September 2025 Maths and Statistics Update
Welcome Back! A new year brings fresh challenges and opportunities and we’re here to help. This update is packed with practical support, inspiring ideas, and quick links to get you started.
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Now that results are in, it’s a good time to dig into what they mean for your students and your planning.
Most importantly, you can use the insights gained to shape your teaching and CPD for the year ahead.
- Pinpoint areas to revisit in the curriculum.
- Plan interventions for current students.
- Spark useful conversations in department meetings.
Grade boundaries shift each year to reflect how the cohort performed. This summer’s boundaries were a bit higher than last year, but overall outcomes are in line with 2024 and pre-pandemic standards.
Find out more about how grade boundaries are set
If you’re looking at notional component boundaries, remember they’re for internal use only, they don’t decide final grades. Notional boundaries can give a helpful guide if planning for mocks.
ResultsPlus: Breaks down student performance by question and allows you to compare your cohort's performance against the national Edexcel average. The highlights report is perfect for spotting strengths and gaps.
Access to Scripts: See how your students were marked. Great for CPD and department discussions.
Examiner Reports: Useful insights into common mistakes and what went well.
Grade Boundary Docs (Maths Emporium): Include breakdown by centre type, age, and gender. Handy for benchmarking.
ResultsPlus and Access To Scripts Training
If you haven’t already, now’s a great time to catch up on our recent training session from credible specialists JustMaths on how to use ResultsPlus and Access to Scripts to spark meaningful departmental discussions and improve teaching practice.
✍️ Exam Insights and Marking Guidance Network Events - Book Now!
Don’t forget to book onto our upcoming Exam Insights and Marking Guidance sessions via PD Academy.
These free events are taking place throughout September-November and are packed with practical advice and exemplars from the summer series. Perfect for planning, feedback and CPD.
Taught students who sat our May/June 2025 exams? We’d love to hear your thoughts.
📝 The exam feedback survey is open until 15 September. Your insights go straight to our senior examiners and subject teams to help shape future assessments and improve the exam experience for all learners.
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We know the start of the year can be tough, especially for GCSE resit learners rebuilding their confidence and Year 12s adjusting to the step-up in challenge of A Level Maths.
In the sections below, we’re sharing some practical strategies and ready-to-use resources to help you create a positive start and keep learners motivated from day one.
Motivating GCSE resit learners is a big challenge. The good news is that studies have identified some key strategies that can make a positive difference for GCSE Maths resit students.
Using a structured scheme of work designed for resit learners can effectively re-engage students.
A standout example is the CfEM GCSE maths resit scheme, developed by CfEM college teachers and rooted in the Five Key Principles of Teaching for Mastery in FE. Available on the Maths Emporium, the full scheme includes 30 fully resourced lessons, each with a lesson plan, PowerPoint, handouts, and activities. Early lessons focus on boosting confidence, engagement, and resilience in maths.
Download the CfEM scheme of work and lessons from the Maths Emporium
Make lessons relevant and engaging for students using the Themed Practice Papers linking to a range of vocational studies such as animal care, health and beauty, catering, construction and sport.
Post-16 Boost Themed Papers – Maths Emporium
Find out more about our full range of Post 16 resources, including our updated 6 Week Revision Programme via our interactive pdf poster.
Check out the resources and top tips from our recent training event on A Level Maths: Supporting Lower Attaining Students.
- Free videos to support transition from GCSE to A Level
- Resources for baseline testing and targeted support
- Top tips for making a positive start to Year 12
- Practical strategies to support students
Thinking about offering different qualifications to support your learners? You’re not alone.
Supporting every learner isn’t easy, especially when you’re exploring new pathways. That’s why we’ve pulled together everything you need in one place: pathway guidance, Getting Started Guides, resources and training links. Helping you plan with confidence and tailor your curriculum to meet the needs of all your learners.
Explore our Entry Level and Extension Qualifications
We’ve got some brilliant new resources to share, plus a few hidden gems you might’ve missed that are already available and well worth a look.
Check out the section on mock planning to see what assessment materials are available to save you time and ensure your mocks are reliable and informative assessments that can support students' next steps.
No need to create your own worked solutions from scratch, they’re already done for you!
The Maths Emporium now includes worked solutions and student-friendly versions for the Summer 2025 exams, available in a dedicated worked solution cabinet within each qualification’s past paper cabinet.
It’s all there, ready to use, so you can spend more time teaching and less time prepping.
Boost student confidence: Use the student-friendly versions to walk learners through the logic behind each answer, helping them see how marks are awarded and where they can improve.
Support revision and intervention: Ideal for small group work or one-to-one sessions, especially when targeting specific topics or question types.
Enhance mock exam feedback: Pair these solutions with your own marking to give students a clearer picture of what examiners are looking for.
Plan lessons with precision: Spot common misconceptions and use the solutions to guide your teaching of tricky areas.
🌍 Climate Change Meets Core Maths
Looking for fresh ways to bring real-world relevance into your Core Maths lessons? MEI, in partnership with the Royal Meteorological Society, has created a powerful set of resources that put climate change centre stage, perfect for sparking discussion and developing critical thinking.
These resources are designed to help students apply mathematical skills to urgent global issues, from carbon capture to extreme weather.
🌳 Trees for Net Zero (Extended Resource) Explore how tree planting contributes to net zero targets, with extended activities that challenge students to analyse data and evaluate strategies.
https://www.metlink.org/resource/trees-for-net-zero-extended-resource/
🌲 Trees and Carbon Capture A focused look at how trees absorb carbon and how we can model this mathematically.
https://www.metlink.org/resource/core-maths-trees-and-carbon-capture/
🌪️ Extreme Weather Students investigate the maths behind extreme weather events, using real data to understand patterns and probabilities.
https://www.metlink.org/resource/core-maths-extreme-weather/
🚗 EVolution of Vehicle Sales This resource dives into the shift towards electric vehicles, helping students interpret trends and make predictions.
https://www.metlink.org/resource/core-maths-evolution-of-vehicle-sales/
📢 Teachers of 9ST0 - Did you know?
You can access PDFs of the old S1–S4 textbooks, mapped to the current A Level Statistics 9ST0 spec, complete with answers!
📥 Just head to the Teaching and Learning Materials section of the qualification page (final dropdown) to download the relevant zip folder and you're good to go!
If you teach A Level Maths or Further Maths, this is a must-have.
Since 2019, we’ve offered Enhanced Content Guidance documents for both qualifications packed with detailed exemplification and insights from senior examiners on every spec point. But not every teacher knows they exist.
To make them easier to find and use, we’ve now moved them to the specification section of the qualification page.
If you're looking to get ahead and order revision guides or workbooks, don’t forget to use your school’s special discount code!
For details of the discount code and T&Cs, go to the Pearson Revise section of our Schools and Colleges website using the links below:
Did you know? You can access our online revision platform and front-of-class eBook revision guides for free!
Just head to this page and scroll to the section shown below to get started:
Pearson Revise
There won’t be any new mock sets for GCSE Maths or A Level Maths this year, Mock Set 10 for GCSE and Mock Set 5 for A Level are the latest sets available for now.
But don’t worry, there are plenty of alternative resources to support your mock exam planning:
🔒 Shadow Papers Produced after each exam series, these offer unseen questions with full mark schemes and worked solutions. From 2025, they’ll be securely padlocked in the Teaching & Learning Materials section to keep them fresh for mock use.
📄 November Series Papers (GCSE) Available via the Maths Emporium or under padlock on the website. These match the standard of the summer papers and come with mark schemes and grade boundaries.
🧭 Skills Maps & ExamWizard Use these tools to build your own papers by topic or skill, complete with exam data and mark schemes. Great for tailoring mocks to your learners’ needs.
📦 Mocks Service & Moderation Let us take care of the logistics with our Mocks Service, or get feedback on your marking with our Moderation Service.
Plan your CPD for this term quickly and effectively using the overview of upcoming events below.
Keep up to date with new training and resources, collaborate, share questions and resources with other teachers via our thriving Facebook groups for Maths and Statistics. Join up using the links below!
12 September - IGCSE entry deadline
20 September - deadline to request modified papers.
4 October - GCSE entry deadline
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Subject advisor
Vicky Wood
Mathematics and Statistics - UK centres
