Senior Phase pathways in Mathematics at Alford Academy

ADVANCED HIGHER MATHEMATICS

Advanced Higher Mathematics – Course overview and resources – SQA

 

HIGHER MATHEMATICS

Higher Mathematics – Course overview and resources – SQA

 

NATIONAL 5  MATHEMATICS

Mathematics course to support further study in Mathematics, or in Science /Engineering / Technology.  Covers topics such as algebra, quadratics and trigonometry.

NOTE: Pupils in S4 entered for N5 Maths will also be entered for N5 Applications of Maths  – see note below

National 5 Mathematics – Course overview and resources – SQA

 

NATIONAL 5  APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS

Mathematics course to develop skills needed to support many careers – without a STEM focus.    Covers topics such as Problem Solving, Budgeting and Statistics.

National 5 Applications of Mathematics – Course overview – SQA

 

NATIONAL 4  APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS

Mathematics course to develop skills needed to support many careers – without a STEM focus.    Covers topics such as Measure, Budgeting and Statistics.

National 4 Applications of Mathematics – SQA

 

NATIONAL 3  APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS

Mathematics course to develop skills needed to support many careers – without a STEM focus.    Covers topics such as Numeracy, Money, Data, Measure.

National 3 Applications of Mathematics – Overview – SQA

 

Why do we enter S4 pupils doing National 5 mathematics for National 5 Applications of Mathematics?

This is a model that is in place across many schools in Scotland, including around half of the schools in Aberdeenshire, and the benefit to pupils is that it gives them an additional qualification at National 5, and additional SCQF Tariff points for college, university or job applications.

There is significant crossover between the N5 Maths and the Applications of Maths course, and in general it has been found that pupils who are attaining at N5 Maths cope well with the N5 Applications of Maths content, which is looking at ‘real-life’ scenarios, using maths that they have primarily already studied.  While it does mean an extra exam we believe that the benefits significantly outweigh the inconvenience of the additional formal assessments required.