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Maths newsletter

Hello Colleague

We hope the summer exams have got off to a great start for your students. 😊

Our summer 2026 post-exam surveys are now live. Your insight helps us understand what worked well, along with anything you think we could do better. A survey takes no more than 5 minutes to complete and as a thank you, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 e-voucher for taking part.

To support your students through exams, our website offers a range of support including revision ideas and tips to manage stress. We also share suggestions and advice for students on Instagram and TikTok. We have several blogs to help support your students at exam time too. Please do share these with your students.

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

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

maths@ocr.org.uk
01223 553998
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Summer 2026 question papers and revision support
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Question papers from the Summer 2026 series are being published on Teach Cambridge a few working days after each exam. If you don't have a Teach Cambridge account yet, your exams officer will be able to set you up (there are instructions for them at the link above).

A range of revision and exam preparation resources for students are also available on Teach Cambridge, along with our website’s qualification webpages. These include revision checklists, topic worksheets, exam hints, formulae sheet top tips and more.

The 2026 exam timetables and key dates remain available from our website.

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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
AMSP Core Maths network for Cambridge OCR
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AMSP are running a Core Maths network on Tuesday 16 June 16:00-17:30 for any teacher delivering our specifications.

The network will give you the opportunity to discuss and share any aspects of delivering Core Maths with other teachers delivering the qualifications, helping support your teaching.

The network is completely free to attend. We’ll also be attending to join in the discussion and help support you.

AMSP Core Maths network
Our latest blogs

Steven’s latest blog is entitled ‘A Level Maths: tips for happier circle experience’. In it he reviews examiner feedback on equations of circles and suggests teaching ideas for classroom emphasis.

All of our past maths blogs are available on our blogs webpage for you to read.
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Maths blogs
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.

Teacher Networks
Ambassador centres

Would you be interested in working closer with us and becoming an ambassador for maths?

We’re once again looking for centres to become ambassador centres, giving you direct access to our support and much more.
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As an ambassador centre you’ll get membership to our maths consultative forums to gain qualification insight and help guide future developments, invitations to our future maths events and also the opportunity to recommend the future resources and training that we develop to support centres across the country. We’ll also be able to directly support you with qualification information and expertise.

In return, we’d ask for your feedback on our qualifications and support, as well as to allow us to host regional maths teacher network meetings from your centre.

Are you interested? Simply drop us a line with your centre name.

Become a maths ambassador centre

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