The Department for Education (DfE) has provided some more guidance about what the new Core Maths qualification will look like. This information is in addition to their announcement in December 2013. The DfE is inviting comments on the guidance in a consultation that is open until 26 May 2014.
The guidance from the DfE includes details about the qualification’s objectives, size, recognition, content, grading and assessment.
The points you need to know are:
Andrew Taylor, AQA Head of Maths, said,
"AQA fully supports the aims of core maths. For many years we have sought to widen participation in maths for 16 - 19 year olds through our level 3 Advanced Free-Standing Maths Qualifications. These proven and popular qualifications continue to be available to schools and colleges, and we will draw on our wide experience of designing these to provide more high quality core maths qualifications and support materials. Our Free-Standing Maths Qualifications are supported by The Nuffield Foundation who provide online resources, including schemes of work, student sheets and teachers' notes.
We look forward to working with teachers, the Department for Education, higher education, employers and Ofqual to develop core maths qualifications that meet students' needs for further study, employment and life.”
For more information about our existing qualifications please email the AQA maths team or contact them by telephone on 0161 957 3852. To get involved in this exciting new development please complete this webform.