What are lessons like in this subject?

Lessons start with retrieval practice: previous topics taught are consolidated using quizzes, skills tests, or exam questions. Exemplar models are worked through in the lesson to introduce new topics. Time is allocated to practising skills and application in problem solving. Students are encouraged to engage in discussion to deepen their knowledge. Mini whiteboards, card matching activities, interactive resources and web sites are used in lessons. Students become proficient in the use of a graphical calculator. Activities such as sketching graphs, solving simultaneous equations, carrying out statistical calculations and much more are performed in lessons on their calculator. Maths enrichment is on offer throughout the year. Examples include university trips to maths departments to experience maths lectures and student life; the opportunity to participate in the senior maths challenge and team maths challenge annually; and guest lecturers and speakers are invited into college to give inspiring maths talks.

What will I study?

The course will include: 
  • Proof.
  • Algebra and functions.
  • Coordinate geometry.
  • Sequences and series.
  • Trigonometry.
  • Exponentials and logarithms.
  • Calculus.
  • Numerical methods.
  • Statistics (including data, probability, binomial and normal distributions, and hypothesis testing).
  • Mechanics (including vectors, kinematics, Newton’s laws, and moments).

What our
students

say

Studying A-level Maths has really developed my logical and analytic thinking skills. It is one of the best A-levels to develop problem-solving skills which are critical for the future of Science. We really get to expand our knowledge from GCSE and so far i have found it enjoyable to learn the more advanced mathematical concepts which at first seem so challenging.

Anna Grace Gilroy, St Wilfrid's Catholic High School


Mathematics

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