Mathematics

Assessment

A Level Mathematics consists of three elements, pure mathematics, mechanics and statistics. Pure mathematics develops aspects of the subject already met at GCSE, such as quadratic equations, coordinate geometry and trigonometry, while introducing new fields such as calculus and logarithms. The statistics content combines more sophisticated ways of interpreting and processing data, such as linear regression and standard deviation, with an extension of the fundamentals of probability that were introduced at GCSE. Meanwhile mechanics covers the use of the formulae for uniform acceleration, in conjunction with the application of Newton’s laws of motion. All three aspects are covered in Year 12 before being re-visited in greater depth and complexity in Year 13.