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An A Level Teacher’s Honest View Having taught A level Maths for 10 years, one question I hear regularly from Year 12 students is this: is it normal to feel stressed at certain points of the year? The short answer is yes. Below is my personal observation of the Year 12 academic year, from September to July. I have rated the stress level of each month out of five, with five being the most stressful. (Disclaimer: This is entirely opinion based, drawn from classroom experience o

Some teachers set homework full of easy questions. Some do not, believing that they are a waste of time and that students should jump straight into harder exam style problems. Students often agree with the second group, especially when they think I already get this. The truth is that both approaches have a place. The key is balance. Easy Questions Are Not About Ability There is a balance between doing too many easy questions and doing too few. Doing 20 pages of near identical

If you are studying A level Maths, you may often feel that lessons move very quickly. One minute you are copying down an example, the next minute the board has been wiped, and suddenly you are wondering when exactly differentiation turned into integration. Maths does not wait for anyone. This is where flipped learning  comes in. No actual flipping of tables or students is required. What Is Flipped Learning Flipped learning is about learning the core maths concepts before the