Level 3 Certificate in Core Mathematics
Course Code: Q100122
Key Information
Course type:
Vocational
Campus:
Sixth Form Campus
Start Date:
08 Sept 2025
Duration:
1 year
Attendance:
Full-time
Fees:
Free
Equivalent to an AS Level
For those who want to develop data handling and probability skills learned at GCSE level and have an understanding of, and interest in, numerical methods such as using percentages and financial calculations. Core maths is a great support for other subjects including psychology, geography, biology, business and economics.
Units include:
- personal finance including tax, national insurance and loan repayments
- handling data – statistical diagrams, averages and measures of spread
- estimation techniques.
This course teaches you to use mathematical methods for real-life problem solving in areas including business, economics, psychology and biology. Maths can help us understand the world around us, so we will look at news stories and discuss how the maths we learn can help us to suggest improvements, and make predictions about what might happen in the future.
A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English Language and a grade 5 or above in GCSE Maths.
Core mathematics can support any other course.
You will have core maths for one lesson a week (morning or afternoon).
Core maths is assessed through two examination papers of 90 minutes each. Calculators can be used in both exams.
You could progress to a finance-related career, or a career in which you need to be able to deal with data. It also supports anyone who aspires to set up and run their own business.
