Support for Higher GCSE & 'A' Level Maths

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Maths Courses in our Schools;
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Although the support given on the 'mossmaths' site is aimed at higher GCSE and 'A' Level, links to the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum and Framework for Mathematics are included here. 
Maths 2010 ;  Maths courses at GCSE and GCE are changing........the links below to the major exam boards all have easy to follow references to the new specifications and the time-line for their implementation!!

'Courses followed in Schools'
Amended and updated regularly.
[just click on the underlined links in each section]
 
Key Stage 3  - Maths Framework and Assessment

Key Stage 3, from years 7 to 9, sees the gap between the able and less able widen considerably. The links below will allow parents and students to keep up with Maths education at this important stage. The work covered at KS3 forms the building blocks for later Key Stages and the concepts learned at KS3 will be tested at GCSE.
GCSE Linear and Modular Courses

The links to the NEW GCSE courses of the Edexcel, AQA and OCR examination boards are given below. All the websites make it relatively simple to navigate between the various Linear and Modular Specifications. 
Edexcel
Specification Codes for first examination in 2009 are 1380(Linear) and 2381(Modular)....NO COURSEWORK.

Edexcel GCSE Maths Specifications (Linear)

AQA
Specification Codes for first examination in 2009 are 4306(Linear) and 4307(Modular)....NO COURSEWORK.

OCR
Specification Codes for first examination in 2009 are J512(Linear), J519(MEI-2 modules) and J517(Graduated Assessment-'choice of modules'..2 from 10 +terminal paper)....NO COURSEWORK.
Advanced level and Further Maths

The three main examination boards, Edexcel, AQA and OCR have modular courses for 'AS', 'A2' and Further Maths. Any Mathematics course must include the four CORE modules; a further two generally being chosen from Statistics, Mechanics or Decision Maths. The links below give details of all that is on offer; BUT BEWARE, it can be a bit of a minefield!! A Further Maths 'A' level is made up of another six modules of more difficult stuff!!

A Statistics 'A' level can also be done where all modules are statistics based.The options open to individual students in putting together a Maths 'A' level are many and varied. The courses on offer at any particular institution is generally governed by the size of the institution and the specialism within the Maths Department.