Subject: Further Mathematics

Examination Board: Edexcel

Controlled Assessment: 0%

Examination: 100%

Specific entry requirements:

Grade 9 in GCSE Mathematics or Grade 8 in GCSE Mathematics and Grade 7 in GCSE Further Mathematics/Additional Maths

What will you study?

The course is divided into three main sections:

• Further Core Mathematics (50%) - You will study some of the most fundamental areas of pure mathematics beginning with complex numbers and polynomial roots before moving on to the study of matrices, vectors and further calculus

• Further Pure Mathematics (25%) - You will extend the concepts covered in core mathematics and investigate inequalities, further vectors, further trigonometry, numerical methods

• Further Mechanics (25%) - You will look at the concepts of momentum and impulse, work and energy, elastic collisions in one dimension. These will be particularly useful for students who are studying Physics or interested in pursuing engineering.

What Super Curricular opportunities are there linked to this subject?

• Advanced Mathematics Support Programme - opportunities for lectures, seminar groups and summer schools.

• Entry into the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge each year.

• A team of 4 compete in the AMSP Senior Team Maths Challenge.

• We visit Maths Fest each year, a full day of lectures on everything from the mathematics of juggling to the mathematics of present wrapping. There will also be a chance to present in MathsSlam.

• Maths Inspiration sessions.

• Each year students are selected to attend additional maths enrichment such as a series of Problem Solving masterclasses at UCL or a STEP preparation course.

• A team of students competes in an International Maths competition in Serbia each year.

• Passionate mathematicians in the department including teachers with Masters in mathematics and related subjects.

What can this course lead to?

A Further Mathematics qualification is regarded highly by universities and employers and is essential for many courses such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering and Computing. Students who studied Further Maths at Chelsea Academy have gone on to take degrees in Maths, Maths with Economics, Physics, Engineering, Architecture, MORSE (Maths, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics) and Business and Economics at universities such as Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, Warwick, Bath and Bristol.