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Additional maths

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Sparty · 12/08/2016 16:31

My son is at a comprehensive (1200 pupils) and going into year 10, they are not offering additional maths. My son usually gets the highest grades in his year and has won a number of maths competitions. Should we arrange for him to study additional maths outside of school? (He thinks he wants to do maths at Uni)

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mathsmum314 · 12/08/2016 23:41

Same situation, no answer. All schools seem to have stopped offering additional maths due to the new GCSE. Don't know what to do.

JustRichmal · 12/08/2016 23:35

Having had a dd who did additional maths, I would say it is not necessary. I would, instead, let him look at whatever in the A level syllabus he fancies getting his head round so he is well prepared. If he wants to go beyond GCSE in the next two years, this will be the time when he has time to really think about some of the more complex concepts, without the pressure of an exam looming. A levels can either be approached by learning the formulae or asking why that formula is so. He has the time now to do the later, and does not need to be chasing an extra piece of paper for this to happen.