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Maths - Year 10

GCSE Maths (AQA – 4365) – Year 10

The three main areas of the GCSE linear maths course are number and algebra, statistics and probability, and geometry and measures. The course is taught over two years, at the end of Year 11 students will sit two exam papers which will test their knowledge of the course. Students will be entered for the Higher tier or Foundation tier in their final exams.
Paper 1 is a non-calculator paper and is worth 40%, paper 2 is a calculator paper and worth 60%.

(F) Foundation tier classes
(H) Higher tier classes

Half Term 1 (June - July)
  • Prime Factors
  • Working with symbols
  • Collecting data
  • Fractions and decimals
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 2 (September - October)
  • Sequences
  • Statistical measures
  • (F) Decimals (H) Indices and Standard form
  • Representing data
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 3 (November - December)
  • Angles & properties of polygons
  • Scatter Graphs
  • Probability
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 4 (January - February)
  • Polygon and circle properties
  • Equations, inequalities and trial and improvement
  • Perimeter, area and volume
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 5 (March - April)
  • Percentages
  • Graphs of linear functions
  • Percentages, ratio and proportion
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 6 (April - May)
  • Pythagoras’ Theorem
  • (F) Fractions and decimals (H) Formulae
  • (F) Indices (H) Quadratic equations
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No

Suggested Reading list
Textbooks: publisher Nelson Thornes AQA Mathematics
Higher:
Unit 1 - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0622-6
Unit 2 - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0626-4
Unit 3 - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0630-1
AQA maths GCSE revision guide - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0620-2

Foundation:
Unit 1 - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0621-9
Unit 2 - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0625-7
Unit 3 - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0621-9
AQA maths GCSE revision guide - ISBN: 978-1-4085-0619-6

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