Further Mathematics

Entry Criteria: 5 GCSE grades 9-5, including English and Mathematics, a grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics and be studying A Level Mathematics.

This new linear course, designed with the help of higher education institutions, helps equip students with a strong understanding of higher level mathematics including an increased use of technology. The course involves a holistic, non-modular approach to mathematics with problem solving and modelling being central.

The course is assessed at the end of year 13 and involves 3 two hour exams (all calculator).

Two thirds of the course involves core maths which extends on the topics covered in the mathematics A Level including topics such as complex numbers, matrices, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions and differential equations. The rest of the course involves the students choosing two out of the following sections:

Mechanics – Dimensional analysis, momentum and collisions, work, energy and power and circular motion.

Statistics – Discrete random variables, poisson distribution, continuous random variables, exponential distribution and inference.

Discrete – Graphs, networks, linear programming, critical path analysis, game theory, binary operations and group theory.