Further Maths Specifications

Warning for students:

The content at Further Maths differs more than in Maths. Each exam board has 3 papers, 2 of which are pure maths. The third part of the spec, depending on the exam board and your school/college, will be 2 out of Statistics, Mechanics or Discrete Maths (otherwise known as Decision maths).

Assessment Format for A-Level

Edexcel

4 papers

Core Pure1

Core Pure2

+2 from

Further Pure 1

Further Pure 2

Further Stats 1

Further Stats 2

Further Mech 1

Further Mech 2

Further Decision 1

Further Decision 2

*Either 2 option 1 papers or 2 matching

AQA

3 papers

Pure paper 1

Pure paper 2

+1 from

Mech/Stats

Mech/Discrete

Stats/Discrete

OCR A

4 papers

Core Pure1

Core Pure2

*same content for these

+2 from

Additional Pure 

Statistics

Mechanics

Discrete


OCR B (MEI)


Assessment Format for AS Level

Edexcel

2 papers

Core Pure 1

+any one from these combinations

2A: Further Pure Mathematics 1 and Further Pure Mathematics 2 
2B: Further Pure Mathematics 1 and Further Statistics 1 
2C: Further Pure Mathematics 1 and Further Mechanics 1 
2D: Further Pure Mathematics 1 and Decision Mathematics 1 
2E: Further Statistics 1 and Further Mechanics 1 
2F: Further Statistics 1 and Decision Mathematics 1 
2G: Further Statistics 1 and Further Statistics 2 
2H: Further Mechanics 1 and Decision Mathematics 1 
2J: Further Mechanics 1 and Further Mechanics 2 
2K: Decision Mathematics 1 and Decision Mathematics 2 

AQA


OCR A



OCR B (MEI)