Mathematics (Further)

Course summary

The small class sizes enable students to learn in a supportive environment in which lessons can be tailored to the individual, allowing teachers to address any problems as they arise and to extend and challenge the more able pupils. The course is delivered by a team of highly experienced teachers, all of whom have both a STEM subject degree and a teaching qualification. All are enthusiastic mathematicians and educators, willing to run extra sessions to help pupils, whether it be with their A Level studies, or their preparation for additional examinations, such as STEP or MAT or PAT, which are required by Oxbridge and other top- ranking universities. In the past few years, the Mathematics department has run a number of highly successful trips; for example, we visited Florence to study the mathematical ideas of the Renaissance. In A Level Further Mathematics, you explore further skills in algebra, calculus and vectors, and you are introduced to the fascinating world of complex numbers, matrices and their attendant applications. You develop your abilities to solve differential equations and learn to work with hyperbolic functions and polar coordinates. You then choose whether you would like to explore the concepts and techniques involved in Decision Mathematics or to extend your understanding of Pure Mathematics or Mechanics or Statistics, or a combination of two of these four options Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Mathematics (9MA0) Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further Mathematics (9FM0).