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Total Maths Newsletter

Hello Colleague,

Welcome to the first Total Maths newsletter of 2023. We hope that you had a wonderful break over the festive period and that the new year has gotten off to an amazing start for you.

Congratulations to all students receiving results from the November 2022 GCSE (9-1) Maths series. Final mark schemes, analysis grids and examiners’ reports are all now published and available to download from Teach Cambridge.

As ever, if you have any questions or need any further support, please get in touch. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

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

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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2023 exams
Exams in the classroom

Arrangements for 2023 exams have now been announced.

  • Grading in 2023 will broadly be in line with before the pandemic.
  • Advance information will not be issued.
  • Formulae sheets will be provided in GCSE (9-1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths.

PDF versions of the GCSE (9-1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths 2023 formulae sheets are due to be published very soon to help you prepare candidates, however the formulae included will be identical to those on the 2022 formulae sheets. Keep an eye on our @OCR_Maths Twitter account for the latest updates.

Final exam timetables for summer 2023 are now available.

2023 arrangements
GCSE (9-1) Maths – November 2022 materials now on Teach Cambridge

Congratulations and well done to all students who received results this week from the November 2022 series.

Question papers, final mark schemes, analysis grids and examiners' reports are all now available to download from our new Teach Cambridge platform. If you’ve not yet set up your access, now is a great time to do so.
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In early December last year, we published draft versions of the mark schemes for those of you using the papers as mock assessments and wishing to make an early start in marking them. If you did download the draft versions, please do make sure you download the final mark schemes now.

Please ensure that all of these materials are kept secure so that others can use them as mocks through the upcoming year.

Grade boundaries for the series are available from our ‘Grade boundaries’ webpage.

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GCSE (9-1) Maths – November 2022 free access to scripts
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Following our successful summer 2022 trial, we're once again providing free & on-demand access to scripts for the November 2022 GCSE (9-1) Maths series.

These scripts can help you decide whether to request a review of marking, as well as supporting teaching and learning.

Exams officers can download scripts now. Further information is available on our ‘Access to scripts’ webpage.

As is standard for access to scripts requests, please be aware that

  • written consent from candidates must be obtained after they have received their results before your exams officer can download their script,
  • your exams officer will only have access to scripts taken at your own centre.

Access to scripts
A Level and FSMQ – Summer 2022 Candidate Exemplars

Candidate exemplars from the Summer 2022 series are now being published.

A Level Maths B (MEI) candidate exemplars are available from Teach Cambridge.

Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths candidate exemplars are available from Interchange.
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You can use these exemplars with the mark scheme and the examiner's report to support students preparing for this summer. When using the Summer 2022 question papers as a mock, the exemplars may also be useful to guide you in using the mark scheme when marking student responses.

More summer 2022 candidate exemplars will be published very soon.

A Level Maths B (MEI) Candidate Exemplars   FSMQ Candidate Exemplars
Upcoming OCR Maths professional development
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There are several professional development sessions coming up for you in the next few weeks. Book your place now to ask questions to the OCR Maths Subject Advisors, learn how to mark GCSE (9-1) Maths mocks or discover more about many aspects of A Level Maths papers.

For full details and booking information, please see our Professional Development webpage.

  • Thu 19 Jan – AS/A Level Maths A - Investigating the Large Data Set
  • Wed 25 Jan – A Level Maths B (MEI) - Preparing your students for the comprehension section of Component 03
  • Tue 31 Jan – GCSE (9-1) Maths - Ask the Subject Advisor
  • Wed 1 Feb – AS/A Level Further Maths B (MEI) - Effective use of technology
  • Thu 2 Feb – GCSE (9-1) Maths - How to mark a mock paper

Maths Professional Development
Support for lower ability GCSE (9-1) Maths students

At OCR, we are very interested in the needs of lower ability students who are studying for GCSE (9-1) Maths. We're looking at how we might further support these students and would love to hear your thoughts.
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