Also still available is our series of ten videos covering all aspects of the JCQ guidance from grading to appeals, plus a roundtable discussion video between OCR staff and representatives from centres across England, answering more of your queries.

Further information is also available from the summer 2021 pages of the OCR website.

If you have any additional queries, do please get in touch with us (contact details are at the end of the introduction above).

For more information on sampling for other qualifications, please see pages 10 and 11 of Ofqual’s updated ‘Information for heads of centre, heads of department and teachers on the submission of teacher assessed grades: summer 2021’.

Ofqual has also published a blog summarising all stages of the summer 2021 quality assurance process, covering centre policies, virtual visits and the sampling of evidence.

They give your students at both Foundation and Higher tiers more opportunity to practice. Using both the original and the alternative papers with students at different times can also help you monitor their progress.

An Interchange login is required to download these papers (please speak to your Exams Officer if you don’t have access).

Here Steven looks at the use of dynamic geometry software to understand the algebra within trigonometry, reviews comments from examiners about common mistakes and misconceptions and suggests sources of support for students.

You can also still read the first part, where Steven looked at how the topic of trigonometry progresses from GCSE to AS and on to A Level.

We’ve also published a set of teacher notes to support you with using Large Data Set 6.

To read all about the AS/A Level Maths B (MEI) approach to the Large Data Set, please see our guest blog by Keith Proffitt, MEI Curriculum Developer.