GCSE Maths in a year

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DD is just completing her A levels, predicted 3xAs.
She's looking at psychology, or possibly business, at university (studying both for A level). Issue is, she 'only' has a 5 in maths gcse and some of the universities she's interested in want a 6. No CORE maths on offer at college and as she obviously didn't qualify for the resit class.
Can anyone recommend an online 'Maths in a year' GCSE course please?

Did she only get a 5 because she took Foundation, and that was the highest grade? Or did she attempt the higher course and only got a 5 on it? That might change how she approaches this. If she already took the higher course and has all her notes and study guides, then she could already be looking at past papers and working out what she doesn't know and where she went wrong - was it lack of work/interest, difficulty with maths, inaccurate working etc. If she took Foundation, then there will be quite a few topics that she hasn't been taught, and a tutor or course or decent online book might be most useful. If she was doing really well in Foundation and just got a 5 because it was all that was available, but essentially got almost all of it right, then there might only be a few extra topics she needs to brush up on to get her to the level of a 6 on a Higher paper - and she might even be able to teach herself - although for her own pride she might rather do a full course and be aiming at something higher than that. It depends also if she's seeing it just as something that needs to be ticked off to get onto her course, or something that is part of a competitive aspect for being selected for the course, or something that will actually help her when doing the course.

But I remember looking on behalf of someone a couple of years ago, and actually not finding a lot of easily accessible courses for someone of sixth form age. Most of the adult-ed ones were only Foundation level, and some had minimum age. I think in the end they went with tutoring plus home learning from a book and websites, and then entered as a private candidate (and paid for all of that), or at least that was the plan - not sure how it worked out as it was around covid times.

Higher paper but I'm not sure if her teaching group was taught to do more than pass, tbh. It's been 2 years since she studied it but the stats in business and psychology have certainly helped her confidence.
Local college says you need to be 19 plus and, yes think it's aimed at passing.
Think you're right - will need to try and find a tutor and enter privately.

I'd get her to do some practise papers from various exam boards, see what one she finds easiest. They do make a big difference tbh.
I'd then get her the textbook and workbook for that and enter her privately. Use a tutor if need be but if she's self motivated, she will be fine with YouTube.
Also check if the uni even accepts resit grades for maths.

Also her current school might be happy for her to join the Nov retakes if she prepares for the exam herself.

A quick win would be to buy CGP mathsbuster online practice and revision. It is quite a "dense" revision tool and many 16 years olds find it hard to have the stickability to keep going with it but an 18 year old with a focused reason for doing it would probably cope ok. It would give her a guide as to where she is actually at now after not doing maths for 2 years and lead her through in small steps to the next grade and the next. If she committed to doing an hour a day on it over the summer she could probably get quite a long way and then you would be able to use a tutor to target the bits she really finds tricky.

Excellent advice, thank you.
Yes, universities she's interested in would accept resits.

https://www.savemyexams.com is a helpful website

Thank you.
That and the CGP online package are new to me. Really helpful.