Mathematics (Further)

Course summary

Students can choose Further Mathematics as part of their enrichment in the Sixth Form. Although the course can be taken as a 2-year A-level course, students will sit an AS qualification at the end of Year 12 and can then decide not to continue with their study of Further Mathematics in Year 13. Further Pure– extends knowledge of pure mathematics from the A-level Mathematics course and introduces fresh themes including matrices, complex numbers, hyperbolic functions and polar coordinates. Applied Mathematics- students will be introduced to decision mathematics, where students will be using algorithms to solve problems applied to business and finance. The mechanics section will build on Newtonian physics of the A-level Mathematics course, and introduce students to mathematical modelling of the real world.