When a House of Lords report suggested earlier this week that maths A-level should be compulsory for all sixth-formers, students were aghast. While some thanked the heavens they had escaped the ...

Details of a revamped syllabus for A-level mathematics to reduce the course content and place greater stress on pure maths will be announced today by the exams regulator. Ken Boston, chief executive ...

The phased introduction of the new maths course, and the corresponding exams, continues apace. This new course, called Project Maths, as anybody with the slightest interest in second level education ...

Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite ...

Rishi Sunak wants all pupils to continue studying maths until they are 18, partly to raise UK standards to meet those of similar nations and partly to boost people’s financial literacy. But the ...

Controversial reforms designed to make maths A-level "more flexible" resulted in a dramatic rise in the number of students getting A-grades, figures showed today. The changes to the A-level course, ...