COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A Level Mathematics Edexcel – Students will need a grade 6 or above at GCSE.

WHAT IS THE COURSE CONTENT AND HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

YEAR 1/AS PURE MATHEMATICS
Topics include: Proof, algebra and functions, coordinate geometry in the (x,y) plane, sequences andseries, trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms, differentiation, integration, vectors

YEAR 1/AS APPLICATIONS
Section A: Statistics – Statistical sampling, data presentation and interpretation, probability, statistical
distributions, statistical hypothesis testing
Section B: Mechanics – Quantities and units in mechanics, kinematics, forces and Newton’s laws

YEAR 2 PURE MATHEMATICS

Extend the methods of year 1, with the addition of numerical methods, modulus functions, inverse and
composite functions, parametric equations, arithmetic and geometric sequences, advanced
trigonometry, advanced calculus, vectors in three-dimensions.

YEAR 2 APPLICATIONS
Section A: Statistics – Extension of year 1 methods, with the addition of conditional probability, normal
distribution, non-linear regression and further hypothesis testing.
Section B: Mechanics – Extension of year 1 methods, with the addition of projectiles, friction and moments.

Three exams at the end of Year 13 each 2 hours long. Two papers will cover the pure maths content and the
third paper will cover the applications.