News: Certification of AS and A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics

Advice to centres up to the end of 2007 has been to certificate for Mathematics and Further Mathematics when candidates have completed all their modules.  This has allowed the most favourable combination of grades for candidates to be awarded using the "least-best" rule outlined on page 26 of the specification.  

Certification rules are changing from January 2008.  It is now possible to ask for re-certification of AS or A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics to "unlock" the units that have previously been combined.  OCR have sent a notice to centres explaining this.  It can also be found on the MEI A Level page on the OCR website www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as_alevelgce/mathematics_mei/index.html

The "least-best" rule is also being modified to allow the highest uniform mark in Mathematics that is consistent with the "least-best" grades.  This is also detailed in OCR's notice to centres.

posted 17/03/08