Further Mathematics

Applications Open: - Friday 28th November 2025

Applications Close: - Friday 6 February 2026 - Please note - If you do not complete your application fully by the deadline of Friday 6 February 2026, we may not be able to consider it until August when GCSE results are published.

How to Apply:

Internal students - Applications to join our Sixth Form, via Applicaa, can be made via this link Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (applicaa.com). PLEASE NOTE that you should use an e-mail address that you check regularly as the Applicca system will contact you with updates about your application.

External students - Year 11 Students from other schools applying to Mayfield Grammar School should apply via KentChoices using this link - https://www.kentprospectus.co.uk/login. Please note - After sending your application, you'll receive a welcome email from Applicaa asking for further information.

If you applied to us before the deadline but have not heard from us for a while please bear with us, we are working through the applications and will get back to you with our decision and advice as soon as we can. We will continue to send messages via Applicaa so please logon from time to time to check if we need some additional information from you

Applications After the deadline

Students who are interested in applying to Mayfield Grammar School for Sixth Form but have missed our application process can contact us once they have their GCSE results in August. After the publication of GCSE examinations results in August we ask that you make an appointment to discuss your application with the Sixth Form team. You need to call 01474 352896 or email admissions@mgsg.kent.sch.uk. Please check you have met our entry criteria for the subjects you want to study and read our Options Booklet under the Sixth Form tab on our website for our general entry criteria. If you meet our criteria, please get in touch, and bring your original documents for GCSE Results Summary and Birth Certificate as ID when you are offered an appointment.

Entry Requirements: -

Entry to the Sixth Form is dependent on demonstrating achievements which show general breadth of ability as well as depth in the specific courses chosen for study in the Sixth Form. For this reason you will need to have achieved all the following:

1. A minimum of 6 GCSEs at Grade 5 and above, preferably on the higher papers, in discrete subjects, with the exception of Combined Science, which counts as two subjects.

2. Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics.

3. To have met the requirements of the individual subjects that you intend to study at A Level/Level 3, which are all, with the exception of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Languages, a minimum of Grade 6 at GCSE on the Higher papers. This is essential.

Essential skills

All good Mathematicians demonstrate a high standard of numerical and algebraic competence. They are capable of reading questions carefully to disseminate the key skills that have been taught to answer them fully, very often linking together various topics to provide full solutions. Students need to have determination and an enquiring mind to ensure that the greatest level of success is achieved.

AS Level

Students who choose to study AS Level Further Mathematics will study the whole of Mathematics (see separate page) in Year 12 across two timetable blocks. Once this has been completed, students will then start to study Further Mathematics, made up of Core Pure Mathematics 1 plus two other options from Further Pure 1, Further Pure 2, Further Mechanics 1, Further Mechanics 2, Further Statistics 1, Further Statistics 2, Decision Mathematics 1 and Decision Mathematics 2 – this decision is based upon the strengths and future aspirations of those studying the course. There will be two examinations that are both 1 hour 40 mins long. Occasionally, Year 13 students choose to study AS Further Mathematics each year with their peers to achieve an additional AS Level.

A Level

Students will study Core Pure Mathematics 1 and 2 and extended versions of the two options that have been started for the AS course.

There will be four examinations that are all 1 hour 30 mins long.

The Department will be using the Edexcel Syllabus which allows a flexible approach, enabling students to study a wide range of mathematical topics. Four modules must be taken for the award of an A Level certificate or the equivalent of two for an AS certificate. Each module is approximately one quarter of the Year 13 course and all examinations are sat in May/June of each year. Full details of the syllabuses may be available from the Mathematics Department at the Sixth Form Open Evening.

Students considering studying Further Mathematics are advised to discuss their suitability for the course with their Mathematics teacher and/or the Faculty Leader for Mathematics, Computing and Economics.

A Grade 8 in GCSE Mathematics is required

University requirements

Most Universities offer Mathematics degree courses, often in combination with other subjects. The grade requirements can vary, for example, Oxford and Cambridge require A*A*A, Bath A*AA, Loughborough AAA, Surrey A*AA-AAA. Sussex AAB-ABB, Kent AAA or equivalent. If you have studied Further Mathematics, this grade may well be a specific part of the offer made to you, but it would never be an absolute requirement of places offered to undergraduates.

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