Maths

The maths department at Landau Forte Academy QEMS has undergone huge redevelopment over the last couple of years and has seen its results improve year on year thanks to the hard work and dedication of staff and students alike. In 2008 37% of students achieved grade A* - C at GCSE, in 2009 45% achieved A* - C and we expect to get at least 50% of students achieving grade C or above in the 2010 GCSE results, due to be published in August.

The department consists of five staff based in a suite of rooms dedicated to maths, all with interactive whiteboards and with access to three sets of ‘voting pods’ to encourage interaction between students and their tutors and enhance learning and teaching.

After completing a transition unit of work in the first three weeks of September, students in Year 7 are set into ability groups for teaching to allow best progress to be made. Students are regularly tested to ensure good progress is being made by all and where necessary, sets are adjusted.

Under the new maths GCSE, students will be following OCR’s modular specification which consists of two module units and one terminal examination. The examinations are not tier-restricted so students can sit a combination of higher and foundation tier papers giving the flexibility to tailor the course for personalised learning, helping students to achieve as highly as possible.