A Level Mathematics provides a framework within which a large number of students continue the subject beyond GCSE level. It supports their mathematical needs across a broad range of other subjects at this level including A Level sciences, Business Studies, Economics, Geography, Psychology and Further Mathematics. It also provides a basis for subsequent quantitative work in a very wide range of higher education courses and in employment. A Level Mathematics builds from GCSE, extending many of the concepts already met. It emphasises how mathematical ideas are interconnected, and how mathematics can be applied to model situations using algebra and other representations. It helps to make sense of data, and to understand the physical world and to solve problems in a variety of contexts, including social sciences and business.