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Hello Colleague

We hope you’re having a great term so far and all is going well in your classroom. 😊

If you have students sitting the November 2025 GCSE (9-1) Maths assessments,

We’re currently recruiting for a principal examiner for A Level Further Maths B Y422/01 (‘Statistics Major’) question papers. If you’re interested, visit our recruitment website and search 'mathematics' to find out more. The closing deadline is Sunday, 12 October.

ResearchED Cambridge, 25 October 2025 – get ready to dive into the latest education research

Join us for a day of insightful discussions and engaging presentations at our Cambridge office. Connect with fellow educators, researchers and education enthusiasts from around the world. Book your place today and get ready to explore the latest research and exchange ideas that will shape the future of education.

As ever, if you have any queries or need any further support, please let us know. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

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

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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Professional development 2025/26
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Our 2025/26 professional development courses are available to browse.

Head over to our maths professional development webpage for more information and to book your place now.

The courses below are coming up in the next few weeks:

  • Wednesday 8 October – Starting to Teach A Level Further Maths B (MEI)
  • Thursday 9 October – AS and A level Maths B (MEI) Summer 2025 exam review
  • Monday 13 October – Core Maths A & B Summer 2025 exam review
  • Tuesday 14 October – A Level Further Maths A & B (MEI) Pure content Summer 2025 exam review
  • Wednesday 15 October – GCSE (9-1) Maths Higher tier Summer 2025 exam review
  • Thursday 16 October – AS and A level Maths A Summer 2025 exam review
  • Wednesday 12 November – Starting to Teach A Level Maths A
  • Friday 14 November – Starting to Teach Core Maths A & B
  • Wednesday 19 November – Starting to Teach Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths
  • Thursday 20 November – Exploring the Exam: A Level Maths B (MEI)
  • Tuesday 25 November – Exploring the Exam: A Level Maths A
  • Wednesday 26 November – GCSE (9-1) Maths Higher tier Summer 2025 exam review.

We’re also now making available on-demand professional development courses. These can be browsed on our maths professional development webpage. Keep an eye out for more appearing in the future.

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

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Upcoming maths Teacher Networks

Throughout this term we’re continuing to run our popular Teacher Networks. These are free to attend and aim to bring maths teachers together, so we can share relevant updates, answer your questions, discuss best practice collectively and more.
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Book your place now for any of the below.

  • Wednesday 5 November– GCSE (9-1) Maths (face to face at Oulton Academy in Yorkshire) – We’ll review student performance trends over time, to help you consider how to focus your teaching over the year ahead.
  • Thursday 6 November – A Level Maths (online) – We’ll look ahead to mocks in this network, to help you plan for formative assessments.
  • Thursday 4 December – Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths (online) – We’ll review student performance trends over time, as well as looking at accessibility and misconceptions.

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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Maths Advisory Panel
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Would you like to be part of the changing landscape of GCSE Maths, influence future question papers and have your voice heard? If so, sign up to our maths advisory panel.

Right now there's an activity reviewing negative number symbols and we’ll soon be thinking about tiering for future qualifications, make sure you’re signed up to have your say.

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New blog for Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths

Steven has written a new blog, all about the topic of permutations & combinations in our Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths qualification. In the blog, he looks at a number of past exam questions to highlight common misconceptions from students, as well as sharing tips for success.

Read it now to discover more.

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Upcoming conferences
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We’ll very soon be at the La Salle #MathsConf39 in London, coming up on Saturday, 11 October.

Later on in the term, we’ll be heading down to London again for the PiXL Maths conference on Tuesday, 18 November.

If you’re going to either, we look forward to seeing you there and discussing our maths qualifications, resources, support and more. You should be able to pick up a few free things from our stand too… 😊

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Resources

We’re currently hard at work putting the finishing touches to a number of resources for GCSE (9-1) Maths. In a few weeks the summer 2025 alternative papers should be published on Teach Cambridge, followed by summer 2025 candidate exemplar resources, worksheets, updated analysis grids and more.

Keep an eye on @OCR_Maths to see the moment these are published, otherwise look out for news in future Total Maths newsletters…

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As Cambridge OCR, we're committed to ensuring all our materials are accessible. We're keen to partner with external experts and accessibility specialists, including SEND and EDIB experts in schools, colleges and organisations, to help us to understand what makes our assessments clear and relatable for students.

If you’re interested in getting involved and becoming an accessibility champion, please submit your interest.

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