Quotes from teachers:

"Involvement with the project has lifted the profile of Mathematics within the school. It has extended the interest of the students, built a strong link with Warwick University’s Maths Department and helped to massively improve the school’s average UCAS points score in Mathematics."

"The support from the Centre was excellent and the results exceeded our expectations. Our students have really benefited from their involvement in the project."

"We have been involved in this project for several years now and have had students study towards both AS and A level Further Maths. All the students have enjoyed the course and have emerged with high grades, but, aside from results and extra qualifications that we were unable to offer, they have all benefited from the responsibility placed on them to become independent learners.

We have been impressed with the manner in which they have responded to learning high order skills in a short period of time and with limited personal contact. They have thoroughly enjoyed having contact with, in most of our cases, a University lecturer, and the different style that brought. They have risen to the challenge of working independently and have used the website and other resources to help them learn. The study days and the opportunity to mix with students from other schools have also been very well received. "

"The students have returned to college very enthusiastic about the things they did at the study day and I am really grateful they had the opportunity to participate. The presentations, the handouts and the hospitality were all perfect."

"The delivery of Further Mathematics from the University of Warwick has helped us to improve our curriculum offer in Key Stage 5. We have been able to offer Further Mathematics A-level to our more able post 16 students, and an enriched curriculum to students through an AS-level in Further Mathematics – these students are not necessarily the most able, but the students who are interested in doing modules beyond the ‘normal’ A-level modules. This has helped us in recruitment to our post 16 courses.

The teaching provision has been flexible, to fit in with our timetable and the students have enjoyed the experience. 

Students said :-
“Explanations are clear.” 
“I am surprised we get so much done.”
“It means I get to do the more interesting modules.”

We have also found the website and the support from the Further Mathematics Centre very helpful. As a new co-ordinator to Key Stage 5, I have appreciated that there is advice at the end of an e-mail or a phone. "

"It has been a delight to see the way that the students have developed as independent learners."

"Our students involved in the scheme enjoy the style of teaching involved. They feel that the responsibility they are given leads to a greater confidence with mathematics. The tutorial style also leads to a greater opportunity to discuss the work as they go through it. There is a natural spin off for the straight ‘A’ level course with many of the topics being covered in both areas. Whilst they find the work challenging they are reassured that help is only an email away."

"Thanks to the Further Maths Network, we have finally managed to get Further Maths back onto the timetable at Lymm. Numbers had dwindled so that classes were no longer viable, but in October 2002 it was arranged for one of our gifted mathematicians to be tutored via video-conferencing (during the pilot phase of the FM Network). We were then able to register with the Manchester centre in 2003. Since then numbers have gradually increased, we have moved from AS to A level and now have sufficient numbers to return to timetabled lessons in-house for year 12 in September 2007. Without the help and support of the FM Network this would not have been possible; the students have valued both the tuition and study/revision sessions available to them."