Maths A Level

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM HOMEWOOD SCHOOL & SIXTH FORM CENTRE FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 APPLICATIONS*

Applications Open: - 22nd November 2023

Applications Close: - 19th January 2024

Entry Requirements: - Each course has its own entry requirements, please see course descriptions or the prospectus for details.

Option Blocks: - https://www.homewood-school.co.uk/119/options-blocks

Students must select a minimum of three courses, each from a different block

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices.

Open Event: - 22nd November 2023 4pm - 7pm

Open Mornings: - Monday 13th November and Tuesday 14th November 2023, 9:15am - 11.15am

IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A LEVEL STUDENTS WILL COVER TWO DIFFERENT MODULES, ‘PURE MATHEMATICS’ AND ‘STATISTICS AND MECHANICS’.

Pure Mathematics will introduce proof, algebra and functions, graphs and transformations, coordinate geometry, binomial expansion, trigonometry, exponential and logarithms, differentiation, integration and vectors. Statistics and mechanics will introduce applied mathematics and looking at the following topics data presentation and interpretation, interpolation, probability, binomial distribution, hypothesis testing, kinematics and forces.

In the second year of A Level Mathematics students will study ‘Pure Mathematics 2’ and ‘Statistics and Mechanics 2’. Pure Mathematics 2 consists of some familiar topics from Pure 1 but deepening and extending the topics further and it also introduces new topics such as numerical methods, arithmetic & geometric. Series and parametric equations.

Statistics and Mechanics 2 again will have familiar topics from the first year and introduce the following, regression and correlation, conditional probability, normal distribution, moments, friction and projectiles. At the end of the second year you will sit three examinations. Two ‘Pure’ examinations and a ‘Statistics and Mechanics’ examination.

5 GCSE grades at 4 or above including a 6 in Mathematics.