Mathematics
Conyers School - Stockton-on-Tees
01642783253
Green Lane, Yarm, TS15 9ET
Course summary

Did you know that: - • Codebreakers at Bletchley Park used inverse functions to decode enemy messages. • Sequences and series can be found in nature and can be used to model population growth/decay or the spread of a virus. • Archaeologists use differential equations to estimate the age of fossilized plants and animals. • The Newton-Raphson method was developed 400 years ago to describe the position of planets as they orbit the sun. Course Content Pure: includes differentiation; integration; transformation of graphs; coordinate geometry; sequences and series; trigonometry; exponentials and logarithms. Statistics: includes familiarity with a data set; probability; sampling; data presentation and interpretation; binomial distribution; normal distribution; hypothesis testing. Mechanics: includes Kinematics; forces and Newton’s laws; moments; and projectiles.

Entry requirements

You will need to achieve five or more “4” grades, including Grade 7 in Maths.

How you'll be assessed

At the end of Year 13 you will take three papers, each 2 hours long. There will be 2 Pure Papers and 1 Statistics/ Mechanics Paper.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth East
Local AuthorityStockton-on-Tees
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressGreen Lane, Yarm, TS15 9ET