Transition from GCSE

Section overview:

Making the transition from GCSE to A Level can be difficult, especially in maths. You will need to have a solid foundation in all of the higher-level GCSE material in order to access much of the new content.

The resources below contain worked examples, explanations and extra practice questions for the most important GCSE topics. Use them to help bring yourself up to speed for the start of the new year.

Extra videos and interactive worksheets:

The playlist below contains a fairly comprehensive overview of explanations, examples and additional practice questions on all of the important skills required for the transition from GCSE to A-level Maths. Work through individual videos on the topics you feel weakest on (see the tables given underneath the video) or complete the whole playlists if you find yourself with some free time...

Now test your understanding of these skills with the interactive worksheets below. These resources also include additional notes, examples and practice questions before a self-marking exercise at the end.

There are additional mixed quizzes on this page for additional mixed fun. You may also like to attempt the diagnostic tests to identify any remaining GCSE topic areas to focus on to give you the best start to the pure and applied streams in A-level Maths.

Mixed quizzes

Test your overall skills for the most important topics from GCSE in these mixed quizzes to set yourself in the transition to A-level Maths: Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4 Quiz 5

Diagnostic tests

Try the following transition papers to identify any remaining areas you need to focus on to give yourself the best chance of succeeding in A-level Maths. These papers include the most important GCSE content for starting the pure and applied streams.

Laws of indices revision:

Laws of indices 1 (single terms).mp4

Laws of indices 2 (multiple terms).mp4

Law of indices practice:

The laws of indices are an extremely important topic which you should be familiar with from GCSE in order to start to access some of the A level material.

A poor understanding of this topic will really hold you back in A level Maths - use the resources on this page to develop your confidence.

Use the videos in this section to refresh your understanding, then complete and mark levels 1-2 only of the laws of indices quizzes below (you will not be able to complete levels 3-5 yet) - click the icon in the top-right corner to open in a new window for increased readability.

Laws of indices quizzes (pdf version).pdf