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Welcome back to the new term

Hi Colleague,

Have you had a great summer? We hope that you enjoyed a relaxing and fun rest. For those now returning to teaching, welcome back. You’ll find plenty to help you get started below.

For those of you planning to enter students in the November 2022 GCSE (9-1) Maths series

  • the entry deadline is Tuesday 4 October,
  • advance information for the series is now available. Advance information from summer 2022 exams remain online. Please double check the front cover of any advance information document before using it, to ensure you have the correct one for the series you need.

For summer 2023 exams, Ofqual have stated that they will ‘continue to monitor the path and impact of the pandemic and evaluate the delivery of arrangements this year, including the provision of exam aids, such as formulae sheets, and advance information to support students’ revision, before finalising 2023 arrangements’. We’ll let you know as soon as more is confirmed. As ever, keep an eye on @OCR_Maths for the latest announcements.

Please get in contact with us if you have any questions or need any further support. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

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

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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Summer 2022 results and post-results support
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We hope that this summer’s results days were a success for you and your students.

Results statistics, grade boundaries and more are available from our dedicated results webpage. For in-depth analysis of your own centre’s results and comparisons to national data, take a look at our free Active Results platform.

If you don’t have a result, have questions about a result or are unhappy with a result, our post-results webpage contains information and guidance on the services available. We’ve also produced a timeline of key dates for post-results services.

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

Post-results webpage
Summer 2022 materials

Question papers, mark schemes, examiners’ reports and GCSE (9-1) Maths Analysis Grids from the summer 2022 series are all now published on Interchange.

Log in, select your qualification in the menus, then download the file or folder with 'Jun22' in the title.
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If you don't have a log in, speak to your exams officer. They will be able to either create a new account for you or to download the files on your behalf.

Please be aware that many centres will be using these papers for mocks in the coming year, so please do keep them secure by not posting them anywhere publicly.

Summer 2022 materials
FREE on-demand access to scripts pilot
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We’re now piloting a new free access to scripts service for several maths qualifications, in addition to our existing service. This is the first step in providing free on-demand access to scripts for all qualifications.

Your exams officer is now able to download your students’ completed summer 2022 question papers free of charge for GCSE (9-1) Maths, AS & A Level Maths and AS & A Level Further Maths.

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

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

  • written consent from students 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.

Step-by-step instructions for your exams officer are being provided in our results day communications to them. Access for exams officers will be through our single sign-on service, My Cambridge.

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Maths Professional Development courses now available to book

Our Professional Development courses for 2022-2023 are now available for you to browse and book onto.

Coming up first over the next couple of months we’ve got introductory webinars for GCSE (9-1) Maths, Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths and A Level Maths, along with several Q&A webinars with the maths team. Book your places now.
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Steven has also written blogs giving an overview of the upcoming courses for AS & A Level Maths A and AS & A Level Maths B (MEI).

  • Tue 20 September - Starting to teach A Level Maths A
  • Thu 29 September - Starting to teach A Level Maths B (MEI)
  • Tue 4 October - Switching to OCR GCSE (9-1) Mathematics
  • Tue 4 October - Ask the Subject Advisor: AS & A Level Mathematics A
  • Thu 6 October - Ask the Subject Advisor: AS & A Level Mathematics B (MEI)
  • Wed 2 Nov - Enhancing your teaching: AS & A Level Maths B (MEI) - Transition from KS4 to KS5
  • Thu 3 Nov - Starting to teach Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths
  • Tue 8 Nov - Ask the Subject Advisor: AS & A Level Further Mathematics A
  • Thu 10 Nov - Ask the Subject Advisor: AS & A Level Further Mathematics B (MEI)

View courses and dates
Exploring our question papers & back to school resources
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We’ve just published an updated version of our GCSE (9-1) Maths ‘Exploring our question papers’ guide. The new version includes an updated list of character names that will appear in our question papers from next year onwards.

To help you get back into the classroom this term, take a look at our resource guides and support highlight documents. 

These help you see what’s available for our qualifications and are a useful quick reference guide to some of the main support we provide. Resource guides are available for Core Maths A and Core Maths B. For support highlight documents, please click the links below:
Student support - back to school guide

We’ve prepared a brand new back to school guide for your students, packed full of tips and advice to help them settle back into a routine, manage schoolwork and look after their mental health.

We’ve also produced a short video with our top tips on managing stress and anxiety as they settle back into school or college - please do share with them and their parents.

Don't forget you and your students can also follow us on Instagram for more tips and advice on settling back into a good routine, time management and mental health support throughout the year.

Back to school guide
Back to school, a guide for students

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