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MATHS

(A Level & AS Level)

What is Mathematics A level?

Mathematics at A Level continues the learning of many topics that you meet at GCSE and aims to deepen your understanding of the subject. It provides students with even greater challenge in solving problems and it introduces new areas of the field that students will not have yet met. It is a versatile qualification and an essential A level for many degree courses (for the most competitive science, technology, engineering and mathematics degree courses, A level maths is a requirement). It is also needed for many finance and economics courses.

Exam Board: Edexcel

Watch our Subject Taster Video for Maths A Level and AS Level

 
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What will I learn?

  • To develop your skills of reasoning and deduction.

  • To pay attention to detail and work methodically.

  • How to break down complex problems into small, manageable steps.

  • Pure maths: Coordinate Geometry and Calculus, using trigonometric identities to solve problems and introduces the use of Logarithms, and series, numerical methods

  • Statistics: Probability and data presentation and interpretation, sampling and distributions and hypothesis testing

  • Mechanics: Quantities and units in Mechanics, Kinematics, forces and Newton’s Laws of motion and moments.

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How will I be assessed?

  • 100% examination (three 2-hour exams)

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Entry requirements

Grade 7 in GCSE Maths

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Where can Maths A level take me?

It provides a firm foundation for all scientific, technical, engineering and mathematical careers and a flying start for many other types of career, such as those in finance, medicine, agriculture … etc. The list is endless!

Maths is regularly the most popular A Level - which is unsurprising given that, on average, people with a maths A Level earn 11% more than those without!