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Maths - Year 11

GCSE MATHS (AQA – 4365) – Year 11

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)
  • Transformations
  • (F) Formulae. (H) Measures
  • (F) Construction and loci. (H) Trigonometry
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 2 (September - October)
  • (F) Coordinates and graphs. (H) Construction and loci
  • (F) Algebra review. (H) Simultaneous equations
  • (F) Quadratics. (H) Surds
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)
  • (F) Measures. (H) Cubic, circular and exponential functions
  • (F) Percentages. (H) Vectors
  • (F) Ratio. (H) Transforming functions
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)
  • (F) Equations and formulae. (H) Working with symbols
  • Fractions and decimals
  • Equations and formulae
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)
  • MATHS GCSE Revision Programme
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)
  • MATHS GCSE Revision Programme
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
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 978-1-4085-0619-6

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