This is a set of 50 exercises, each with 10 questions, covering the typical beginning Foundation GCSE topics on non-calculator exams. The structure of each exercise is always the same, but numbers vary so that students can have repeated practice at the same skills. Answers are included. I initially created this resource as a number of students are close to the grade 4 borderline, but have made basic errors at the beginning of the paper. The aim is for them to practice so they don’t make errors such as 0.8=8%, and ideally get the first 10 or so marks at the beginning of each paper. Equally, lower ability students can almost secure grade 1 by getting most of these marks. As well as practice for year 11 Foundation, they can also be used for any KS3 class as basic practice.

I used Excel to generate random numbers, and from this a series of questions on finding the probabilities from the standardised Normal distribution tables. Using the spreadsheet, I generated 10 separate worksheets, with answers.

A spreadsheet to try to remove some of the "guess work" in measuring KS3 progress without using levels. You will need to create topic tests for your Scheme of Work. The spreadsheet is set up for these to be out of 60 marks but can be adapted otherwise. For each student, enter their name, target GCSE grade, and mark for each topic test. The spreadsheet calculates an integer value from -2 to 2 to indicate progression (nb - students with a target of 9 can only score a maximum of 0 for progress). The spreadsheet calculates a "weighted average" score of a number of tests - weightings are based on the Edexcel 1MA0 specification (Higher). Please note - this is still "work in progress" - any suggestions welcome.