Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics. Higher

Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics. Higher Synopsis

Exam Board: Edexcel

Level: GCSE

Subject: Maths

First teaching: September 2015

First exams: June 2017

• Help students reach a higher level in each topic before they move onto the next topic with content broken down into larger chunks.
• Check and consolidate understanding with formative assessment followed by an opportunity to strengthen learning at the end of each topic
• Challenge the higher abilities to broaden learning further with extend sections.
• Build confidence with fluency, reasoning and problem solving integrated in every unit to give students the tools to answer new question types.
• Support lower ability students with strategies proven to help them access concepts, such as concrete- pictorial-abstract.
• Encourage students to reflect on their learning, something that has been proven to nurture confidence and raise achievement in all abilities.