Page 38 - Sixth Form prospectus 2020

COURSE
MATHEMATICS
TITLE

Most of our successful students score a grade 7 or better at GCSE
mathematics, although a 6 is the minimum requirement. We will
SPECIFIC ENTRY give all students a baseline test at the start of Year 12 to check

REQUIREMENTS that they have completed the required skills practice over the
summer, and students who come with a grade 6 should be aware
that this period is an important one.

CONTENT OF All students will be assessed on a knowledge of pure mathematics,

COURSE some statistics, and some mechanics.

Assessment is drawn from the pure mathematics syllabus, a
statistics syllabus and a mechanics syllabus, with calculators being

required for all assessment.
The A level course is assessed by three examination papers, each
lasting two hours and providing one third of the total marks, and
consisting of a range of problems from multiple choice and single
step to multi-step problems.

EXAMINATIONS Paper 1 covers the pure mathematics topics: proof, algebra and
functions, co-ordinate geometry, sequences and series,
AND
trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms, differentiation,
ASSESSMENTS integration and numerical methods.

Paper 2 can assess any of the Paper 1 content, but will also include
questions on vectors, quantities and units in mechanics,
kinematics, forces, Newton’s laws and moments.
Paper 3 can also assess any of the Paper 1 content, but will also
include questions on statistical sampling, data presentation and

interpretation, probability, statistical distributions and hypothesis
testing.
Mathematics qualifications at advanced level are highly regarded
for entry to higher education and by employers in all walks of life.
SKILLS, LINKS
Mathematics can be studied alongside a range of other subjects.
AND The mechanics components support physics and also provide a

PROGRESSION sound base for engineering degree courses, whereas the statistics
components are excellent support for all of the social and physical
sciences.

Head of Mathematics: Mr A Campion
CONTACT
adamcampion@keswick.cumbria.sch.uk