r/GCSEMaths

Just to Share I am in Year 10 did my FM happy to share got grade 9 with Full marks.

Results are out tomorrow, and I know for some of you maths might not go the way you wanted. Wanted to post this in advance so you've got it if you need it.

A few things worth knowing if you end up needing to resit: you can resit in November or wait until next summer alongside other subjects, a low grade in maths is really common and doesn't reflect overall ability, it's often specific topic gaps or exam technique rather than the whole subject being a problem, and most people who resit do improve their grade with focused prep.

I tutor GCSE maths (Oxford PGCE, SEN specialism) and work with resit students fairly often. Happy to answer questions in the comments if you're in this position tomorrow, and try not to panic if it happens, it's genuinely more common than people think.

I’m working my way through maths genie (from the very start) and I really don’t understand cm to m, ml to L etc etc.

Can someone explain it as simple as possible?
I know to get a smaller unit you need to divide(??) and to get a bigger unit you need to multiply(??)

I can do trigonometry and Pythagoras easily but this grade 1 topic is confusing me ??

Hello r/GCSEMaths,

I'm an ECT1 Secondary Maths teacher who will be teaching (as a specialist maths teacher) at a SEND school specialising in autistic pupils, starting in September. The school is fairly new and doesn't have much of an established maths practice. As such the resources for teaching Key Stage 4 is pretty much a green field.

The pupils here are capable enough that it is expected that they should be able to complete (some) GCSEs, albeit with significant support.

The non-maths teachers here lean a lot on White Rose Maths for Key Stage 3, but I find that the quality of White Rose lessons is very variable, with some lessons very dry and really needing a lot of explanation. In particular, I find them lacking in visual explanations, which are really helpful for some autistic pupils.

Can anyone point me to good resources with a focus on visual explanations or a track record of teaching to an autistic cohort for KS4/GCSE Maths? I'm happy to consider paid resources. In particular, I'd like to find a good text book edition that has excellent visual explanations.

I'd prefer something more specialised than general GCSE maths text books or Twinkl, etc., as I already plan to dig into general resources.

Thanks!