GCSE Mathematics insights

Track learners' understanding with our new revision checker

Dave Taylor
Published 02 February 2024

Dave Taylor is a maths teacher, podcaster and a member...

Keeping the momentum for post-16 GCSE Maths

Julia Smith
Published 11 December 2023

Your post-16 learners will have already struggled with GCSE Maths...

Preparing to teach those aiming for the November resit

Julia Smith
Published 31 August 2023

Julia Smith, National Teacher Trainer, and Author unlocks key insights to help...

My thoughts on GCSE results day 2023

Andrew Taylor
Published 25 August 2023

Our Head of Maths, Andrew Taylor, reflects on this year's GCSE Maths...

Using AQA’s improved GCSE Maths papers to build student confidence and gain stronger results

Joel Hofman
Published 04 August 2023

Based in West Sussex, the College of Richard Collyer (Collyer's) is...

Changing the lives of post-16 students with clearer and fairer exam papers

Aga Heisig
Published 04 August 2023

The College of West Anglia (CWA) is guided by the ethos...

Our post-16 GCSE Maths route map could hold the key to your learners success

Julia Smith
Published 21 June 2023

A dip in confidence, prior negative experience and lack of relevance can be...

New Exampro worksheets: How to successfully transition from GCSE Maths to A-level Maths

Dr Tom Bennison
Published 28 April 2023

Dr Tom Bennison is a Head of Sixth Form in an academy...

Target intervention and exam technique with our new topic audit resource

Dave Taylor
Published 29 March 2023

Dave Taylor knows about preparing students for their final maths exams. A...

Can goal-free maths problems help achieve exam success?

Peter Mattock
Published 06 March 2023

Did you know goal-free problems can help develop the skills your students...

Ancient approaches and modern maths

Damian Haigh
Published 23 February 2023

Damian discusses why the process of conversation is more effective than just instructing...

Choosing the ‘right’ tier for GCSE Maths

Robin Harris
Published 06 February 2023

We know how difficult it is to make the decision on which...

What are the ‘right’ grade boundaries for GCSE Maths?

Andrew Taylor
Published 28 September 2022

On results day this year, I wrote a short blog about why...

Paper improvements for summer 2023

Shaun Procter-Green
Published 27 September 2022

Our Maths Assessment Lead, Shaun Procter-Green, explores the further improvements we’ve made...

My first thoughts on this year's GCSE results

Andrew Taylor
Published 20 August 2022

Our Head of Maths, Andrew Taylor, reflects on this year's GCSE Maths...

Playing the long game: my summers spent as a Head of Maths

Greg Thomas
Published 16 June 2022

Greg reflects on his summers as a Head of Maths after his...

A trip down memory lane: my summer after GCSEs

Ian Andrews
Published 09 June 2022

Ian reflects on the summer after sitting his GCSEs and explores the...

Top five FAQs: your questions, answered

Carly Hayton and Robin Harris
Published 03 May 2022

Carly and Robin reflect on the questions you asked most during our...

Supporting students: a teacher trainer perspective

Julia Smith
Published 11 March 2022

Julia reflects on her time at school and how the lessons she learned...

Supporting students: a parent’s perspective

Andrew Taylor
Published 09 March 2022

Andrew reflects on his own GCSEs and A-levels and explores how parents can...

Supporting students: a teacher’s perspective

Dan Rogan
Published 07 March 2022

Dan reflects on why teaching the right maths in the right ways, with...

The reason to reason

Ian Davies
Published 24 February 2022

Ian talks about empowering students to draw their own mathematical conclusions through conversation.It’s...

Compare, converse, correct

Peter Mattock
Published 22 February 2022

Pete explores the importance of encouraging students to have their own maths conversations.It’s...