We will require you to have an 8 grade at GCSE (or IGCSE).

Yes, you do. And we'll need you to get a specific model (Casio fx-CG50) in order that we can help you to use it. We sell these at cost price (about £80) from the Maths Office and the charge can go on to the school bill. You may be able to find them cheaper elsewhere (or even buy second-hand) and that is, of course, absolutely fine.

The calculators can offer significant help for certain questions and they invariably offer ways to check your answers - which is really useful in exams. You need to be using your calculator regularly from the outset so that you develop the skills to use it quickly and without any hesitation. The menus and functions can be rather baffling to start with but you'll soon find that you are using it as comfortably as you use your phone if you practice with it.

We get involved in lots of competitions and challenges that run both locally and nationally. Many of these require you to form a team with friends or classmates and we are always keen for you to participate in these.

We also run an Enrichment Club which will give you the opportunity to engage with some interesting Maths problems that you might not encounter in lessons. The club will often use forthcoming competitions to inspire what it will be doing from one week to the next.