Topic Tests for A Level AQA: Pure Mathematics

What do teachers say about this resource? (8927, 8931, 8943, 8947, 8959, 8963)

A very effective and helpful resource. Just what we needed ... It is well written, and allows for effective practice for Year 13 students ... The duplicate sets of tests allow for effective preparation of similar questions, followed by a closely matched test ... The quality of the questions by the ZigZag authors is excellent ... It is very good value for money, and a useful tool for motivating pupils and monitoring their progress ... It is a strong match for the Edexcel A Level specification, with question style and difficulty that fits the real thing

An extremely useful bank of differentiated questions ... I kept the fundamental set of questions available to the students to make use of for revision in the study room with the answers ... I set the challenge set for revision homework or standard homework ... I used the bank of expert questions to make assessment papers for testing in class ... The wide range of questions allows students the practice required ... Having the fundamental set and answers in their study room encourages independent study ... Useful resource which saves valuable time

Realistic, confidence building assessment of their pure maths understanding... It can work as assessment or a homework as needed, and the annotated mark schemes make it easy to use with students.

Useful to use [the Fundamental tests] with lower ability students ... They tend to find this very challenging and this helps them access it better ... It's differentiated very well and graduated well across the resources. I know that every student will be able to answer some questions; while the top students will still find the end questions on Fundamentals interesting ... These questions are so much more accessible than textbook questions; in an international school I had attempted to set "mixed exercises". Some students weren't able to access content at all, scoring 'zero' routinely. I know that won't happen on these Fundamental worksheets when set for homework or as a test ... All students can "access" it - it's so helpful for helping our lower ability students 'across the line' with E/D questions ... The topic tests are incredibly well-designed - and very well differentiated

Very excited to receive it - so very suitable for our need... It's all contained, no additional books necessary... Gives a confidence boost going through the stages... Confidence is really important - and it gives confidence! Matches Edexcel perfectly.

Exactly what I was looking for. ... The challenge questions allow me to provide work to stretch the majority of my class in preparation for assessment... great revision materials and end of unit assessments ... excellent differentiation and to stretch students

Amazingly accurate… an excellent set of questions and a very useful tool for teachers and students… a brilliant resource.

What do teachers say about this resource? (8505, 8506, 8507, 8689, 8691, 8693)

I really liked this resource ... In an International school, abilities tend to be very mixed and language levels are low. The Fundamental pack makes it very much easier to set homework and revision ... It differentiates so much better than the book ... Normally I use [competitor] workbooks for revision and homework; these are vastly better... Very, very, very much better differentiated. Questions at Fundamental level are structured very well - no tricks or weird wording - meaning students can access them. I have used these with grade E/U students without issue... It matches [the specification] perfectly

a good way to stretch students... It provides an easy way to differentiate work... Useful as end of unit assessments, homework and revision for Year 13... cost effective and versatile

Excellent, really helpful... very clear answers... builds confidence through small steps... answers are particularly well worked through with the points awarded.

Very useful for ensuring students were on track and had a strong understanding of each chapter
... You need a good grasp of the chapter to do well on the Expert set, they are accessible but not trivial ... It gives students a clear understanding of how well they have grasped a topic rather than rewarding a superficial understanding ... The questions are challenging in some cases but reasonable and appropriate ... Concise - about 30-40mins per assessment ... a really good match and I have worked through all the AS Papers and they are excellent in terms of challenge and coverage

This is an excellent resource that is of great use to the Department and our students ... The variety and quality of questions is excellent ... The duplicate sets, with slightly modified questions, allows for effective practice in class before a test ... It is great value for money, and very useful as a source of additional questions ... It is a very good match to the Edexcel Maths specification, with questions that match the style and difficulty of the exam ... excellent

Excellent resource, lots of questions, comprehensive... Really useful, lots of suitable questions from practise to exam style. Great for revision and for test... Saves time preparing questions ourselves and don’t have to work out answers either... Tiered level of questions and answers already done, they can read the notes.

It was broken down topic by topic and even better had 3 levels making it easy to differentiate... Clear worked solutions. Graduated questions... Easy to read, but a lot on one page so printing isn’t too expensive... We used these in the months before the end of year exams as revision. It made it easy to structure the revision period into group topics. Next year we may use them for quick tests earlier in the year.

It is part of a system which allows it to be tailored to students needs... a cost efficient way to build assessment into the scheme of works

incredibly useful ... Allows us to set homework that can be self marked but differentiated as well as assess at the end of units.

Brilliant. A great companion to the A tests ... It allows me to follow up homeworks or assessments with students following revision/therapy, or for revision for yr 13 students ... The annotated mark schemes allow me to support students in understanding what is needed to earn marks ... It is an effective way to re assess students after they have been given the test A

[Expert tests] provide a good level of challenge for our more able post-16 students... It stretches students and provides them with a chance to practice problem solving... an easy way to differentiate... meaningful end of unit test and homework.

Good level of challenge and good approximation to exam material

Provides a retest or pretest for students to follow up the initial work ... Allows them to recheck their understanding after therapy strategies have been used ... fits well with the SOW ... can fill a variety of roles in T&L