GCSE Further Maths Tutors
Further Maths is the step beyond higher tier GCSE. Tell us the board and the year group, and we match you with a Further Maths specialist within 24 hours.
Further Maths at a Glance
Despite the name, this is formally the AQA Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics, not a GCSE. Schools and students call it GCSE Further Maths anyway.
It is an extra qualification sat alongside GCSE Maths, aimed at students already expected to reach the top grades on the higher tier.
Two written papers decide it. Paper 1 is non-calculator and carries 80 marks, half the qualification. Grades run from 9 down to 4 only.
What Further Maths Adds
The content goes past higher tier GCSE and into material most students first meet at A-Level.
How Further Maths Is Examined
Two written papers, both sat in the summer, with the grade coming from the combined mark.
Paper 1
Eighty marks with no calculator. Any part of the specification can appear, so algebra and proof carry real weight.
Paper 2
The second written paper, with a calculator permitted. Together the two papers decide the whole grade.
Grades 9 to 4 only
Nothing below a 4 is awarded. The qualification assumes a student already working at the top of higher tier.
Taken with GCSE Maths
It does not replace GCSE Maths. Students sit both, which is why timetabling it matters as much as the content.
Exam technique
Decoding command words, structuring 6-mark answers, and timing, the marks students leave on the table.
Where Further Maths Marks Are Lost
The content is harder, but most lost marks come from the same places as GCSE: working not shown, and algebra done too quickly.
Algebra rushed
Almost every question rests on algebra. A slip in line two costs every mark that follows it.
Differentiation misapplied
Finding the gradient is the easy half. Saying what the turning point is, and proving it, is where the marks sit.
Proof left informal
A proof needs each step to follow from the last. A convincing explanation that skips steps does not score.
Working not shown
Method marks exist here too. A correct answer with nothing written down can still score very little.
How a lesson would run, if we can staff it.
We would start from the mark scheme
Any tutor we match would mark a recent paper first and build lessons from where the marks went, which is how the rest of the team works.
Worked live, not watched
Students solve problems while the tutor watches the working, so a wrong method is caught as it happens.
Set alongside GCSE Maths
The two qualifications overlap. A good plan uses the GCSE revision to carry part of the Further Maths load.
Every Lesson Reported Back
Whoever we match you with works the way the rest of the team does. These four reports come as standard.
- Notes after every lesson
- Topic checklist, red to green
- Monthly progress report
- A recording of each lesson
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Further Maths Questions
Can you teach this subject today?
Not on the core team. Tell us what you need and we will either source a specialist from our wider network or say plainly that we cannot help.
Is it actually a GCSE?
No. It is a Level 2 Certificate, graded 9 to 4, sat alongside GCSE Maths. Almost everyone still calls it GCSE Further Maths.
Who should take it?
Students comfortably on course for a grade 7 or above in higher tier Maths, usually those planning A-Level Maths.
Does it replace GCSE Maths?
No. It is an additional qualification. Students sit both sets of papers in the same exam season.
Can you help with GCSE Maths instead?
Yes. We have ten Maths specialists across AQA and Edexcel, at both tiers. That page is linked below.
What do you teach already?
Thirteen GCSE subjects with specialists on the team, across AQA and Pearson Edexcel. You will find them further down this page.
The Subjects We Can Staff Today
Thirteen GCSE subjects taught by specialists on our own team, each working to your exam board course.
Ask about Further Maths tutoring.
Tell us the board, the year group and the grade you want. We will say what we can offer, and when.