A-Level Maths and Further Maths · Years 12 and 13 · Ages 16 to 18

A-Level maths tutoring for students who want to understand it, not just survive it.

The jump from GCSE to A-Level catches strong students out. The content is not the problem, the fluency is. Algebra that was “fine” at GCSE has to become automatic, because every A-Level topic sits on top of it. We fix the foundations first, then teach the exam.

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AQA 7357Edexcel 9MA0OCR H240OCR MEI H640Cambridge International

Sound familiar?

The reasons parents get in touch at this stage.

“Got a 7 or 8 at GCSE and Year 12 has been a shock.”

“Pure makes sense, mechanics does not. Or the other way round.”

“Predicted a B and the university offer says A.”

“Taking Further Maths alongside and drowning in both.”

A term, phase by phase

What actually happens in the first twelve weeks.

Week 1

Diagnostic on the fundamentals

Algebraic manipulation, functions, trig identities, indices and logs. Most A-Level marks are lost on these, not on the new content. We find out which ones are not yet automatic.

Weeks 2 to 6

Make the foundations automatic

Targeted practice until the algebra stops needing thought. Then the current pure topic, taught for understanding with the proof and the picture, not just the method.

Weeks 7 to 11

Applied modules and exam questions

Statistics and mechanics in rotation with the school’s order, then multi-part exam questions under time, marked with the board’s scheme.

Half term

Grade estimate and the Year 13 plan

Where your child sits against the target grade, paper by paper. In Year 13 this becomes a revision plan that runs to the last exam.

How it is assessed

Three two-hour papers, and a synoptic exam that rewards understanding.

A-Level Maths is examined at the end of Year 13 in three papers of two hours. Questions run across topics, so learning methods in isolation does not work. Further Maths is a separate A-Level with its own papers and its own grade.

Three papers, 2 hours each, 100 marks each
Pure in every paper; statistics and mechanics in the applied papers
AQA 7357, Edexcel 9MA0, OCR H240, OCR MEI H640
Further Maths: a second A-Level, examined separately

A lesson, minute by minute

Sixty minutes, and your child is doing the maths for a third of it.

Teach · 30 min30

Your child does it · 20 min20

5 minutes

Recap

Last week’s practice, marked together. Anything still shaky gets ten more minutes before moving on.

30 minutes

Teach

One topic, worked on the shared whiteboard. Every step written out the way an examiner wants to see it.

20 minutes

Your child does it

Questions at the right difficulty, with the tutor watching the working, not just the answer.

5 minutes

Set and note

Two or three practice questions for the week, and the note to you goes out within the hour.

What we cover

Every strand on the specification.

Three papers of 2 hours each for A-Level Maths. Further Maths is a separate A-Level with its own papers.

Pure: Proof, algebra and functions, coordinate geometry, sequences and series, binomial expansion, trigonometry and radians, exponentials and logarithms, differentiation, integration, numerical methods, vectors
Statistics: Sampling and the large data set, data presentation, probability, binomial and normal distributions, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression
Mechanics: Kinematics and SUVAT, variable acceleration, forces and Newton’s laws, connected particles, moments, projectiles, friction
Further Maths: Complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and series, further calculus, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations, plus the applied options your board sets

Years 12 and 13, incl. Further Maths

A-Level Maths, one price

£55a lesson

60 minutes, one-to-one, at the same times every week. One lesson a week or more, you choose when you book. Single lesson without a weekly booking: £60.

Book weekly lessons

Billed weekly, one price per lesson. Cancel anytime.
Pause for holidays or half term. Up to four weeks a term, and your times are held.
Reschedule with 24 hours’ notice. One make-up lesson a month.
No sign-up fee, no packs, no lessons that expire.

FAQ

Questions about A-Level

Do you cover Further Maths?

Yes. Core pure, complex numbers, matrices, further calculus, polar coordinates, hyperbolics and differential equations, plus the applied options your board sets.

Year 12 or Year 13 start?

Year 12, ideally in the autumn, so the foundations are automatic before the content piles up. A Year 13 start works as a focused revision programme, paper by paper.

How many lessons a week before exams?

One lesson a week for most of the course. From the spring of Year 13 many students add a second weekly lesson or single lessons around each paper.

Which boards?

AQA, Edexcel, OCR and OCR MEI, and Cambridge International. The differences between boards are smaller than at GCSE, but the paper structures differ and we teach to yours.

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