Mathematics Edexcel A Level

Our Sixth Form Open Evening will take place on Thursday 19th November. As this is always a very popular event, we run three separate booking slots throughout the evening to help us accommodate as many families as possible and ensure everyone has the opportunity to visit.

Booking is now live! Please follow this link to book your tickets before they're all gone: https://www.ticketsource.com/the-canterbury-academy-open-events/e-mgrrozg

We look forward to welcoming you and giving you the opportunity to find out more about our Sixth Form, meet our staff and students explore the fantastic opportunities available to our students.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Applications Open – 2nd November 2026

Applications Close – 30th June 2027

Entry Requirements –We do have entry recommendations for some courses, especially A-levels, as we would not want you to start a course that would not be suitable for you. We want to give you the best chance of future success.

The course programmes are flexible: students can mix Level 3 courses with Level 2 courses, or A-levels with BTECs. We provide impartial advice and guidance and seek to put you on the courses you want and are likely to be successful in.

Students are expected to study up to 3 A level equivalent subjects (this can be from either A levels and/or Level 3 BTEC subjects) building their own personalised combination of Level 3 subjects OR a full time Level 2 course.

The Sixth Form runs on a flexible timetable with some courses running until 6.00pm. This flexibility means we can offer as much as possible, to as many as possible, as often as possible.

How to Apply – Applications are currently closed. Please check back at the beginning of November to submit your application.

Mathematics is about problem solving, logical thinking and analysis and requires both numeracy and creativity.

Reasons to study mathematics at AS and A Level:

1. Mathematics is exciting and beautiful. With mathematics comes the excitement of new discoveries and the realization that everything in the universe is connected
2. Mathematics earns you more money. Studies show that people with A Level mathematics tend to earn more on average than people without it
3. If you can do mathematics, you can do anything. Mathematics is undoubtedly a hard subject, but this only makes the others seem relatively easy!

The aims of this course are to encourage students to:

• develop their understanding of mathematics and mathematical processes in a way that promotes confidence and fosters enjoyment
• develop abilities to reason logically and recognise incorrect reasoning, to generalise and to construct mathematical proofs
• extend their range of mathematical skills and techniques and use them in more difficult, unstructured problems
• recognise how a situation may be represented mathematically and understand the relationship between ‘real-world’ problems and mathematical models and how these can be refined and improved
• develop an awareness of the relevance of mathematics to other fields of study, to the world of work and to society in general

Mathematics is an amazing subject to study at A Level and, provided you have a solid understanding of GCSE higher topics, if you add a great deal of perseverance and hard work, you should be able to do well.

AS:

Pure mathematics – Proof; algebra and function, coordinate geometry in the (x,y) plane, sequences and series, trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms, differentiation, integration, vectors.

Statistics - Statistical sampling; data presentation and interpretation; probability; statistical distributions; statistical hypothesis testing.

Mechanics - quantities and units in mechanics; kinematics; forces and Newton’s laws

A Level:

All of the content of AS mathematics, plus additional work in:

Pure mathematics – Proof, algebra and functions, coordinate geometry in the (x,y) plane, sequences and series, trigonometry, differentiation, integration, numerical methods

Statistics - Statistical sampling, data presentation and interpretation, probability, statistical distributions, statistical hypothesis testing

Mechanics - Quantities and units in mechanics, kinematics, forces and Newton’s laws, moments

We would recommend a grade 6/7 at GCSE in mathematics.

An A Level in mathematics will make you highly desirable to both employers and universities. Future careers you could be aiming for include computing, accountancy, economics, business, banking, air traffic control, retail management, architecture, surveying, cartography and teaching, to name but a few. If you plan to go on to study at university then A Level mathematics will open more doors than any other subject. Some possible course options would be mathematics, engineering, physics, business studies, computing and psychology. Mathematics A Level is, in fact, probably the most marketable of all subjects.