Most chosen general qualifications exam board in England.

  • About AQA

  • Centre Services

  • Join Us

  • Contact Us

AQA
  • Subjects
  • Qualifications
  • Professional Development
  • Exams Admin
  • Services
  • Search
  • Subjects

  • Qualifications

  • Professional Development

  • Exams Admin

  • Services

  • About AQA

  • Centre Services

  • Join Us

  • Contact Us

  • Log in

Subjects

  • Accounting

  • Art and Design

  • Biology

  • Business

  • Chemistry

  • Computer Science

  • Dance

  • Design and Technology

  • Drama

  • Economics

  • English

  • Food preparation and Nutrition

  • French

  • Geography

  • German

  • History

  • Law

  • Mathematics

  • Media Studies

  • Music

  • Physical Education

  • Physics

  • Politics

  • Psychology

  • Religious Studies

  • Science

  • Sociology

  • Spanish

  • All subjects

GCSEs

  • Biology (8461)

  • Chemistry (8462)

  • Combined Science: Trilogy (8464)

  • English Language (8700)

  • English Literature (8702)

  • Geography (8035)

  • History (8145)

  • Mathematics (8300)

  • See all GCSEs

AS and A-levels

  • Biology (7401)

  • Business (7131)

  • Chemistry (7404)

  • Geography (7037)

  • History (7041)

  • Physics (7407)

  • Psychology (7181)

  • Sociology (7191)

  • See all AS and A-Levels

Other qualifications

  • Applied Generals

  • AQA Certificate Mathematics

  • Entry Level Certificates

  • Project Qualifications

  • Unit Award Scheme

  • All qualifications

Our training

  • Course finder

  • About our training

  • Online training

  • Face-to-face training

  • In-school training

  • Inside assessment

Courses by theme

  • Effective exam prep

  • Exams officers

  • Getting started

  • Unit Award Scheme

Courses by subject

  • English

  • Mathematics

  • Science

  • Languages

  • Design and Technology

  • Physical Education

  • Geography

  • History

  • All professional development

Dates

  • Dates and timetables

  • Key dates

Non-exam assessment (NEA)

  • NEA, coursework and controlled assessment

  • Deadlines for non-exam assessment

  • Record forms

  • Submit marks

Exams

  • Entries

  • Entry fees

  • Exams guidance

  • Question papers and stationery

  • Access arrangements

  • Special consideration

Results

  • Results days

  • Results slips

  • Grade boundaries

  • Results statistics

  • Post-results services

  • Exam certificates

  • All Exams Admin

Assessment Services

  • Centre Services

  • Associate Extranet

  • Become an associate

Products

  • All About Maths

  • Alpha Plus

  • Data Insights

  • Exampro

  • Project Q

  • Stride Maths

  • Testbase

  • Unit Award Scheme

News and Insights

  • AQI research and insight

  • News

  • Inside exams podcast

  1. Home
  2. Subjects
  3. Mathematics
  4. GCSE Mathematics

GCSE Mathematics8300

SpecificationPlanning resourcesTeaching resourcesAssessment resourcesKey dates
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Specification at a glance
3.0 Subject content
3.1 Number
3.2 Algebra
3.3 Ratio, proportion and rates of change
3.4 Geometry and measures
3.5 Probability
3.6 Statistics
4.0 Scheme of assessment
5.0 General administration
Appendix: mathematical formulae
GCSE Mathematics Specification for first teaching in 2015

GCSE Mathematics Specification for first teaching in 2015

09 Dec 2014

PDF | 807.43 KB

3.6 Statistics

S1

Basic foundation content

Additional foundation content

Higher content only

 

infer properties of populations or distributions from a sample, whilst knowing the limitations of sampling

 

S2

Basic foundation content

Additional foundation content

Higher content only

interpret and construct tables, charts and diagrams, including frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts and pictograms for categorical data, vertical line charts for ungrouped discrete numerical data, and know their appropriate use

including tables and line graphs for time series data

 

Notes : including choosing suitable statistical diagrams.

S3

Basic foundation content

Additional foundation content

Higher content only

  

construct and interpret diagrams for grouped discrete data and continuous data, ie histograms with equal and unequal class intervals and cumulative frequency graphs, and know their appropriate use

S4

Basic foundation content

Additional foundation content

Higher content only

interpret, analyse and compare the distributions of data sets from univariate empirical distributions through:

  
  • appropriate graphical representation involving discrete, continuous and grouped data
 
  • including box plots
  • appropriate measures of central tendency (median, mean, mode and modal class) and spread (range, including consideration of outliers)
 
  • including quartiles and inter-quartile range

Notes : students should know and understand the terms: primary data, secondary data, discrete data and continuous data.

S5

Basic foundation content

Additional foundation content

Higher content only

apply statistics to describe a population

  

S6

Basic foundation content

Additional foundation content

Higher content only

use and interpret scatter graphs of bivariate data

  

recognise correlation

know that it does not indicate causation

draw estimated lines of best fit

make predictions

interpolate and extrapolate apparent trends whilst knowing the dangers of so doing

 

Notes : students should know and understand the terms: positive correlation, negative correlation, no correlation, weak correlation and strong correlation.

3.5 Probability
4.0 Scheme of assessment
AQA
  • Become an examiner
  • Switch to AQA
  • Contact Us
  • Join us
  • Terms and conditions
  • Accessibility
  • Modern slavery statement
  • Privacy notice
  • Cookie notice
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube

©AQA 2025 | Company number: 03644723 | Registered office: Devas Street, Manchester, M15 6EX | AQA is not responsible for the content of external sites

AQA Education has obtained an injunction preventing interference with public examinations. This notice is to alert you to the injunction, so that you are aware of it and can make submissions about it if you wish to do so.