Graham Cumming
@mathsnot.bsky.social
Former Maths Subject Adviser at Edexcel
Lots of new (and old) materials on the emporium!
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Lots of new (and old) materials on the emporium!
Taken from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80b1...
Sadly, there is no AQA Emporium to find past papers easily
Sadly, there is no AQA Emporium to find past papers easily
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Taken from assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80b1...
Sadly, there is no AQA Emporium to find past papers easily
Sadly, there is no AQA Emporium to find past papers easily
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 0 - Raxstraße/Rudolfshügelgasse to Bruno-Marek-Allee, Vienna (pic credit: @themathsbazaar.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 0 - Raxstraße/Rudolfshügelgasse to Bruno-Marek-Allee, Vienna (pic credit: @themathsbazaar.bsky.social)
Good luck to all those Year 12 resitting Foundation tier GCSE Maths this week - remember, about 10,000 students will achieve Grade 4 or better this time round, so be one of them and take the first exit off the “demoralising roundabout” (© Jacqui Smith)
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Good luck to all those Year 12 resitting Foundation tier GCSE Maths this week - remember, about 10,000 students will achieve Grade 4 or better this time round, so be one of them and take the first exit off the “demoralising roundabout” (© Jacqui Smith)
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 1 - Ribera to Foz, Porto
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 1 - Ribera to Foz, Porto
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 2 - Jászai Mari tér to Közvágóhíd
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 2 - Jászai Mari tér to Közvágóhíd
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 3 - Museispårvägen Malmö
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 3 - Museispårvägen Malmö
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 4 - Zürich Tiefenbrunnen, Bahnhof to Zürich Altstetten, Bahnhof N (the Design & Culture line)
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 4 - Zürich Tiefenbrunnen, Bahnhof to Zürich Altstetten, Bahnhof N (the Design & Culture line)
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 5 - Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam to Stadshart, Amstelveen
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 5 - Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam to Stadshart, Amstelveen
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 6 - Basel, Wiesenplatz to Allschwil, Dorf
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 6 - Basel, Wiesenplatz to Allschwil, Dorf
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 7 - Nybroplan (Stockholm) to Liljevalc Gröna Lund
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 7 - Nybroplan (Stockholm) to Liljevalc Gröna Lund
£10,000 question on Impossible
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
£10,000 question on Impossible
Grade distributions for those students taking Maths but not Further Maths look similar to those for Chemistry
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Grade distributions for those students taking Maths but not Further Maths look similar to those for Chemistry
Looking forward to seeing what white working-class maths looks like
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Looking forward to seeing what white working-class maths looks like
2025 ones are available, though AQA appear to have skipped 2024
October 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
2025 ones are available, though AQA appear to have skipped 2024
That protest was held in Embankment Gardens round the back of the Strand offices. Pretty rowdy
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
That protest was held in Embankment Gardens round the back of the Strand offices. Pretty rowdy
Who could ever forget Kate the Photographer?
October 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Who could ever forget Kate the Photographer?
Not long now until the least needed exam in England - the GCSE Maths resit at Higher tier, required by only ~1000 students. Good thing we’ve got four exam boards on the case, producing 11 different exam papers for it!
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Not long now until the least needed exam in England - the GCSE Maths resit at Higher tier, required by only ~1000 students. Good thing we’ve got four exam boards on the case, producing 11 different exam papers for it!
And yet a few (well, 2%) confound the doubters. Isn’t Functional Maths supposed to be the alternative, though? If not that, what else?
September 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
And yet a few (well, 2%) confound the doubters. Isn’t Functional Maths supposed to be the alternative, though? If not that, what else?
Want to get serious about your A level results? Get serious about maths. Students who do maths at A level do better overall in all other subjects
September 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Want to get serious about your A level results? Get serious about maths. Students who do maths at A level do better overall in all other subjects
Table 7 at the link has that data (though for all entries rather than just Year 11, so including many re-sits at Foundation tier. Pearson had 55% Higher tier for Year 11, but AQA and OCR don’t make that data available)
September 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Table 7 at the link has that data (though for all entries rather than just Year 11, so including many re-sits at Foundation tier. Pearson had 55% Higher tier for Year 11, but AQA and OCR don’t make that data available)
Venn diagrams showing some STEM combinations of three A levels (including Maths & Further Maths) chosen by 18-year old students, and outcomes compared to those nationally
September 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Venn diagrams showing some STEM combinations of three A levels (including Maths & Further Maths) chosen by 18-year old students, and outcomes compared to those nationally
Venn diagrams showing some STEM combinations of three A levels chosen by 18-year old students, and outcomes compared to those nationally
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Venn diagrams showing some STEM combinations of three A levels chosen by 18-year old students, and outcomes compared to those nationally
The table came from a fairly manual task of checking the 100 possible grade pairs (starting with 9/9):
September 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The table came from a fairly manual task of checking the 100 possible grade pairs (starting with 9/9):