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Hello Colleague,

We hope you’ve been having a great term and are looking forward to a well-deserved end of year break. 😊

Are you interested in marking with us next year? We're now recruiting summer 2024 examiners for GCSE (9-1) Maths, A Level Maths and A Level Further Maths. It’s a great opportunity to develop your understanding of the qualification and the assessment process. If you’re interested, please see the final article below for further information. We’ve now filled all the places for Level 3 FSMQ: Addition Maths examiners, thank you to everyone who applied.

In November, Ofqual launched a consultation to gather your views on whether GCSE (9-1) Maths students once again should receive a formulae sheet in the 2024 exams. The consultation closed at the end of November and Ofqual is currently analysing your feedback. We don’t have a date for when the outcome will be published, but once it is we’ll share it on social media as well as confirming it with you via email.

As ever, please get in touch if you have any queries or if we can give you any further support. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

Neil, Caroline, Amy, Steven and Ruth – your OCR Maths Subject Advisors ⛄

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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GCSE (9-1) Maths - November 2023 series
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Well done to all students that sat GCSE (9-1) Maths assessments in the November 2023 series. Question papers from the series are all published on Teach Cambridge.

We've also just published draft mark schemes from the series and these are now available from Teach Cambridge too.

Please ensure that these are all kept secure so others can use them as mock assessments throughout the upcoming year.

Final mark schemes, analysis grids, examiners' reports and grade boundaries will be available on results day (Thursday 11 January 2024).

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Professional development for 2023-2024

We’ve many professional development courses coming up in the new year.

Head over to our maths professional development webpage to book your place now.
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  • Thursday 7 December  - GCSE (9-1) Maths (Higher tier) – Summer 2023 Exam Review
  • Monday 15 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths B (MEI) – Teaching Comprehension skills
  • Wednesday 17 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths A – Teaching Statistics
  • Monday 22 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths B (MEI) – Teaching Mechanics
  • Wednesday 24 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths A – Teaching Mechanics
  • Wednesday 24 January - Enhancing your teaching: Supporting progression from GCSE to A Level Maths B (MEI)
  • Monday 29 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths B (MEI) – Teaching Statistics
  • Wednesday 31 January - A Level Maths B (MEI) – Ask the Examiner Q&A
  • Thursday 8 February - Core Maths – Ask the Subject Advisor Q&A.

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

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Summer 2023 candidate exemplars
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Candidate exemplar resources from the summer 2023 series are now published for all GCSE (9-1) Maths, A Level Maths A and A Level Maths B (MEI) question papers.

Additionally, candidate exemplar resources are also published for Core Maths B paper 2 (H869/02 Statistical Problem Solving) as well as the mandatory Pure Core papers for A Level Further Maths A and A Level Further Maths B (MEI).

Use these resources alongside mark schemes and examiners’ reports to support your students (for example, to identify common misconceptions, or to help you review & mark students' responses in mock exams).

All are available from Teach Cambridge now. Log in, select your subject, then go to ‘Assessment’, then ‘Exams’, then ‘Candidate exemplars’.

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New blogs on GCSE (9-1) Maths and education policy

If you’d like to discover how the GCSE (9-1) Maths reforms impacted problem solving, read Amy's new blog. Amy looks at how problem solving has changed in the maths classroom from then to today, plus highlights some useful resources for you.

Also, OCR Policy Researcher Lindsey Taylor has just published a new blog looking at key Government education policy developments of 2023 as well as what might happen in the run-up to the next General Election. The blog is much broader than just maths and covers many wider developments across education, so we recommend taking a read.

We also love to hear from you, so please leave a comment at the end of any of our blogs with your thoughts or any questions.
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Examiner opportunities - would you like to mark with us?
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We're currently recruiting summer 2024 examiners for GCSE (9-1) Maths, A Level Maths and A Level Further Maths.

Marking typically takes 2-3 weeks and takes place within May to July. Full training will be provided and it’s an excellent opportunity to work within the exam system, as well as develop your understanding of a qualification and how it's assessed.

Find out more and apply at the links below:

You can also create an account and sign up for job alerts to be notified about future opportunities.

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