Delivery options Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Enrolment Only AS level is offered. Students enrol and must do the full course. Only A level is offered. Students enrol and must do the full course. Both AS and A level are offered. Students enrol on either an AS course or an A level course, but can transfer later on. Both AS and A level are offered. Students enrol on either an AS course or an A level course, with no option to transfer later on. Teaching All students are taught AS level. All students are taught A level. AS and A level student co-taught in the same class. AS and A level students taught in separate classes. End of year 1 Formal examination Formal examination All students sit AS exam. Teaching finishes in time for revision for AS exams. Students decide whether they continue to A level once they have their AS results. AS students sit AS exam. A level students sit internal exam on year 1 content. Pros Greater flexibility in ordering of AS level topics. Teaching can focus on AS demands only. Greater flexibility in ordering of A level topics. Teaching can focus on A level demands only. No need to run two separate AS and A level courses may be easier for timetabling. Know from start which students will do A level. More flexible for students – can confirm or change their decisions anytime through the course. Greater flexibility in ordering of A level topics. Teaching can focus on AS demands only or on A level demands only. Cons Less flexible for students – cannot change their minds and transfer at a later date. Need to prepare students in one class for different assessments. May need greater timetabling, staffing flexibility and resource to run two separate courses. Less flexible for students – cannot change their minds and transfer at a later date.
Delivery option 1: AS level only This model assumes only AS Mathematics is offered, which can be delivered either by teaching pure mathematics, statistics and mechanics side by side (Course planner model 1.1) or pure mathematics followed by one of the applied and then the other applied (pure → statistics → mechanics or pure → mechanics → statistics) (Course planner model 1.2). Both course planner models below assume delivering AS Mathematics in one year which can easily be adapted if a two year model is required. AS level Mathematics – Model 1.1 Pure Mathematics Statistics Mechanics Autumn 1 Algebra and functions Statistical sampling Data presentation and interpretation Quantities and units in mechanics Kinematics 1 Autumn 2 Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Further algebra Data presentation and interpretation Kinematics 1 Spring 1 Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Probability Statistical distributions Forces and Newton’s laws Spring 2 Differentiation Integration Statistical hypothesis testing Forces and Newton’s laws Summer 1 Exponentials and logarithms Statistical hypothesis testing Kinematics 2 Revision Summer 2 Formal examination AS level Mathematics – Model 1.2 Autumn 1 Pure Mathematics Algebra and functions Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Autumn 2 Further algebra Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Spring 1 Differentiation Integration Exponentials and logarithms Spring 2 Applied Statistics Statistical sampling Data presentation and interpretation Probability Statistical distributions Statistical hypothesis testing Mechanics Quantities and units in mechanics Kinematics 1 Forces and Newton’s laws Kinematics 2 Summer 1 Revision Summer 2 Formal examination
The binomial theorem Trigonometry Spring 2 Trigonometry Parametric equations Differentiation Numerical methods Integration (part 1) The Normal distribution Applications of forces Further kinematics Summer 1 Integration (part 2) Vectors (3D) Revision Summer 2 Formal examination A level Mathematics – Model 2.2 Autumn 1 Pure Mathematics Algebra and functions Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Further algebra Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Differentiation Integration Exponentials and logarithms Proof Algebraic and partial fractions Functions and modelling Series and sequences The binomial theorem Trigonometry Parametric equations Differentiation Numerical methods Integration (part 1) Integration (part 2) Vectors (3D) Autumn 2 Spring 1 Applied Statistics Statistical sampling Data presentation and interpretation Probability Statistical distributions Statistical hypothesis testing Regression and correlation Probability The Normal distribution Mechanics Quantities and units in mechanics Kinematics 1 (constant acceleration) Forces & Newton’s laws Kinematics 2 (variable acceleration) Moments Forces at any angle Applications of kinematics Applications of forces Further kinematics Spring 2 Summer 1
Revision Summer 2 Formal examination A level Mathematics – Model 2.3 AS content Pure Mathematics Statistics Mechanics Year 1 Autumn 1 Algebra and functions Statistical sampling Data presentation and interpretation Quantities and units in mechanics Kinematics 1 Autumn 2 Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Further algebra Data presentation and interpretation Kinematics 1 Spring 1 Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Probability Forces and Newton’s laws Spring 2 Vectors (2D) Differentiation Statistical distributions Forces and Newton’s laws Summer 1 Integration Exponentials and logarithms Statistical hypothesis testing Kinematics 2 Summer 2 Remaining A level content Pure Mathematics Statistics Mechanics Proof Algebraic and partial fractions Regression and correlation Moments Year 2 Autumn 1 Functions and modelling Series and sequences The binomial theorem Probability Forces at any angle
Autumn 2 Trigonometry Parametric equations The Normal distribution Applications of kinematics Spring 1 Differentiation Numerical methods The Normal distribution Applications of forces Spring 2 Integration The Normal distribution Further kinematics Summer 1 Vectors (3D) Revision Summer 2 Formal examination A level Mathematics – Model 2.4 Year 1 Autumn 1 Pure Mathematics (AS content) Algebra and functions Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Autumn 2 Further algebra Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Spring 1 Differentiation Integration Exponentials and logarithms Spring 2 Applied (AS content) Statistics Statistical sampling Data presentation and interpretation Probability Statistical distributions Statistical hypothesis testing Mechanics Quantities and units in mechanics Kinematics 1 Forces and Newton’s laws Kinematics 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Pure Mathematics (remaining A level content) Proof Algebraic and partial fractions Functions and modelling Series and sequences Year 2 Autumn 1 The binomial theorem Trigonometry Parametric equations
Further algebra Spring 1 Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Probability Statistical distributions Forces and Newton’s laws Spring 2 Differentiation Integration Statistical hypothesis testing Forces and Newton’s laws Summer 1 Exponentials and logarithms Statistical hypothesis testing Kinematics 2 Revision Summer 2 Formal examination Remaining A level content Pure Mathematics Statistics Mechanics Proof Algebraic and partial fractions Year 2 Autumn 1 Functions and modelling Series and sequences The binomial theorem Regression and correlation Moments Autumn 2 Trigonometry Parametric equations Probability Forces at any angle Spring 1 Differentiation Numerical methods The Normal distribution Applications of kinematics Spring 2 Integration The Normal distribution Applications of forces Summer 1 Vectors (3D) The Normal distribution Further kinematics Revision Summer 2 Formal examination A level Mathematics – Model 3.2 Year 1 Autumn 1 Pure Mathematics (AS content) Algebra and functions Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Autumn 2 Further algebra Trigonometry Vectors (2D) Spring 1 Differentiation Integration Exponentials and logarithms