GCSE to A Level Transition, University Admissions Tests, end of term activities.

With the end of term approaching, or almost here depending on your school, I thought it would be useful to check and write any necessary updates for these pages.


OCR, Bridging the Gap – A Student Guide

GCSE to A Level Transition includes many useful resources for students who have completed GCSE Maths and will be going to A Level.


Oxford University Mathematics Aptitude Test, 2007, Q1D

University Admissions Tests, provides details and resources for various admissions tests for university. Such resources provide challenging questions for students anywhere studying Mathematics beyond age 16.


Workers of Zen

…and if you are looking for some end of term activities, this collection includes many ideas.


Maths Exams 2023 – final weeks


For Further Maths, some students will be taking Decision Maths papers, Decision Maths resources can be found using these pages Decision Maths and Decision Maths – Teaching Resources.


A reminder that the following posts all include revision resources for Further Maths.


The AEA qualification from Pearson is based on the A Level specification and designed for the top 10% of students to help differentiate between the most able candidates. Exam materials for the 2018 specification are available here.

For legacy AQA exams, some legacy papers and mark schemes are available on Colmanweb (I found I could access the pdf versions of papers). From the University of Warwick extended solutions for the 2002 to 2013 papers are available.

Sample Assessment Material – Pearson

GCSE Maths Paper 3 2023

See GCSE Revision 2024


We will start with the legend – Corbett Maths


An important reminder from Graham Cumming:


Resources for each of AQA, Edexcel, and OCR follow.


Two practice papers for AQA from Pete Mattock based on his analysis of the first two papers.


A practice paper and solutions are available for AQA Paper 3H.

Ist Class Maths has created student-friendly versions of Key Topics for both AQA and Edexcel:

From 1st Class Maths, Paper 3 Key topics for AQA and Edexcel are here, you can also see the publication dates for practice papers.


From Third Space Learning, practice papers for AQA, Edexcel and OCR. Note that “Set 1A and Set 1B maths past papers are based on topics from the GCSE Advanced Information 2022; Set 2 onwards are aimed at those sitting their 2023 GCSE maths exam.”



1st Class Maths has provided a spreadsheet of key topics for Paper 3.

See also the student-friendly versions for both AQA and Edexcel:


From JustMaths – Paper 3 Hit Lists:


On the Third Space Learning blog, see the post from Christine Norledge on “GCSE Maths Paper 2 2023: Summary Of Topics, Questions & Planning For Paper 3” (Edexcel)


From Third Space Learning, practice papers for AQA, Edexcel and OCR. Note that “Set 1A and Set 1B maths past papers are based on topics from the GCSE Advanced Information 2022; Set 2 onwards are aimed at those sitting their 2023 GCSE maths exam.”


From DrFrost Maths, we have a GCSE Higher Tier Predicted Paper 3.

An online version is also available:


In the PixiMaths Revision zone, Edexcel higher and Foundation papers:


From Maths Planner, Edexcel Paper 3 Practice Papers for Foundation and Higher complete with fully worked solutions.


Hannah Kettle’s Foundation Paper 3 is available with solutions on YouTube:

..and Higher


The GCSE Maths Tutor has created Paper 3 Practice booklets for Edexcel.


Megan Hibbert has created a revision mat for Edexcel paper 3,

Megan Hibbert – Edexcel Paper 3 Revision Mat

From Matt Woodfine on Maths White Board:


From Richard Morley, updated Edexcel Paper 3 prioritised Foundation and Higher revision lists with QR codes to revision videos.





Miss Pounder has used the analysis from 1st Class Maths and Just Maths to create an Edexcel higher paper 3 revision mat, note this is currently only in Microsoft Publisher Format and solutions are not provided.


From Gemma Heald, unseen topics and collated questions from June 17-19 for OCR.


From Dave Taylor, see his OCR resources and note his suggested topics here:

Dave Taylor OCR P6 Mat

From Third Space Learning, practice papers for AQA, Edexcel and OCR. Note that “Set 1A and Set 1B maths past papers are based on topics from the GCSE Advanced Information 2022; Set 2 onwards are aimed at those sitting their 2023 GCSE maths exam.”


Mathematical Miscellany #84

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From Naikermaths, A Level ‘Best Guess’ Papers and Mark Schemes for Papers 1 and 2. It’s great to see that very clear disclaimer on the front page. These look like great practice papers.

To quote Naikermaths:

……..nobody can predict a paper. However, this paper is created based on high frequency of topics and trend from previous years. Some topics or similar skills from this paper may appear in Paper 2 and vice versa, or may not.

Naikermaths

I have added this to my post A Level Maths and Further Maths 2023.


Dr Tom Bennison

For AQA Level 2 Further Maths, Dr Tom Bennison has now published a practice paper, see his post, Exams 2023 Resources.

I have added Tom’s paper to this AQA Level 2 Further Maths collection.


On June 1st, it’s an ideal day to recommend Wayne Chadburn’s great calendars – A little bit of maths each day. He writes these calendars to provide regular, varied practice; three versions of each monthly calendar are available, Higher, Foundation Plus, and Foundation; answers are provided.

Wayne Chadburn

Tick Tock Maths – IGCSE Calculus

From Tick Tock Maths, it’s great to see new IGCSE resources, particularly for topics not on GCSE. See the top menu – Calculus (IGCSE). This resource has been added to my IGCSE collection. This also includes the recent paper 2 practice questions from Addvance Maths.

For IGCSE – See AddvanceMaths.com


A reminder that MEI’s Calculator Crunch is later this month. The Calculator Crunch resources are great for Year 6 – Year 7 transition.

Calculator Crunch 2022