Tuesday Lesson:
Populations and Samples
Wednesday Lesson:
Median and IQR
Friday Lesson:
Mean and Standard Deviation
Estimating the Mean for Grouped Data
Video Lesson (16 Min)
Blog posts : "L65M"
Week 14 - 20 February
Tuesday Lesson:
MEI Questions on Probability Trees
Homework - Complete the other 4 questions in the classwork
Week 07 - 13 February
Tuesday Lesson:
Conditional Probability - Venn Diagrams
Wednesday Lesson:
Probability From Tables
Homework is to complete the rest of the questions from last week's worksheet
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Probability Trees
Week 31 Jan - 06 Feb
Week 24 - 30 January
Tuesday Lesson:
Vectors 3
Magnitude - Direction - Unit - Position
Wednesday Lesson:
Angle Between Vectors
Friday Lesson:
Vectors Mixed Exercise 11
Week 17 - 23 January
Tuesday Lesson:
Vectors 2
Parallel Vectors
GCSE Vector Problems (Homework)
All Vectors Questions Q1 - Q10
Week 10 - 16 January
Tuesday Lesson:
Integration - Mixed Exercise 13
Wednesday Lesson:
Integration - Mixed Exercise 13
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Vectors
A-level Maths Grade Boundaries
| Sitting | Max | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2018 9MA0 | 300 | 229 | 184 | 155 | 126 | 98 | 70 |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2019 9MA0 | 300 | 217 | 165 | 134 | 103 | 73 | 43 |
| A-Level Maths Oct 2020 9MA0 | 300 | 214 | 162 | 130 | 99 | 68 | 37 |
| Average % for 2018 & 2019 | 100% | 74% | 58% | 48% | 38% | 29% | 19% |
I am sure June 2023 still seems a long way off but here are the grade boundaries for the first three sittings of the new A-level Maths. Again it is probably wise to ignore the results of the few students who sat the exam in October 2020 and look at the averages for the for the two pre-pandemic sittings.
You may be surprised to see top end grades have been awarded for rather modest percentage scores. That is because the exams are difficult but the proportion of students gaining each grade is not allowed to vary by much. Essentially, you are in a competition with your peers up and down the country.
| Cumulative Pass Rates | A* | A*-A | A*-B | A*-C | A*-D | A*-E |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2018 9MA0 | 31% | 61% | 76% | 85% | 91% | 95% |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2019 9MA0 | 17% | 41% | 57% | 74% | 88% | 97% |
| A-Level Maths Oct 2020 9MA0 | 29% | 55% | 73% | 86% | 91% | 95% |
Here are the cumulative pass rates for A-level Maths from 2018 to 2020. The reason the results were so high in 2018 is because the vast majority of candidates were the last sitting of the old syllabus where there were 6 modules and resits of modules were allowed throughout the course. The 2019 results probably give the most reliable prediction of future outcomes.
AS Maths Specimen Papers
Here are a pair of specimen papers for AS Maths. You will find question papers, mark schemes, staff solutions and video solutions to every individual question on the Pure paper. Use them well throughout your Lower Sixth year to get a feel for the standard of question you are expected to deal with at this stage of your A-level course.
AS Maths Grade Boundaries
| Sitting | Max | A | B | C | D | E |
| AS Maths Jun 2018 8MA0 | 160 | 105 | 90 | 75 | 61 | 47 |
| AS Maths Jun 2019 8MA0 | 160 | 101 | 87 | 74 | 61 | 48 |
| AS Maths Oct 2020 8MA0 | 160 | 93 | 76 | 59 | 43 | 27 |
| Average % for 2018 & 2019 | 100% | 64% | 55% | 47% | 38% | 30% |
Up to 2017 students were automatically entered for AS-level Maths in their Lower Sixth Year, as it was a compulsory part of the old A-level course. Once AS became stand alone and optional, Chosen Hill, like many other schools opted out to avoid increased costs. Exam fees vary from subject to subject but for Maths they are currently £59.70 for AS-Level and £124.10 for A-level. Under the old system AS exams were part of the full A-level and there was no separate charge. We did enter students for AS Maths in 2018 but were the only subject to do so. Nationally the Edexcel entries for AS Maths dropped from 12,657 in June 2018 to 4,446 in June 2021.
Though you will not be entered for AS-levels this year, past AS papers provide a very good measure of your progress half way through your A-level course. You will have access to several sets of AS papers and the table above shows grade boundaries for exams actually taken. Because the October 2020 sitting was basically for students unhappy with the grade awarded by their school, there would have been very few candidates sat the exams. The red line in the above table shows you the percentage of marks required for each pass grade averaged over the pre-pandemic sittings of 2018 and 2019.
The AS consists of two exams: a 2 hour Pure paper worth 100 marks and a 1 hr 15 min Mechanics & Statistics paper worth 60 marks (30 Mechanics & 30 Statistics). Note that in all sittings to date a Grade A has been awarded for less than 2/3 of the possible marks.
Week 29 Nov - 05 Dec
Tuesday Lesson:
Recap on Increasing & Decreasing Functions
Introduction to Integration
Wednesday Lesson:
Finding Functions
Friday Lesson:
Definite Integration
Integration of Polynomial Functions
Video Lesson (25 min)
Week 22 - 28 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Differentiation Mixed Exercise 12
Week 15 - 21 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Increasing and Decreasing Functions
Wednesday Lesson:
Review Basic Differentiation & Intro to Modelling
Friday Lesson:
Modelling With Differentiation
Week 08 - 14 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Stationary Points
Week 01 - 07 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Revision For Assessment 1
Wednesday Lesson:
Intro to Calculus
Differentiation from first principles
Differentiation of Polynomials
Friday Lesson:
Differentiation of Powers of x
Week 18 - 24 October
Week 11 - 17 October
Tuesday Lesson:
Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations
Wednesday Lesson:
Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations 2
Homework : Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10, Q12 from exam questions above.
Hand in on Friday - Full solutions will be posted once homework handed in.
Full Solutions to Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations Homework
Friday Lesson:
Cancelled For House Music