Maths

Department Members:

Mrs O Fletcher - Director of Mathematics

Mr M Asgari

Qualifications Offered:

GCSE Foundation, Intermediate and Higher Tiers

AS and A2 Level

Numeracy Skills

Departmental Aims and Objectives:

Mathematics gives students a well equipped toolbox to aid them in understanding and changing the world.

The tools include logical reasoning, problem – solving skills, and the ability to think in abstract ways.
Mathematics is important in everyday life, many forms of employment, science and technology, medicine, the economy, the environment and development, and in public – decision making.
Mathematics is not just a collection of skills, it is a way of thinking. It lies at the core of scientific understanding and of rational and logical argument. It is a global language with which we convey ideas to each other that words can’t handle.

Other Information:
Some pupils are given the opportunity to take part in the Junior Mathematical Challenge and Intermediate Mathematical Challenge run by Leeds University.