The AMSP can support you in setting up and teaching Core Maths, providing advice and information, resources and professional development.
If you would like to speak to a member of the AMSP team about support for teaching Core Maths in your school/college then please contact us [email protected].
Advice and guidance
The AMSP can offer tailored advice and guidance from our Core Maths Specialist Leads and Core Maths Advocates.
Core Maths Specialist Leads
The AMSP’s Core Maths Specialists Leads can support your school or college with developing your Core Maths offer – for example how to get started offering Core Maths, strengthening and sustaining your current Core Maths offer, promoting the course to students.
Core Maths Advocates
The AMSP has a team of Core Maths Advocates, who work in a diverse range of institutions and assist the AMSP by offering ‘on the ground’ insight through sharing their experiences of what it means to be a Core Maths teacher right now.
Professional Development
The AMSP provides a wide range of flexible professional development and support, including:
- online and blended courses to develop subject knowledge and pedagogy for teachers who are new to teaching Core Maths and those with more experience
- Getting Started webinars aimed at schools and colleges who plan to offer the course in the future
- online festivals featuring inspirational speakers to enthuse, challenge and enlighten teachers with ideas for Core Maths lessons
- specification networks for teachers to discuss and share experiences with teachers following the same Core Maths specification
- online courses for teachers of geography, psychology and biology to build their confidence in teaching the mathematical content of their A level subject and make links with Core Maths
If you’re looking to offer Core Maths in the future, you might be particularly interested in our Getting Started webinars and our New to Teaching Core Maths Programme.
Recruiting students to the course
The AMSP provides a range of enrichment activities and resources to help you promote Core Maths to students in KS4, including;
- a large programme of enrichment events to inspire and inform students
- leaflets, postcards and posters promoting Core Maths, linking the maths with other subjects
- a suite of ‘Why study maths?’ presentation resources, designed to engage and inform students and their parents about the benefits of studying maths beyond GCSE
- two online Core Maths tasters for students to try out topics they will meet when studying Core Maths
- World of Work resources, showcasing the maths in different careers, with a short video and associated activities, giving students a real taste of what the job may entail
Resources for teaching Core Maths
The AMSP has developed a range of resources to support the teaching and study of Core Maths. We have collected these together on our Core Maths resources page.
The AMSP Core Maths Platform has a comprehensive collection of teaching and learning materials for the main Core Maths specifications, including schemes of work, assessments and supported self-study materials.
Additional 16-19 Funding
In 2017, the DfE introduced the Advanced Maths Premium (AMP), which is designed to encourage greater participation in the advanced maths qualifications. Qualifying subjects for the AMP included Core Maths, AS and A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics.
In October 2024, the government announced changes to the AMP and increased funding so schools and colleges could teach maths to more students aged over 16. The investment has led to an increase in the rate of the AMP from £600 to £900 per year for each additional student, as well as the introduction of the new Core Maths Premium (CMP) at £900 per student, with no baseline (i.e. all students studying Core Maths are eligible).
In addition to these premiums, schools/colleges may also be eligible for the Large Programme Uplift funding, equivalent to a 10% uplift to the national funding rate per student, for any students who are following a large programme of study, such as 4 or more full A levels, or a T level programme with at least one A or AS level taken alongside, or a full level 3 International Baccalaureate.
For full details of the Large Programme Uplift please refer to the DfE’s guidance for schools and colleges. Guidance on offering Further Mathematics as part of a four (or more) A level programme is available here.