Mathematics

Assessment

This is a 2-year linear course, with 3 externally assessed 2-hour exams (with calculators) taken during the Summer Term at the end of Year 13. (There are no longer any modules taken in Year 12.) The first two papers (two-thirds of the total marks) test knowledge of all of the Pure Maths topics, and the third paper tests Statistics and Mechanics (one-sixth of the total marks for each). As an alternative option, AS Level Maths is a one year course, essentially the first half of the A Level syllabus. There are 2 externally assessed exam papers: Pure Maths (2 hours, 5/8 ths of the total marks), and Statistics and Mechanics (1 hour 15 minutes, 3/8 ths of the total marks).