KS4 Specification - Edexcel
The Mathematics Department consists of ten highly skilled teachers who all share a love of Mathematics and strive to instil their passion for the subject into the students, giving them the skills they need to succeed in the wider world.
Students are taught through whole class interactive teaching, enabling all to master concepts and deepen their understanding. As such, lasting connections are made, and learning behaviours are developed which enable pupils to apply their knowledge and work with automaticity.
The department is equipped with some of the latest technology. All classrooms make use of interactive displays to make learning come to life and software such as GeoGebra is used to help understanding of mathematical concepts and relate them to real life. In addition to academic study, we provide a wide range of additional enrichment and support opportunities for our students.
These include:
- Puzzle Club
- UKMT Junior, Intermediate and Senior challenges
- UKMT Team Challenge
- AMSP Maths Feast
- Chess Club
- Strategy Games Club
- GSCE Further Mathematics
- Sixth Form Maths Mentors
- Primary Maths Challenges
Students have Mathematics for four lessons per week at Key Stage 3, studyig
- Number
- Algebra
- Ratio and Proportion
- Geometry and Measures
- Probability
- Statistics
These lay the foundations for GCSE studies and beyond.
At GCSE, students follow a two-year, linear course where 100% of students achieved grades 9-4 and 56% achieved grades 9-7. Students with a real passion for Maths are also given the opportunity to complete GCSE Further Mathematics and the AQA Algebra level 3 qualification.
A-level students study the Edexcel syllabus which covers Pure Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics. Again, our keenest students can study additional content in order to achieve A-level Further Mathematics and students achieve highly with 68% of Mathematics students obtaining a grade A*-B and 89% of Further Mathematics students achieving the same.
examination results
of GCSE students achieved grades 9-7
of GCSE students achieved grades 9-6
of GCSE students achieved grades 9-4