Why only further maths?

Why is maths the only A level that has a further a level as well. People who enjoy chemistry or phycology for example, shouldn't they be able to get 2 a levels out of a subject they enjoy and get a greater understanding

There's also an Additional Further Maths qualification.

Because the maths a-level has to cater to a lot of people for a lot of different degrees therefore it's had to make compromises on the content. Maths a-level used to have a lot more content in it but over the years it's been stripped down, a lot of stuff relegated to further maths. That and there's lot of maths to learn where as doing a further chemistry a-level would be pointless as you'd just be encroaching on uni stuff. Maths is the most versatile subject and further maths isn't just extremely helpful people who do maths degrees but also engineering, computer science and physics degrees. Also in terms of talent it's most clear cut in maths because maths is all about doing and working out things with objective answers whereas other subjects often have subjective wordy questions or things that can be simply learnt by rote with little understanding (which to be fair is also largely true with maths a-level). It makes sense for there to be a further maths qualification to stretch those who are good at maths and want to go further.

Why is maths the only A level that has a further a level as well. People who enjoy chemistry or phycology for example, shouldn't they be able to get 2 a levels out of a subject they enjoy and get a greater understanding

And before you suggest that unis should just teach the further maths stuff at uni, maths degrees at top unis are packed with content as it is and it's a waste of time to spend the first term going over basic stuff rather than simply jumping into university level topics.

Except they do.

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