QCA has produced a report: 'Offering further mathematics as part of the A level curriculum', which includes the following six case studies:

Example 1: School offering further mathematics in the second year of a double mathematics course

Example 2: School offering further mathematics alongside A level mathematics

This school uses the AQA specifications. Students are not in a separate class for their A level mathematics lessons but can join any of the classes that fit in with their other A level choices. Their further mathematics is taught in a weekly two-and-a-half hour session on one afternoon a week. At the end of year 1 these students will have been examined in three modules for AS mathematics and three modules for AS further mathematics. Year 2 follows the same pattern.

The school likes the flexibility of this model as it also allows students to opt into further mathematics AS at the end of their first year of study if they wish. Again, the fact that the content is delivered over a reduced contact time and that the students who take the course are doing so in addition to the four subjects that all sixth formers have to take means that the school generally asks for A or A* at GCSE. However, in the past they have allowed students with grade B at GCSE to join the class but they must have completed AS mathematics with a top grade and need to pick up an additional qualification in their second year.

Example 3: Further education college offering further mathematics as a fully timetabled A level option

Example 4: Shared provision with other local institutions

Example 5: Shared provision with a local further mathematics centre

Example 6: Tuition entirely through a local further mathematics centre