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Hello Colleague

We hope your term has got off to a great start and revision is going well for all of your students taking exams this summer. 😊

The summer 2026 exam series is now getting underway. Information and support to help you and your students prepare for the series is below, plus much more.

Ofqual has now published the outcome of their recent consultation on formulae sheets for GCSE (9-1) Maths (plus Physics and Combined Science), confirming that formulae sheets will continue to be provided from 2028 up until the final exams of the current qualifications (including any resit opportunities).

We’re currently recruiting trainers to deliver professional development courses for our AS & A Level Maths A and Maths B (MEI) qualifications. If you’re interested, head over to our assessor recruitment website and search for ‘mathematics’ to find more information. The closing date is Sunday 17 May.

National Numeracy Day takes place this year on Wednesday 20 May, with the theme ‘Count on Your Community’. Take a look at their official website for plenty of fantastic events and activities you can sign up to. 

As always, if you have any queries or if we can give you any further support, please let us know. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

Neil, Ruth, Caroline, Amy and Steven - your Maths Subject Advisors

maths@ocr.org.uk
01223 553998
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Summer 2026 support
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Key dates and exam timetables for the summer 2026 series are available from our key dates and timetables webpage.

To help support your students through exam time, our website offers a range of support, including revision ideas and suggestions to manage stress.

Tips and advice for students are available from us on Instagram and TikTok. A range of blogs helping you and your students prepare for exams are also available, including the recently published ‘Strategies to help students with revision’  and ‘A student guide to revision – resources and activities’. Please do share these with your students.

For our maths qualifications remember we also have plenty of revision and exam preparation resources for students available on Teach Cambridge and our website’s qualification webpages. These include revision checklists, topic worksheets, exam hints, formulae sheet top tips and more.

Student exam support
Maths professional development

On our maths professional development webpage you can view information about available courses and book your place.

The courses below are coming up later this term.

  • Wednesday 17 June - Exploring reasoning, interpreting and communicating mathematically in GCSE (9-1) Maths
  • Wednesday 24 June - Choosing Cambridge OCR GCSE (9-1) Maths
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Several on-demand professional development courses are also available from the webpage.

Courses for the 2026-2027 academic year will be published to the webpage soon.

Materials from past courses are available to download from Teach Cambridge. Select your qualification, then in the menu go to ‘Training’, then ‘Past training events’.

Maths professional development
Entry Level Maths – moderation deadline
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The deadline for submitting marks for moderation for our Entry Level Certificate in Mathematics (R449) this year is Friday 15 May.

Forms are available from Teach Cambridge. Once you’re logged in and have selected ‘Entry Level Certificate: Mathematics’, go to the ‘Assessment’ menu and look in ‘Forms’.

Schools and colleges are advised to hold onto their sample until a moderator’s address is sent.

 

Entry Level forms on Teach Cambridge
Our latest blogs

Steven has written a couple of new blogs looking at examiner feedback for A Level Maths mechanics topics. You can read now ‘Launching mechanics success with projectiles’ and ‘Elevating mechanics success with pulleys’.

 
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He’s also recently updated his blogs ‘Getting more from past papers’, ‘Maths across the curriculum: revision tips for students’ and ‘A Level Maths; using legacy questions’ that focus on revision and exam preparation, to give you and your students the very latest advice and information.

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Upcoming maths Teacher Networks
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We have a number of Teacher Networks coming up this term. These are completely free to attend and set up to bring maths teachers together, so we can share relevant updates, answer your questions, discuss best practice collectively and more.

Book your place now for any of the below.

  • Wednesday 17 June – GCSE (9-1) Maths (we’re running both an online network and a face to face one in Yorkshire) – We'll give you the opportunity to feedback about the summer 2026 question papers, then take a look at key dates for the summer and autumn, upcoming professional development, recently published resources, take a look ahead to September 2026 and finally discuss potential changes we may see in qualification reform. 
  • Thursday 18 June – Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths (online) – This will be an opportunity to discuss this year’s question paper and share ideas ready for September.
  • Tuesday 23 June – A Level Maths (A and B) (online) – This will be an opportunity to discuss this year’s question papers and share ideas ready for September.
  • Thursday 25 June – A Level Further Maths (A and B) (online) – This will be an opportunity to discuss this year’s question papers and share ideas ready for September.

Whether you’re already teaching a qualification or just interested in learning more, you’re very welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you’d be interested in running a future face-to-face network at your school or college, please let us know.

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