Mathematics Summary
A-level Mathematics extends and challenges your compulsory Mathematics education. It encourages learners to think and act mathematically, using mathematical skills and forms of communication to analyse situations within mathematics and elsewhere. The course provides a broad and widely applicable base of mathematical knowledge, including rigorous treatment of calculus and proof alongside statistics and mechanics, preparing learners for a wide range of destinations in Higher Education and employment – Mathematics A-level is one of the top ten subjects held in the highest regard by the top universities.
We explore how mathematical ideas are interconnected and how we can apply this to model situations using algebra and other representations, to help make sense of data, to understand the physical world and to solve problems in a variety of contexts, including social sciences and business.
A-level content is an exciting mixture of Pure and Applied mathematics. To complement the Pure more algebraic content of the course, there is now a compulsory element of Mechanics for everyone to study and apply their skills incorporating kinematics, Newton’s laws and applications of vectors. The Statistics element is now more focussed on interpretation and includes some hypothesis testing which provides you with a clearer idea of applying Mathematics to real life, not just in a classroom.