A Level Course - Mathematics

Mathematics

Welcome to the Mathematics page.

Below you will find information on the course with a link to the Course Curriculum.

To view the Course Curriculum, please click here

 

Year 12

Our scheme of learning ensures that students cover both Pure and Applied Maths in parallel.  In Applied Maths, students cover statistics and mechanics in parallel too.  Year 12 structure of learning builds on GCSE and introduces some key new mathematical ideas.  In Pure, students start with some of the most important topics briefly looked at in GCSE course (quadratic equations and functions) which crop up throughout the course in Year 12 and Year 13.  Very early on, new concepts are introduced (use of the discriminant) to make the course both interesting and challenging.  We assume strong knowledge of the whole GCSE course and aim to finish the content of Year 12 mathematics several weeks before the end of the academic year.  This approach allows us to start Year 13 content in the last term of Year 12, allowing significant amount of time for revision and practice before the final A Level exams.  This also sends the message out to students that A Level Maths will push them and that they need to work hard. 

Autumn	Pure Maths: Straight line graphs Circles Binomial expansion Algebraic expressions Trig ratios and graphs Various graphs Applied Maths: Interpreting and representing data  Measures of location and spread.  Large data set  Kinematics Probability
Spring	Pure Maths: Trig identities and equations Vectors Gradients, tangents, normals, max and min Indefinite integration Applied Maths: Binomial distribution Interpreting and representing data Hypothesis testing Newton’s laws of motion Variable acceleration with calculus
Summer	Pure Maths: Exponential and Logs Applied: Use of integration for kinematics problems Start Year 13: Pure: Trigonometric Functions Differentiation Integration Functions

 

Year 13

Year 13 Pure Scheme of Learning deepens students’ understanding of calculus and its applications and allows them to apply it in different contexts throughout the year.  The way our scheme of work has been structured, to cover as much calculus as possible at the end of Year 12, allows Further Maths students to access all the further Maths topics right from September.  Similarly, to Year 12, we aim to finish the course several weeks before the end of the academic year to practise as many as possible hard exam type questions before the end of the year. 

Autumn	Pure Maths: Differentiation and integration intertwined Radians Further trig Sequences and series Applied Maths: Regression and correlation Moments Probability Resolving forces Friction Projectiles
Spring	Pure Maths: Implicit differentiation Integration by parts and substitution Vectors Trapezium rule Numerical methods Binomial expansion Parametric equations Applied Maths: Normal distribution Equilibrium and static of a particle Hypothesis testing for mean of normal distribution Dynamics of a particle
Summer	Pure Maths: Rates of change Differential equations Applied Maths: Kinematics Variable acceleration