, from around the UK, e.g. Food teaching in primary schools: A framework of knowledge and skills (Public Health England, 2015), Characteristics of good practice in teaching food and nutrition education in primary schools (2020).