Further Maths A Level

Further Maths is a highly challenging and stimulating course for excellent mathematicians who have achieved a grade 7, 8 or 9 in GCSE Maths. This course must be studied alongside A Level Maths.

Not only will this course improve your performance in A Level Maths, it is also designed to let you study a wide range of further options in pure maths, mechanics, statistics, decision and numerical maths in much more detail.

This course is more difficult than A Level Maths, so you need to be a very keen mathematician, as well as a highly motivated learner.

Must meet overall entry criteria for A Level study.

Average GCSE score of 5.5 or above.

Grade 7 or above in GCSE Maths (higher tier).

This course must be studied alongside A Level Maths.

If you wish to study two or more A Level Science or Maths courses, you will need to meet the entry criteria for a Science A Level programme too.

Further Maths can lead to degrees such as maths, physics, engineering, economics, accountancy, meteorology, data science, computer science and more.

A qualification in Further Maths can also lead to many different careers, including accountancy, actuary, cyber security, data analysis, economics, engineering, financial advice, investment, meteorology, physics, programming, research, software development, statistics, tax advice and teaching.