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As mentioned (and you conveniently ignored...) it bridges the gap with A-level Maths/FM, and therefore helps the transition.
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It helps students enjoy maths more (many again say they prefer it to GCSE).
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It helps with GCSE Maths because it helps to reinforce a lot of the content in it, hence helping to get better grades anyway.
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I've known several state schools do this for the best at maths: for all the reasons mentioned. If you're brilliant at Maths GCSE doesn't take much of your time, and Further Maths is another good grade.
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Getting top grades is all well and good, but if you want to do Maths at A-level or further, using common sense, being able to put 9 in Further Maths is much better than saying I got a 9 in Food Technology and RE. If you're not doing Maths at A-level, it's quite obvious that it's less necessary: but you could also argue the same for basically all GCSE subjects when you only choose 3 for A-level.
Last reply 2 days ago
went from 3s to 9s with (literally) night before revision - ask me anything59
Last reply 2 days ago
went from 3s to 9s with (literally) night before revision - ask me anything59