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Mathematics – Head of Department: Miss A Holland
Specification: OCR Linear Mathematics Course J560 (GCSE 9-1)
There is no coursework component in this GCSE Mathematics course.
This course is assessed completely by three terminal exams sat at the end of year 11.
GCSE Mathematics has a Foundation tier (grades 1 – 5) and a Higher tier (grades 3 – 9). Students take either
the Higher or Foundation tier.
Additional Support Available to Students:
My Maths
www.mymaths.co.uk
login: hagley
password: kite
This web-based mathematical support has many GCSE booster topics explained and assessed.
The students ‘Myportal’ personal login is the same as they used in year 10.
GCSEPod
https://www.gcsepod.com/
This web-based support has many mathematical videos and review tasks to support understanding.
Maths Genie and Corbett Maths
https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/
https://corbettmaths.com/
These websites provide maths videos, topic specific exercises and past exam paper questions with answers
readily available.
GCSE papers and topic ’check in tests’ are all available on the OCR website.
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