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

Example 5: Shared provision with a local further mathematics centre

A consortium of four schools works with their local further mathematics centre to provide tuition to 35 students. The further mathematics centre manager helps to coordinate the course and provides a tutor for one of the AS modules. The schools provide tutors for the other two modules.

This arrangement allows the schools involved to pool their resources and expertise and offer further mathematics to their A level students despite small numbers in each individual school. In addition, the flexibility of tutor support from the further mathematics centre can plug any gaps in the provision caused by timetabling difficulties.

These schools use the OCR (MEI) specifications for their further mathematics provision.

Example 6: Tuition entirely through a local further mathematics centre