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Mathematics
Student websiteGCSE Course (Mathematics: edexcel 1385/6; Statistics: AQA 3311)
The MATHEMATICS syllabus (option A/B) aims to enable students to:
- develop their mathematical knowledge and oral, written and practical skills;
- develop a feel for number, carry out calculations and understand the significance of the results;
- apply Mathematics in everyday situations and understand the part it plays in the world around them;
- solve problems, present the solutions clearly, check and interpret the results;
- recognise when and how a situation may be represented mathematically;
- develop an ability to apply Mathematics in other subjects, particularly Science and Technology;
- develop the ability to reason logically, to classify, to generalise and to prove;
- produce and appreciate imaginative and creative work arising from mathematical ideas;
- develop their mathematical abilities by conducting individual and co-operative enquiry and experiment, including extended pieces of work of a practical and investigative kind;
- acquire a foundation appropriate to their further study of Mathematics and of other disciplines.
The GCSE syllabus is examined at two Levels: Foundation and Higher. It is expected that all of our students will enter for the Higher level. The assessment will consist of two written papers and a coursework component:
- Higher Level Paper 3 (2 hours, 40% of total marks)
- Higher Level Paper 4 (2 hours, 40% of total marks)
- Coursework component (20% of total marks)
Students are taught in 4 groups. Groups 1, 2 and 3 will have the opportunity to take GCSE Statistics. Group 4 will take the higher level modular course GCSE Mathematics.
Mathematics is compulsory within the National Curriculum and is taken by all our students to GCSE level. A rigorous intellectual discipline and the basis for other subjects, it is widely regarded as a useful qualification for many careers.
A-Level Course (edexcel 9450)
Full specification for Mathematics
A-level Mathematics follows a modular syllabus (modules taken at intervals during the two years). The modular course can be extended to A-level Further Mathematics. For students contemplating reading Mathematics at Oxford or Cambridge, Further Mathematics is essential.
The A-level Mathematics course has to cater for needs in science, engineering, technology, economics and geography as well as being a subject in its own right for mathematics specialists. The A-level work develops the topics found in GCSE levels 8-10 and introduces new techniques e.g. calculus, statistics and mechanics.
AS-Level Course
C1 (16.5%)
Pure mathematics
C2 (16.5%)
Pure mathematics
S1 (16.5%)
Statistics
A2-Level Course
C3 (16.5%)
Pure mathematics
C4 (16.5%)
Pure mathematics
M1 (16.5%)
Mechanics
Beyond A-Level
Mathematics A-level is essential if you want to go on to degree courses in mathematics, engineering or physics. Most university courses in computer science and operational research require Mathematics A-level too. With numbers, statistics and computers so much part of modern life, it is not surprising that an A-level in Mathematics is one of the most generally useful qualifications you can get at school. This is particularly true if you go straight into a job at 18.
The main careers where mathematics plays a significant part (whether one enters post A-level or post-degree) are: accountancy, actuarial work, air traffic control, architecture, armed forces, banking, computing and data processing, economics, engineering of all types, meteorology, operational research, management and planning, optics, sciences of all types, statistics, surveying, insurance and teaching.
Further Mathematics
A-Level Course (edexcel 9372)
Full specification for Further Mathematics
The Further Mathematics work extends the work of A-level modular Mathematics. Further Mathematicians will complete the Mathematics A-level modules in their lower 6th year. Four further modules selected from pure mathematics, mechanics and statistics will be taken in the upper 6th year.
A2-Level Course
C5 (16.5%)
Pure mathematics
C6 (16.5%)
Pure mathematics
M2 (16.5%)
Mechanics
A further paper will be chosen by arrangement with Mathematics staff from:
S2 (16.5%)
Statistics (includes a practical element)
M3 (16.5%)
Mechanics