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

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

Example 4: Shared provision with other local institutions

An 11–18 girls’ school works with a nearby boys’ school to provide further mathematics tuition to their students. The schools are following the OCR specifications. Students from both schools get together one afternoon per week for a two-hour class. In one week the venue and tuition is provided by the girls’ school and in the next week the venue and tuition are provided by the boys’ school. Neither school has a large enough cohort to justify running further mathematics independently of each other. The teacher at the girls’ school commented:
“It works well. I do the pure modules and H. teaches the applied. Our schools are very close so it is not a problem for the students. The only problem is I only see the boys once a fortnight but they know they can come in and see me at lunchtimes and after school and they have my email address… We would prefer to be able to run our own course but this is better than having no provision at all.”
Further mathematics teacher, 11–18 school

Schools and colleges that offer further mathematics to their students do not have to use the same awarding body for both A level mathematics and further mathematics. This may be helpful when considering shared provision with other institutions.

Example 5: Shared provision with a local further mathematics centre

Example 6: Tuition entirely through a local further mathematics centre