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Chris Brignell is Deputy Director of the Observatory for Mathematical Education, which is supported by a founding grant from XTX Markets Ltd. Stephen Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Observatory ...

Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite ...

Results in England show record numbers sat maths and further maths, and percentage of top grades rose England may finally be shaking off the perception of being “bad at maths” after record numbers of ...