GCSE Level 2 Further Maths tutors

Level 2 Further Maths is a Year-11 bridge qualification sat alongside GCSE Maths, designed to stretch high-achieving candidates and prepare them for AS or A-level. It introduces matrices, calculus and more rigorous algebraic manipulation a year earlier than the A-level route would. Four awarding bodies run it under different names — AQA's Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics (spec 8365, grades 5-9 with allowed 4) is the most widely taken and the version most people mean by the phrase; Pearson Edexcel runs the Level 2 Extended Mathematics Certificate; WJEC and Eduqas both run a Level 2 Certificate in Additional Mathematics. OCR doesn't run a Level 2 version (their FSMQ Additional Mathematics is a Level 3 qualification). Tutoring helps most with the algebra step-up from GCSE, with the content that isn't in the GCSE spec at all (calculus, matrices, function notation), and with the longer extended-answer questions. Match the tutor to the spec — the four boards differ enough on style and emphasis to matter.