Year V of Nuffield Physics was planned as the culmination of the five-year programme by linking important experiments and ideas. The year called for more imaginative thinking, more reasoning, and new experimenting. The aim was to develop some taste for theory and to...

Numeracy Through Problem Solving is a sequence of five modules which develop students' ability to use mathematics together with other skills. In tackling problems of concern or situations of interest in everyday life - the original definition of numeracy, which was reinforced by the Cockcroft Report. The five...

Published by LSIS, this guide is intended for learning providers who want to help care workers develop better mathematics skills at work. The guide is divided into two parts. Part 1 identifies the mathematics that care workers use at work, offers an overview of the adult social care sector, considers attitudes to...

Produced on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) in 2009 by Roger Porkess, this is a position statement on Qualifications in Mathematics at Level 3 from 2011.

The report outlines twelve recommendations on the scope and format of assessment of mathematics at level 3 available to...

The project involved members of staff from the STEM subjects at the Kingswinford School working collaboratively to plan and deliver sessions to a group of Year Nine students. These sessions were held after school for an hour each week during the summer and autumn terms...

This project worked to provide teachers with rich tasks to develop interdisciplinary approaches that bring together mathematics and science. The materials support students in exploring meaningful problems in a European context in ways that develop their scientific problem solving and inquiry skills. They are...

The four consultation documents here from QCA set out the subject criteria for first teaching in September 2012 for AS and A level in:
*Mathematics
*Use of mathematics
*Further mathematics
*Use of statistics

This paper, published to coincide with Science and Engineering Week 2013, presents evidence from research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to explore how to encourage further engagement in, and take-up of, STEM subjects. It discusses why STEM education is important and looks at...

Being financially capable means having the confidence, skills and knowledge we need to manage money well, now and in the future. The development of financial capability is life-long and includes the ability to adapt the approach to money management in response to changes in personal and financial circumstances....

This report identified the alarming disparity between the proportions of students studying mathematics beyond the age of 16.  At that time only one-fifth of pupils in England continued to study maths at any level after achieving a GCSE - the lowest of 24 developed countries. A key recommendation from the report was...

This resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, contains a collection of copymasters for reception class children.

Each set of copymasters is matched to a block of ten lessons.

The transition into post-compulsory mathematics education is summarised in this resource from the University of Manchester, which contains quotes from students and teachers about their experiences of working with the GCSE mathematics curriculum.

The report includes the following implications from the study...

This resource from Alpha Plus published in December 2010 is the independent evaluation of the pilot of the linked pair of GCSEs in mathematics. The linked pair of GCSE qualifications are: ‘Methods in mathematics’ and ‘Applications of mathematics’. The two qualifications...

This report on the single level tests pilot from QCA provides a factual account of the first three single level test sessions (December 2007, June 2008 and December 2008), setting out the test model, the test development process, the standard-setting processes and the...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for the year 2003, and their associated mark schemes, which were taken during May in the final year of Key Stage Three. The papers are tiered to facilitate an...