Open Days - 17 May: Prep (4-13) / 18 May: Senior & Sixth Form (13-18)
LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE - The perfect opportunity to gain an insight into the school, view the facilities and gather all the information you need.Why Study Maths?
The department is situated at the heart of King's, occupying classrooms along the main corridor. Pupils arriving in Third Form follow an integrated three-year course that covers work required for the IGCSE and beyond.
Our Maths Clinic is held two lunchtimes a week, and is when staff and Sixth Form pupils are on-hand to give extra individual help. Over a hundred pupils enter the UK Intermediate and/or Senior Maths Challenge each year, which leads to the UK Maths Olympiads and Team Maths Challenges.
The Only Subject that Counts...
The Jacobians is King’s oldest society and open to all Sixth Form mathematicians. There are meetings every two to three weeks, with the final meeting of each term traditionally a pizza evening.
Discussions include areas of the subject far beyond the confines of the usual curriculum. Meetings could take the form of a short talk, activity or presentation, a puzzle evening, pub quiz or a mathematically-themed theatre trip. Recent meetings have also included talks entitled Maths BC, Cryptic Puzzles, and The sky’s the Limit.
Maths Challenges
King's has a strong history of success in a number of national maths challenges. The Senior Mathematical Challenge is a 90-minute, multiple-choice competition for pupils across the UK. It encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. These problems are designed to make pupils think. Most are accessible, yet still challenge those with more experience. Our pupils regularly come away with gold, silver and bronze awards each year.