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Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling words

All 100 statutory words for years 5 and 6 in England, in 10 sets of 10. Each set opens as a ready practice packet.

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Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling words in 10 sets
SetWords, as the document writes themA4 pagesPacket
1accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached14 Edit set 1
2available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community13 Edit set 2
3competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise (critic + ise), curiosity, definite, desperate13 Edit set 3
4determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equip (–ped, –ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent14 Edit set 4
5existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance14 Edit set 5
6identity, immediate(ly), individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous13 Edit set 6
7muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical13 Edit set 7
8prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, restaurant13 Edit set 8
9rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincere(ly), soldier, stomach, sufficient13 Edit set 9
10suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht13 Edit set 10

Source: English Appendix 1: Spelling, part of the national curriculum in England (Department for Education, 2013), read on 2026-11-10. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Spellwren is not affiliated with the Department for Education. The sets are our own split.

What each packet holds

A teacher page, a Monday to Thursday homework menu, trace and write, word shapes, ABC order, missing letters, word scramble, word search, look-cover-write-check, a test sheet and answer keys: 13 A4 pages for sets 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and 14 A4 pages for sets 1, 4 and 5, because longer words take more room. Press Edit to change the words, the line size or the paper before you download.

Make a packet from your own listLook, cover, write, check only

Questions

Are the years 5 and 6 spelling words statutory?

Yes. The spelling appendix says: "The word-lists for years 3 and 4 and years 5 and 6 are statutory."

How many words are on the list?

100. The appendix says: "Some of the listed words may be thought of as quite challenging, but the 100 words in each list can easily be taught within the four years of key stage 2 alongside other words that teachers consider appropriate."

Why do some entries show two forms?

The document prints some entries with a second form, such as criticise (critic + ise), equip (–ped, –ment), immediate(ly). The table shows each entry as written. A packet uses the first form, and Edit opens the set with the other forms as challenge words.

Is the split into sets official?

No. The document gives one list in alphabetical order. The 10 sets of 10 are ours, in the order the document prints the words, so that each set fits a free packet.

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