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Congratulations to every secondary teacher whose Year 11s have just completed their final GCSE maths paper - the months of teaching, revision and hard work have paid off.

Now you've seen all three maths papers, we'd love to hear how this year's exams have landed in your school.

Each year, we ask thousands of secondary teachers how their students found the GCSE maths papers, and publish a review of the final paper. Last year's review became a go-to read in the days that followed. Your input will feed directly into the 2026 version.

The survey only takes a few minutes to complete. We're keen to hear:
🔹 How the papers compared to last year
🔹 How they compared to your expectations
🔹 Your approach to revision and exam practice
🔹 Which topics your students found hardest
🔹 The role AI played in your GCSE prep

As a small thank you, everyone who completes the survey before 3pm tomorrow (Thursday 11 June) will be entered into a prize draw for one of three £25 Amazon vouchers.

Link to survey 👉 https://buff.ly/u9BzGUf
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts!

GCSE Maths papers 2 and 3 are right around the corner. The release of our complete set of interactive Edexcel practice papers are now live just in time - Papers 1-3, Foundation and Higher

Here are three ways to use them this week before the final two exams:

🔹 Set one as homework for the whole class
🔹 Run one as a timed mock in your next revision lesson
🔹 Use all three yourself to spot the topics that still need one more pass before exam day

Full papers, sat on a tablet or laptop. Marked instantly, with mark schemes that show how marks are awarded for working. A live timer and question tracker so students learn to pace themselves. One-click revision links to topic recaps. And a personalised score breakdown and revision plan that students can download as a PDF and send to you.

Free for your Year 11s to sit now.

Link to the interactive papers 👇

FREE Interactive GCSE Practice Papers Interactive GCSE papers for Edexcel Foundation and Higher. Work through questions, get instant marking, and see exactly which topics to focus on.

After GCSE Paper 1, every maths department asks the same question: what's most likely to come up in Paper 2 and Paper 3?

Topics that didn't come up on Paper 1 are now more likely on Papers 2 and 3. But analysing the paper and rebuilding a revision plan in the days between exams isn't realistic for most departments – not while also teaching, marking, and supporting Year 11s through the exam window.

That's where maths expert Christine Norledge's Paper 1 analysis comes in. It covers:

🔹 What came up on Paper 1
🔹 Revision focus lists for Paper 2 and Paper 3 – Higher and Foundation
🔹 A downloadable hit list of the topics most likely to appear next
🔹 5 practical tips for maximising marks on Papers 2 and 3

Link to the full blog 👇
https://buff.ly/bM9yXtq

Find out how teachers and SLT across the country felt the maths went in our brand new review blog! ⬇️
https://buff.ly/yCr6VWe

We've taken care not to go into question-level detail, but rest assured we'll be back when the embargo has been lifted with a full analysis... 👀