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The Post 16 Landscape Level 3 Core Maths Martin Newton website https://www.ncetm.org.uk/coremaths emailcmsp@cfbt.com emailmartin.newton@stokecoll.ac.ukhttps://www.ncetm.org.uk/coremathscmsp@cfbt.commartin.newton@stokecoll.ac.uk
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A Core Maths question 4 (c) Estimate how far a person is likely to walk in their lifetime. Show details of your assumptions and calculations. [6 marks] (AQA: Mathematical Studies)
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Background: Expert panel advice ▪ Nuffield report – ‘Is the UK an outlier?’ 2010 ▪ CBI Report - Making it all add up August 2010 ▪ ACME reports – proposals for post-16 mathematics Dec 2012 ▪ Expert panel report on core mathematics, Oct 2013
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Technical guidance for Core Maths qualifications ▪ Published July 2014 after consultation from April 2014 ▪ 180 guided learning hours ▪ Up to 80% Higher level content from the 2015 GCSE ▪ At least 20% level 3 content ▪ Problem solving approaches ▪ Terminal assessment
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School Reform Minister Nick Gibb said: ▪ Strong maths skills are an essential part of our plan for education and are also vitally important to our economy. ▪ England has been falling behind other countries’ maths performance,... ▪ Only a fifth of pupils in England continue to study maths at any level after achieving a GCSE - the lowest of 24 developed countries.
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Awarding Organisations
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UCAS tariff for Core Maths qualifications
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Core Maths Support Programme CMSP January 2015: ▪ Sector led initiative with 26 Partner Schools & Colleges ▪ 30 Core Maths Lead Teachers and Tutors ▪ 153 Early Adopter Teaching Projects (78 schools, 3 UTC, 15 SFC, 51 FE Colleges, 6 TechBacc) ▪ 3500 students Potential cohort - 250,000 students a year!
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CMSP website ▪
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Current take up for Core Maths by sector Type of institution No teaching Core Maths Total number of institutions Percentage coverage Schools with sixth forms 7921044% Sixth Form Colleges 1510015% FE Colleges 5622025% Studio schools 3398% Total 15324636%
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Core maths at Stoke College ▪ Part of ‘early adopters’ 2014 ▪ Piloted in specific vocational areas ▪ 2 cohorts of 15 learners ▪ Statistics, Financial maths and Fermi estimation ▪ Learners have done an ‘Apprentice activity’, looked at APR, AER, budgeting and statistical investigations.
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Learner quotes ▪ ‘Now I know why it costs so much to stay in a hotel’ ▪ ‘I’m not getting a loan it costs too much and never getting a pay day loan, I’ll borrow from Mum and Dad’!! ▪ Text to Mum: ▪ ‘I don’t want a car it costs too much with insurance, petrol and everything, and it’s too stressful’.
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Core Maths implementation ▪ The aspiration that the vast majority of students continue with their maths education post-16 will be achieved in two stages: ▪ Stage 1 Offering Core Maths qualifications ▪ Stage 2 Delivering Core Maths ‘at scale’ for GCSE grade C+ students not doing A or AS level.
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Real Maths Fest ▪ Maths event at Stoke College Real maths FestReal maths Fest ▪ To promote maths in a fun way and showing real world applications. ▪ Hands on Activities ▪ Activity hosts from NCETM, WMCETT, CMSP,CIMT, OR Society, FMSP, Local Schools, College Vocational staff and learners. ▪ 400 at Real maths fest
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Real Maths Fest ▪ On-line maths lesson On-line maths lessonOn-line maths lesson ▪ 300 at on-line lesson ▪ Based on Mock election
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