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Edexcel A-Level Maths Self Teaching Resources.

Hi,

I'm planning on retaking A-level Edexcel Mathematics.

I will be self-teaching as much of the content as I can through summer and may consider hiring a tutor for topics I can't understand.
Any suggestions for self-teaching resources?
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Where do you live? England, Northern Ireland or Wales?
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Original post by PetitePanda
Where do you live? England, Northern Ireland or Wales?

I live in England, and I plan on using Edexcel.
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Original post by Aokami
I forgot to specify

I live in England and I plan on using Edexcel.

You dont need to do AS exam for the final grade in A2 since it's linear. If you did the AS exam and then the A2, you would get two grades. Which resources for examboard specific, any or both?
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Original post by PetitePanda
You dont need to do AS exam for the final grade in A2 since it's linear. If you did the AS exam and then the A2, you would get two grades. Which resources for examboard specific, any or both?

I'm assuming the A2 exam will cover also cover AS.
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Original post by Aokami
Im assuming the A2 exam will still cover content from AS?
And any resources you'd recommend is fine.

Yes it will cover content from AS. For Edexcel, I recommend Pete Hart (Youtube) and the Edexcel book because it's really helpful and he goes over the book as well. For other resources, I recommend you look at these threads:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5860630
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4815788
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5003372
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5747896
CGP have some excellent student books that I personally recommend. (Past students have always preferred the CGP books over the official Pearson textbooks when working independently).

CGP used to publish one book for Y1 and a 2nd book for Y2, with each book covering the whole of that year's course. However, they have now published brand new editions where they have split them into separate books covering Pure and Applied - so you would get 2 books for each year (1 for pure and 1 for applied). The content between the old and new editions is the same in terms of the actual learning, and there are plenty of questions throughout, but the new edition has the addition of "Review Exercise" questions and "Exam Style Questions" in each chapter.

There are many great resources online to complement any "tuition" book. TLMaths and ExamSolutions videos (on YT) are both favourites, and there are many great sites that have lots of questions and/or past exam papers (see below). You can also download the spec, formula booklet, actual past exam papers and mock papers etc from the Edexcel site (although not the most recent papers, for obvious reasons!).

Since you're re-taking the A level, you will already be aware that the new spec is "harder" than the old spec in that the new spec includes more problem solving / modelling questions.

Naikermaths (new spec) (unofficial)
Practice papers: AS Level Pure (Y1), A Level Pure (Y2), A Level Mechanics

MadAsMaths (unofficial)
I.Y.G.B. Practice Papers: A Level Practice Papers 2019 spec:
MP1 (Y1 Pure)
MP2 (Y2 Pure)
SYN (combination of Y1 & Y2 Pure)
MMS (Stats & Mechanics)

Physics & Maths Tutor - A Level Papers
NB All papers/resources are the old spec but you can use them for practice if you pick and choose.
* Just be aware that the new spec includes more problem solving / modelling questions than the old spec *
Also, refer to the current spec, since some questions in the following papers are void because they aren't in the new spec:
C1, C2 (Y1 AS Pure)
C3, C4 (Y2 A level Pure)
M2 (projectiles, non-constant acceleration and moments), & M1 for mechanics practice
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