Solway Community Technology College
Head of Department: Mr T Hailwood
Subject information:
Department staff are enthusiastic and committed to the success of our
pupils. In a recent school Ofsted all members of the departments teaching
was rated as good or outstanding. Staff regularly provide extra learning
sessions during holidays and after school. The department has fully interactive
whiteboards in every classroom and is well resourced. We enjoy seeing pupils
leaving successful and confident in tackling challenging problems in a creative ways.
KS3 information:
In Key Stage 3 the pupils learn about 5
building blocks of mathematics in the updated Curriculum; Numbers
and the Number System, Calculating, Algebra, Shape Space and Measure,
Handling Data and Using and Applying Mathematics. Pupils develop
thinking skills through the subject they can then apply to abstract
and unusual situations as well as more familiar situations. This helps
them across the curriculum in Science and Technology as well as other subjects.
KS4 information:
In Key Stage 4 the pupils build on the learning they have achieved in
Key Stage 3. They work through 25 different topics. Embedded into these
topics is a series of functional skills elements in which the pupils use
the skills they have learnt and apply them to possible 'real life' scenarios.
Assessment how?
1 Calculator and 1 Non-Calculator Exam at the end of Year 11
Exam Info:
Exam Title:
Mathematics A - Linear (1MA0)
Exam Type:
GCSE
Exam Board:
EDEXCEL