Further Maths

Course summary

In this course you will complete more units from the GCE (A-Level) in Mathematics, leading to an additional A-Level qualification in Further Maths. The course is designed to be taught alongside A-Level Mathematics and consists of two compulsory Core Pure Maths units (CP1 & CP2) and three more optional units. There is a degree of flexibility with the optional units to be studied, and this is to be decided in conjunction with teachers. This year we are teaching Numerical Methods, Further Mechanics, and Extra Pure as our optional units. Many students who take a qualification in Further Maths go on to read Mathematics at university and some then go into mathematics research. This isn’t the only path for our Further Mathematics students however: their work on complex numbers will serve them well in many fields, such as electronic engineering; studying matrices is a great introduction to some of the concepts found in structural engineering and quantum mechanics; and studying differential equations will give them a good foundation in any of the many fields dealing with dynamic systems.