Year 10 Mathematics Curriculum Plan

General Information

Number of periods per fortnight: 6

Sets The subject is set by ability, with a larger top set and a smaller bottom set to allow for appropriate progress.

Course Information This is a Modular course with a Higher (A*-D) and a Foundation (C-G) Tier of entry.

Both tiers are structured to cover the following strands: Number, Algebra, Shape & Space, and Data Handling.

There are three Units of Study:

Unit 1 (worth 20% of the GCSE) cover Data Handling alone and is typically taken at the Higher level by all students, with the top set taking it in early March of Year 10 and the rest taking it at the end Year 10.

Unit 2 (30%) covers all other material and is typically taken by all students in March of Year 10, and by most at the Higher level.

Unit 3 (50%), the Terminal Unit, covers the same material as Unit 2 and is taken by all students at the end of Year 11, at the level appropriate to their ability.

Parents and students should be aware that any single Unit can only be retaken once, the better of the two marks counting.

Further to the above course of study, most top set students undertake an AS Module in Decision Mathematics, the course running in Year 11 after the completion of the GCSE Mathematics content.

To study Mathematics in the Sixth Form at KEQMS, we normally require at least an A grade in GCSE Mathematics.