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A long discussion with Year 13 today about why we can't say a calculated 95% confidence interval has a 95% probability of containing the mean. Gosh I wish we just taught Bayesian statistics instead!
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
A long discussion with Year 13 today about why we can't say a calculated 95% confidence interval has a 95% probability of containing the mean. Gosh I wish we just taught Bayesian statistics instead!
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Big change from Oxford University!
For 2027 entry onwards they will use the TMUA (October sitting) for maths and not the MAT.
I am off to update SUMS magazine for current Year 12 students 😂
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For 2027 entry onwards they will use the TMUA (October sitting) for maths and not the MAT.
I am off to update SUMS magazine for current Year 12 students 😂
@meimaths.bsky.social
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u...
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Big change from Oxford University!
For 2027 entry onwards they will use the TMUA (October sitting) for maths and not the MAT.
I am off to update SUMS magazine for current Year 12 students 😂
@meimaths.bsky.social
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u...
For 2027 entry onwards they will use the TMUA (October sitting) for maths and not the MAT.
I am off to update SUMS magazine for current Year 12 students 😂
@meimaths.bsky.social
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u...
I marked some homework on chi squared tests today. It really frustrates me that students have to do these sorts of tests by hand when of course in reality they are all done by computer.
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I marked some homework on chi squared tests today. It really frustrates me that students have to do these sorts of tests by hand when of course in reality they are all done by computer.
Marking Year 10 trigonometry homework - one of them has accidentally had his calculator in gradians! First time for everything...
January 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Marking Year 10 trigonometry homework - one of them has accidentally had his calculator in gradians! First time for everything...
There's been some good ones this year. If I had to choose it would be Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. I loved his second book too and looking forward to the third next year.
December 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There's been some good ones this year. If I had to choose it would be Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. I loved his second book too and looking forward to the third next year.
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Unexpected email from Jonny Griffiths telling me there's a new 2026 update of his RISPS book, that's great investigations for impressionable A Level students. Download it now from www.risps.co.uk with links to Geogebra and Excel files
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December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Unexpected email from Jonny Griffiths telling me there's a new 2026 update of his RISPS book, that's great investigations for impressionable A Level students. Download it now from www.risps.co.uk with links to Geogebra and Excel files
@jonny-griffiths.bsky.social
@jonny-griffiths.bsky.social
Solutions for 2001 STEP III now on my website! That's now 1994-2001 done. Once I've done 2002 and 2003 it should become easier as 2004 is when official solutions become available.
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STEP Solutions – Swinton Maths
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December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Solutions for 2001 STEP III now on my website! That's now 1994-2001 done. Once I've done 2002 and 2003 it should become easier as 2004 is when official solutions become available.
swintonmaths.co.uk/indexphp/ste...
swintonmaths.co.uk/indexphp/ste...
On a walk today I got to see the rather impressive Colne Valley Viaduct which will carry HS2 trains in the future.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
On a walk today I got to see the rather impressive Colne Valley Viaduct which will carry HS2 trains in the future.
Year 10 homework this week included the classic question "how many piano tuners are there London?". Answers ranged from 6 to 4000!
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Year 10 homework this week included the classic question "how many piano tuners are there London?". Answers ranged from 6 to 4000!
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Happy/Merry/Blessed Halloween/Samhain/Spooky Season to all who celebrate!
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Happy/Merry/Blessed Halloween/Samhain/Spooky Season to all who celebrate!
Fun with Y12 FM today!
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Fun with Y12 FM today!
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Just a few days now until the 2025 National Cipher Challenge opens for registration! If you know someone aged 11-18 who might like codes and ciphers (or who might not yet know that they do!) then get them to take a look at www.cipherchallenge.org on Thursday.
Registration opens 18th September 2025. Competition starts 9th October 2025.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Just a few days now until the 2025 National Cipher Challenge opens for registration! If you know someone aged 11-18 who might like codes and ciphers (or who might not yet know that they do!) then get them to take a look at www.cipherchallenge.org on Thursday.
Some fun for Year 10 homework this week
September 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Some fun for Year 10 homework this week
Just found this gem! On the Y10 homework today.
September 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Just found this gem! On the Y10 homework today.
I see all these posts about Banda machines and even with Google I'm still pretty clueless about what they are.
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I see all these posts about Banda machines and even with Google I'm still pretty clueless about what they are.
I won a coconut on a coconut shy today! What an exciting village fete.
July 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I won a coconut on a coconut shy today! What an exciting village fete.
Some help for my students who forgot calculators for a test today
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Some help for my students who forgot calculators for a test today
I'm very happy at my current school with no intention of moving but it is still fun to have a peek at the jobs board on TES every now and again!
May 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm very happy at my current school with no intention of moving but it is still fun to have a peek at the jobs board on TES every now and again!
I've written a practice paper for OCR H245 further maths statistics. It's on my website along with the Edexcel spec papers I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm planning to do a mechanics one in the next week or two as well.
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April 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've written a practice paper for OCR H245 further maths statistics. It's on my website along with the Edexcel spec papers I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm planning to do a mechanics one in the next week or two as well.
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Union executive election ballot paper sent!
April 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Union executive election ballot paper sent!
Scout Camp this weekend - it's looking like a balmy 22 degrees tomorrow! Makes a change from one I ran a few years ago at the same time of year where it was below 0...
April 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Scout Camp this weekend - it's looking like a balmy 22 degrees tomorrow! Makes a change from one I ran a few years ago at the same time of year where it was below 0...
As we move into revision season, a reminder that I have written a set of practice papers for Edexcel FM (CP1, CP2, FM1).
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I'm now at a school that teaches OCR, and I'll probably do a similar things for FM mechanics and statistics this year.
swintonmaths.co.uk/indexphp/a-l...
I'm now at a school that teaches OCR, and I'll probably do a similar things for FM mechanics and statistics this year.
A Level Further Maths Resources – Swinton Maths
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March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As we move into revision season, a reminder that I have written a set of practice papers for Edexcel FM (CP1, CP2, FM1).
swintonmaths.co.uk/indexphp/a-l...
I'm now at a school that teaches OCR, and I'll probably do a similar things for FM mechanics and statistics this year.
swintonmaths.co.uk/indexphp/a-l...
I'm now at a school that teaches OCR, and I'll probably do a similar things for FM mechanics and statistics this year.