Mini-Mocks GCSE Mathematics Higher (Modules 1-13)

Content of the resource

This resource contains 6 Mini-Mocks, consisting of 20 questions each, covering the first 13 modules of the Scheme of Work we use at our school. Included in this download are 6 question booklets, 6 modelled answer booklets, and an overview of the module headings of all 24 modules of our Scheme of Work.

Use of the resource

As part of a new strategy to raise standards for mathematics at our school, we introduced Mini-Mocks at the start of last school year.

Set by the Head of Maths, all Year 11 students must complete one Mini-Mock every week.

After a week, teachers collect the Mini-Mocks from their students and check whether they have been completed to a good standard and chase up any students who have not submitted their work.

Two days after the deadline has passed, modelled answers are being shared electronically and students self-mark their Mini-Mock. Teachers are free to decide when and where their students mark their work, which may depend on the group they teach. From experience, our more independent learners can be left to do their marking at home, while students who find it more difficult to organise themselves, should perhaps self-mark their Mini-Mocks in class.

The worked answers are very detailed and sometimes include reminders of theory needed to do a question. We have issued every student with a small notebook to make notes based on their own mistakes. Teachers can monitor the quality of their students’ marking by checking marked Mini-Mocks, and by taking in students’ notebooks at regular intervals.

Initial feedback from students and parents is extremely positive and students’ performance in our December Mock Examination improved significantly compared to the years before when students did not have the Mini-Mocks to help them revise for the the Mock Examination.

When our examination results were published the following August, we were over the moon as we had our best GCSE examination results ever with 60% of the grades at 7 or higher: 23% of our candidates achieved a grade 9, 20% got a grade 8, and 17% got a grade 7. Also our students who find mathematics challenging did extremely well with only 1 student not achieving a pass.

As a non-selective school, we were very pleased with our results and there is no doubt about it that our new initiative of Mini-Mocks has played a considerable role in our success.

I hope that your students will find these Mini-Mocks useful as well.