Maintaining maths skills post-GCSE if not doing maths/science A-levels

[Pinky04]

Can anyone recommend any resources/ on line materials/ other options for maintaining maths skills for DS who is not studying maths/ science A-levels. Some 6th forms seem to offer continuing programmes to maintain maths/ literacy skills (not just for those who don't get GCSE passes), but DS's school doesn't offer anything like this. Am concerned that having had his last maths lesson in May (aged 15) his maths skills will deteriorate because he's not continuing to do any maths, even if it he did get a 6.

You're probably right. Fifteen seems a bit early to stop learning math, but at the same time I find it hard anybody would continue to study math on their own if they don't have a particular interest in it. The most important is that he knows how to calculate percentage and interest rates on mortgages, and stick to a budget, and such. Not equally necessary to take the second derivative out of some formula, or measure the area of a triangle. The area of a square might be useful, if you want to measure the area of a house for instance.