Course information
MATHEMATICS
Holy Family Catholic School - Waltham Forest
02085200482
1 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 3EA
Course summary

An A-level in maths will impress both prospective employers and university admission tutors. It shows you can think logically, accurately process information, and skilfully manipulate numbers. During the course of your studies you will develop your algebra and trigonometry, learn how to differentiate and integrate in calculus and be introduced to the power of logarithms. You will also study both statistics and mechanics and apply some of the pure mathematics you have learned. Students also get to take part in the nationally recognised UKMT Senior Mathematics Challenge. A Level Maths is so well regarded that academics from the University of Nottingham found that pupils who take maths at A level receive an 11 per cent premium on their salary by the time they are 34 years and that no other A-level subject attracted a wage premium in the same way!

Entry requirements

GCSE Average: 4.8. GCSE grade 5 in English, grade 7 in Maths

How you'll be assessed

Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 33.3% of course – 2 hours – 100 marks Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 33.3% of course – 2 hours – 100 marks Pure Mathematics – algebra and functions, coordinate geometry, trigonometry, calculus, proof, sequences and series, logarithms and exponentials Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics 33.3% of course – 2 hours – 100 marks Statistics – statistical sampling, data presentation and interpretation, probability, hypothesis testing, statistical distributions Mechanics – kinematics, forces, Newton’s laws, moments

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionLondon
Local AuthorityWaltham Forest
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
Address1 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 3EA