GCSE Jumpstart Programme

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About Course

A focused 6-week GCSE maths programme designed to help students build confidence, strengthen core skills and feel more prepared for their GCSE’s.

Inside Jumpstart, students get:

  • 6 weekly live online lessons – 1st lesson is Wednesday 10th June 17:30-18:30
  • Access to the Jumpstart video library for independent study
  • Downloadable worksheets and answers for each lesson
  • Pocket Support between sessions for short help and clarification

The programme is designed to help students revisit key topics, practice methods clearly and start the next stage of GCSE maths with stronger foundations.

Please note: full PMT membership is separate from GCSE Jumpstart and will be available from September.

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What Will You Learn?

  • You will learn the key GCSE maths topics needed to build confidence, improve understanding, and make steady progress, whatever grade you are aiming for.
  • Lessons are structured to support students working towards a Grade 4, those aiming for a Grade 5, and higher-attaining students targeting Grades 7+.

Course Content

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Welcome to Pocket Maths Tutor

  • Welcome to GCSE Jumpstart
  • How to Get the Most from Jumpstart
  • Course Information & Expectations

Weekly Live Sessions
Differentiated weekly live sessions

Pocket Support
Use Pocket Support if you need short help between sessions. This is for brief questions, clarification and guidance linked to your Jumpstart learning.

Rounding, Estimating and Error Intervals
This section covers key number skills linked to rounding and estimation. Work through the lessons in order, pause and replay where needed, and use these videos to strengthen confidence with place value, significant figures, bounds and estimation.

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
This section helps students move confidently between fractions, decimals and percentages. These lessons are useful for building fluency with conversions, including recurring decimals, and should be used alongside practice questions where possible.

Fractions and Percentages
This section focuses on calculations involving fractions and percentages. Students should use these lessons to build confidence with fraction operations, mixed numbers and key percentage methods that often appear in GCSE questions.

Simplifying and Expanding Expressions
This section introduces core algebra skills, including writing expressions, simplifying terms and working with single brackets. These lessons are designed to build secure algebra foundations step by step.

Coordinates and Straight Line Graphs
This section covers plotting coordinates, drawing straight line graphs and understanding gradient and the equation of a line. Work through the lessons in order to build confidence with graph skills.

Substitution, Equations and Formulae
This section focuses on substitution, using formulae, solving equations and rearranging formulae. These are key algebra skills, so students should take time with each lesson and revisit them where needed.

Sequences
This section introduces students to different types of sequences and how to find the nth term. These lessons are useful for building pattern recognition and confidence with sequence rules.

Percentages
This section covers percentage methods that students need regularly in GCSE maths, including percentage change, profit and loss, reverse percentages and interest. These lessons are especially useful for building confidence with calculator-based percentage problems.

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