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GCSE Maths (Foundation) — for adults and resits, 16+
Pass GCSE Maths at Foundation tier (grades 1–5), whether it is your first sitting or a resit: exam-board-aligned lessons, practice questions and live revision classes for learners aged 16+, plus full timed mock papers in the real Foundation format (80 marks, 90 minutes), non-calculator and calculator. Sit it in November or June.
£99.00one-off · 12 months' access💻 100% online
✓ Sterling pass guarantee: sit the exam and don't pass, and your access continues free for another year.
The Sterling pass guarantee
Sterling pass guarantee: sit the exam and don't pass, and your access continues free for another year. Four conditions, all of them things you control:
- You completed every lesson and its quiz before the exam.
- You sat every timed mock exam in the course before the exam.
- You sat the real exam within your 12 months' access.
- You send us the result within 30 days of receiving it.
If all four hold and the result is not a pass, we add another 12 months' access to the same course at no charge, as many times as you need it. The guarantee is extended access, not a refund; exam fees are paid to the exam board and are not covered.
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How you sit the exam
We teach the course. Your exam is booked through an approved exam centre, where you sit the same papers as school candidates and receive the same qualification. Sterling College London is not yet an approved GCSE exam centre, so you enter as a private candidate — here is exactly how that works.
Entries for November 2026 close on 4 October 2026
That is 16 days away. Exams run from 2 November 2026 to 11 November 2026, with results on 14 January 2027. Book your centre first, then start the course — centres fill up and they are not obliged to accept private candidates.
- 1.Find a centre that takes private candidates. Search for “private candidate exam centre” alongside your town, and check the lists the exam boards publish. Contact several — availability varies and places are limited.
- 2.Check the board matches. Ask which exam board the centre enters for. Our lessons cover the content all boards share, but knowing your board lets you practise the right past papers.
- 3.Budget for the entry fee. This is separate from your course fee and paid to the centre. The exam board’s own fee is around fifty pounds a subject; centres add administration and invigilation on top, so expect roughly £120 to £350 per subject in total. Ask for the all-in price.
- 4.Enter before the deadline. Late entries cost roughly double, and very late entries more again. The centre enters you — you cannot enter yourself directly with the exam board.
Good news about Maths. It is assessed entirely by written papers — no coursework and nothing to submit in advance — which makes it one of the most straightforward subjects to sit as a private candidate. On the main boards it is three papers, the first without a calculator and the other two with one, so bring a calculator you know well.
Deadlines and fees are set by the exam boards and centres, not by us, and can change. Confirm both with your chosen centre before you rely on them.
Prefer to learn in person? 🏛️
This course is also taught face-to-face at Sterling College London. Already studying online? You can switch, or combine online lessons with classroom teaching — our admissions team will help you find the right fit.
Syllabus
Lessons are presented by Emma, our AI teacher. The curriculum is written by Sterling College London tutors.
explainer 45 lessons show the idea animatedpractice 45 walk you through a worked examplequiz 58 end in a quiz
Module 1: Getting started — your resit journey
- Welcome to your GCSE Maths resitquiz🔒
- How the Foundation exam worksexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Find your gaps — diagnosticquiz🔒
- Place value, negatives and BIDMASexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Fractions without fearexplainerpracticequizFree preview
- Decimals, rounding and estimationexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Getting started — your resit journeyquiz🔒
Module 2: Percentages, ratio and proportion
- Percentages the easy wayexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Percentage increase and decreaseexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Reverse percentagesexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Ratio — sharing and simplifyingexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Proportion, best buys and exchange ratesexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Compound interest and growthexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Percentages, ratio and proportionquiz🔒
Module 3: Algebra essentials
- Simplifying expressionsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Solving linear equationsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Brackets and factorisingexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Formulae — substitute and rearrangeexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Inequalitiesexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Sequences and the nth termexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Algebra essentialsquiz🔒
Module 4: Graphs and coordinates
- Coordinates and midpointsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Straight-line graphsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Real-life graphsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Distance-time graphsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Quadratic graphsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Simultaneous equationsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Graphs and coordinatesquiz🔒
Module 5: Shapes, angles and Pythagoras
- Angle rules you must knowexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Parallel lines and polygonsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Triangles and quadrilateralsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Pythagoras' theoremexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Trigonometry basicsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Transformationsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Shapes, angles and Pythagorasquiz🔒
Module 6: Measures, area and volume
- Units and conversionsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Perimeter and areaexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Circlesexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Volume and surface areaexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Speed, density and pressureexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Maps, scales and bearingsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Measures, area and volumequiz🔒
Module 7: Probability and statistics
- Probability basicsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Two-way tables and Venn diagramsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Tree diagramsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Averages and rangeexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Charts and graphsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Scatter graphs and correlationexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Module practice — Probability and statisticsquiz🔒
Module 8: Exam mastery
- Know your papersexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Command words and marksexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Always show your workingexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Non-calculator tacticsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Timing, checking and problem questionsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Entering the November exam — your final planquiz🔒
- Module practice — Exam masteryquiz🔒
Module 9: Mock exams
- Mock paper 1 — non-calculatorquiz🔒
- Mock paper 2 — calculatorquiz🔒