An AS-level maths exam featured an "impossible" question that was worth more than 10% of the overall mark. The test was taken by nearly 6,800 students last Thursday, and the offending question was ...

Cambridge International Education (CIE) announced on Saturday that it has cancelled the leaked AS Level Mathematics paper and will not be marking students on it. Instead, students will be assessed ...

Entries for A-level maths exceeded 100,000 this summer – the first time this milestone has been reached. The subject remained the most popular A-level this year, with a 10.9% increase in entries ...

AN exam board said sorry yesterday after pupils were set an impossible question in an AS-level maths paper. Youngsters were left baffled by the incorrect equation, worth 11% of the exam’s marks, ...

The shake-up of the syllabus will see pupils studying algebra covered at GCSE and focusing more on the "pure" elements of the subject. Under the new system, students will be given fewer opportunities ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From trigonometry to calculus and vectors to geometry, few students take A-level mathematics thinking it's going to be an easy subject. But for Daily Mail readers who know their sequences from their ...

Maths A-level is expected to have the lowest pass mark in history, as experts predict that a financial incentive for schools may have led to a weaker cohort. This summer was the first year that pupils ...

Some teenagers fear their chances of securing university places may have been hit after the rogue question was added to a maths paper. One of Britain’s biggest exam boards apologised for the blunder ...

It can really pay to take an A-level in Maths - and here's the proof. Research by the Department of Education shows an A-level in the subject can add between £6,000 and £10,000 to a salary in just six ...

An A-level student has picked up five top grades today to add to the five As she achieved last year. But Amelia Al-Qazzaz, 18, was turned down by Oxford University despite her remarkable achievement, ...