FURTHER MATHEMATICS EXAM BOARD: EDEXCEL
Entry requirements: Grade 7 or higher at GCSE is required.
Head of department: Jeff Harlow
Further Mathematics can be offered to suitable candidates as a second, much harder, mathematics qualification. Your suitability needs to be discussed with members of the mathematics department. There is some flexibility in which units can be studied and this would be determined by the needs of the individuals within the group.
Assessment
Year 1 Core Pure Mathematics 1 & Decision Mathematics 1.
• Paper 3 and Paper 4 are 1 hour 30 minute exams each worth 25% of the course. They are option units. The options we run at KAS are Further Statistics 1 and Decision Mathematics 1.
Year 2 Core Pure Mathematics 2 and Further Statistics 1.
The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Mathematics consists of four externallyexamined papers. • Paper 1 and Paper 2 are 1 hour 30 minute exams each worth 25% of the course. They assess content from Pure Mathematics.
All modules are assessed by written examinations of duration 1 hour 30 minutes and each carries the same weight in the overall grading.
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