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Total Maths - December Newsletter
Total Maths

Welcome to the final 2019 edition of Total Maths.

The Christmas break is only a few weeks away now, but to help you keep prepared with the latest updates and news regarding qualifications and maths education, read on…

If you have any questions or feedback, then please contact us. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

Neil, Ruth, Caroline and Steven - your Maths Subject Advisors
maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
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GCSE (9-1) Maths November series
GCSE Maths November series

GCSE (9-1) Maths question papers from the November 2019 series are now available securely via Interchange.

Draft versions of their mark schemes are also now available.

Final mark schemes, analysis grids and Examiners’ Reports will be available in early 2020.

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

If you would like to know more about how we mark and grade exams, about online marking and our quality checks on marking, take a look at our Explaining Examining page.

Download maths question papers

GCSE (9-1) Maths summer highlights

We’ve produced a short summer highlights resource for GCSE (9-1) Maths.

The report summarises points from the Examiners’ Reports as well as grade boundaries.

Download summer highlights

Maths summer highlights
New GCSE questions in ExamBuilder
ExamBuilder - new GCSE questions

The November 2018 GCSE (9-1) Maths question papers have now been added to ExamBuilder.

We’ve also updated ExamBuilder to include an additional filter for overlap questions, meaning you can now select those questions common to both Foundation and Higher tiers.

Access ExamBuilder

A Level Further Maths A Professional Development

Coming up in early 2020 we have a number of Exam Feedback webinars for AS and A Level Further Maths A (H235/H245).

During these 1-hour webinars we’ll examine student performance, identify common mistakes and misconceptions as well as discuss methods to help you improve your future candidates’ performance.
Further Maths Professional Development

The webinars cover the compulsory Pure content, plus the options of Statistics, Mechanics, Discrete and Additional Pure.

Further Maths A Professional Development

Functional Skills Professional Development
Functional Skills Professional Development courses

In early 2020 we have a number of completely free Functional Skills Professional Development courses.

Developed by MEI, 'How to reengage disengaged students in Functional Skills Mathematics' will help you target engagement issues with students, leading to improved performance.

'Everything you Need to Know to Get Started with Functional Skills Mathematics' leads you through the recent qualification changes, covering the new content, non-calculator skills & problem solving.

There’s also another one of our Q&A webinars running on 23 January.

Functional Skills Professional Development

Withdrawn qualification materials

We’ve had a few requests about the availability of old GCSE and A Level question papers from teachers still wishing to make use of them as assessment materials. 

To help support you here, we're adding a ‘Withdrawn qualification materials’ menu on our subject pages.
Maths withdrawn qualification materials

From here you can download past papers, mark schemes and reports from older versions of our qualifications.

A Level Maths A assessment

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