Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the introduction of the advanced maths premium on take-up of A level maths.

Introduced in 2018, the advanced maths premium (AMP) provides 16 to 19 providers with £900 extra funding per additional student, over a baseline year, studying AS or A level maths and further maths. The AMP, alongside other 16 to 19 provider premiums such as the high value course premium, focuses on subjects that lead to higher economic return, to enable a more productive economy. The AMP aims to support schools and colleges to increase the number of level 3 maths students. Provision of the AMP has coincided with a 23% increase in A level maths entries between academic years 2018/19 to 2024/25 (years since AMP introduction), although entries are driven by a range of factors such as student choice, and we cannot attribute causality.

More details on AMP can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-advanced-maths-premium.