Hi, so I'm not a UK student (I'm from Canada), so I don't really undertsand A-levels. But I can help with Math in general. I tried IB in Math which went fine, but I left it (IB in Canada is sooo hard only a handful graduate successfully with good marks in IB).
So I had the same thing as you, but I improved it. It still happens, but to a lesser extent.
First, when you review your test before you hand it in. Like just pretend your doing the test all over again for the second time.
Second, if this did not work, it could be a matter of focusing on the details during practice questions!
Please let me know, how it went!
Hope this helped