Mathematics

We believe that students deserve a creative and ambitious mathematics curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which ignites curiosity and prepares them well for everyday life and future employment. It is our aim to support every student to achieve success in mathematics and to foster a positive attitude to the subject. It is our intent that every student leaves our school with the mathematical knowledge and skills they need to deal confidently with mathematical problems they meet in everyday life and that they require to take their desired next steps.

The curriculum and its delivery will enable students to understand the mathematics that they are taught. We aim to use concrete, pictorial, abstract teaching to enable students’ development of mathematical concepts. The curriculum will enable students to become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics through frequent and varied practice and to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. They will also learn to reason, conjecture and justify.

Proficiency with number enables students to progress through the mathematics curriculum and so we begin year 7 with a focus on number and calculations. Throughout year 7 have a weekly programme of times tables to help build students confidence in the instant recall of multiplicative facts. We have carefully sequenced the national curriculum for mathematics so that students meet topics in an appropriate order and have multiple opportunities to revisit earlier ideas on which they need to build.

At KS4, we build upon knowledge and understanding from KS3. Students will sit either the foundation or higher tier at the end of the GCSE course and we do not make final decisions on individual students’ tier of entry until the middle of year 11, so as not to narrow the curriculum too soon for too many students.

At KS5, we use the Edexcel exam board. In year 12 we start by covering all of the AS pure mathematics. We then move on to study the mechanics and statistics elements of the course once algebraic fluency has been established.This is also the case in year 13. This is to allow students the opportunity to revisit throughout the year the more challenging aspects of the course, which are part of the pure syllabus. We want to foster a love of mathematics in students before they leave us, enabling them to pursue further education or a career in mathematics. 
 

Please find the curriculum overview document in the link below.

Curriculum Map for Maths