Core Mathematics is a relatively new qualification which has been set up to encourage more students to study some form of mathematics beyond GCSE. It has been designed to maintain and develop real-life mathematics skills. What you study is not purely theoretical or abstract; it can be applied on a day-to-day basis in work, study or life and most courses will include a financial mathematics element. It is worth the equivalent of an AS-level qualification. Core Mathematics is aimed at students who have achieved at least a grade 5 in their Mathematics GCSE and have studied the Higher tier. Students who do not take A-Level Mathematics, but choose other A-Levels with a substantial mathematical requirement, would greatly benefit from studying the course, in particular, it would support the Sciences, Business Studies, Psychology and Economics.