Resources
Core Maths Lead case study
Find out how the role of a Core Maths Lead (CML) supports developments in Core Maths.
CML Christine Thompson shares her experience of expanding her local school cluster, how she works with other schools and colleges, the challenges of her role and advice for others.
Core Maths qualifications: technical guidance
Revised in August 2018 following previous versions, the technical guidance describes the purpose of the Core Maths qualifications as, ‘Core Maths qualifications should consolidate and build on students’ mathematical understanding and develop further mathematical understanding and skills in the application of maths...
Core Maths resources
In this video teachers reveal their favourite resource for teaching Core Maths.
Included are resources that motivate students through engaging topics, resources that deal with concepts in ways that students have not met at GCSE and resources that link to other subjects.
Core Maths resources...
Core Maths teacher FAQs
These fifteen frequently asked questions contain a range of information for schools and teachers considering offering Core Maths. Questions cover basic information on the qualification, university and employer support, the demand of the course, the benefits of studying Core Maths and advice for non-mathematics...
This series of short videos discuss the benefits of Core Maths from the perspectives of both teachers and students.
Core maths – extreme weather
In this lesson students examine whether reports of extreme cold weather provide evidence that global warming is not happening. They look at the New York Times graphs of summer temperature distributions for the northern hemisphere for different periods and interrogate/critique these graphs.
Students will...
Core maths – trees and carbon capture
In this lesson students explore data showing how much carbon dioxide different species of tree absorb from the atmosphere.
Students interpret data, statistics, graphs and infographics and make predictions and draw conclusions...
Core maths – trees for net zero
In this lesson students develop their estimation and proportional reasoning skills, developing a sense of scale of large ...
Core Maths- preparation for the future and enhancing the post 16 provision map
This paper aims to introduce the Core Maths qualification, explain why Core Maths is important for higher education, discuss approaches to the teaching of Core Maths and showcases three examples which exemplify the nature of Core Maths, the way it is taught, and how students develop their knowledge, understanding...
Core Maths: a parent's perspective
In this video a parent of prospective Core Maths students discusses her thoughts on recent changes in mathematics education and the importance of mathematics skills in the workplace.