New maths and further maths A Levels

I do not think there will be an issue with uptake

It may be what HE wants but if HE doesn't bestow any advantage for having it or detriment for not having it, students will vote with their feet.

There might however be an issue with turning up.

Given that funding in FE colleges is dependant on students continuing with some maths from 2016 (it may actually be 2015) onwards

And given that anyone taking a Btec Level 3 will need it as part of their "tech bacc"

I do not think there will be an issue with uptake

Well - in the case of the Tech Bacc they will not have any useful qualification without it

This isn't the case. There is no requirement for students to continue with mathematics unless they did not achieve A* to C at GCSE. .

The Tech Bacc is a Performance Measure not a qualification. It is equally as useless as the Ebacc.

Not for schools, no

But FE courses have had their funding tied to it

The Core Maths specifications are yet to be approved but they will be as Ofqual will not dare to embarrass the Government.

The only drafts that have been published are from OCR MEI and you will find links below. OCR have not submitted their own specifications but AQA and Edexcel have.

Quantitative Problem Solving

Quantitative Reasoning

I know nothing of this and I would. Evidence please?

I was at a dfe led conference and a high proportion of FE people were up in arms about it

Oh wow. Definitely not a fan. These have good intentions but the exams are ridiculously patronising. 3 marks for dividing two numbers? 7 marks for calculating the circumference of a circle? Heck there's 3 marks for reading numbers off a graph and adding them up?

This type of training would be great during secondary school though. I thought the qualification was meant to be for people who got a C in GCSE?

They must have all been confused. The only requirements relate to GCSE.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332781/16-19_conditions_of_funding_maths_and_English_v2.pdf

Then - given the funding requirements at FE it is difficult to see how they would be kept on at college if they are going to cost money

Oh wow. Definitely not a fan. These have good intentions but the exams are ridiculously patronising. 3 marks for dividing two numbers? 7 marks for calculating the circumference of a circle? Heck there's 3 marks for reading numbers off a graph and adding them up?

This type of training would be great during secondary school though. I thought the qualification was meant to be for people who got a C in GCSE?

The content is not meant to be beyond that of Higher GCSE (though they should be adding the stats back in that is being removed) - it is meant to be about application

The philosophy is that the coursework should be led by the requirements of their other A level courses and the maths is being highlighted in the other new A level syllabi

I'm not getting it... This is a course for those people who have done OK at GCSE level, but they're going to be required to take this qualification even though the maths in their A-Levels will often be harder (or at least, have a proper context)?

I'm not getting it... This is a course for those people who have done OK at GCSE level, but they're going to be required to take this qualification even though the maths in their A-Levels will often be harder (or at least, have a proper context)?

They are not required to do it.

They won't usually have done THAT well at GCSE. This will give them a chance to consolidate their GCSE skills, use mathematics in context and learn a small amount of new material.

The maths in their A Levels isn't harder

The issues that HE have are


Then the government have issues with the fact that so few people in the UK continue with maths beyond 16 whereas a high to very high proportion do so in other countries

If someone has a B or A at A-Level, isn't a different qualification going to help these students more than the Core Maths one, which they should breeze through?