Chris Brignell is Deputy Director of the Observatory for Mathematical Education, which is supported by a founding grant from XTX Markets Ltd. Stephen Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Observatory ...

The bonus points initiative that enables Leaving Cert students to gain extra points for achieving a pass grade in higher-level mathematics appears to have led to a decline in standards in the subject, ...

The bonus points initiative (BPI) was introduced in 2012 to incentivise the study of higher-level mathematics and with the long-term goal of improving students’ mathematical capabilities. Since its ...

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Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite ...