Secondary Curriculum Team GCSE Updates: Maths March 2010 .
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Secondary Curriculum Team
GCSE Updates: Maths
March 2010
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GCSE Maths
• To focus on entry policies that schools could adopt to maximise results
• To plan ways to support effective practice during the transition to the new GCSE specifications
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GCSE Maths
Approaches to Early Entry
• Strategic Approach• Benefits - Confidence
- Capturing the ‘D’s
(Disaffected/Disillusioned/Disappearing)
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GCSE Maths
Tier of Entry
• Foundation Tier – approx 80% Grade C• Higher Tier – approx 40% Grade C• Lack of overlap in curriculum• Depends on Intake
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GCSE Maths
Linear vs Modular
• Linear– 149 for a C– 70 for a C
• Modular– 240 UMS for a C
• How should you get these marks?
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GCSE Maths
Modular Route
• Module order • Tier of entry• When do you lose the C?• Mixed profiles
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GCSE Maths
Current Year 9
• Start teaching New Specification • Even more important
– Module order– Module tier of entry– Linear
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