GCSE Maths results
GCSE Mathematics results in 2025, measured against the national benchmark.
78% grade 5+ (national 72%) · 91% grade 4+ (national 80%)
Secondary STEM teacher · Mathematics & Physics · Birmingham
Amira Hassan
Six years teaching Mathematics and Physics from KS3 to KS5 — with GCSE results above the national average and a Girls in STEM programme that lifted female A-Level Physics uptake.
- 78%GCSE Maths grade 5+ in 2025, against a 72% national benchmark
- 91%GCSE Maths grade 4+ in 2025, against 80% nationally
- +40%female A-Level Physics uptake — 22% to 31% of the cohort
- 6years teaching Mathematics and Physics, KS3–KS5
Programmes & outcomes
Results, pilots and people
Cohort results, interventions and department work at two Birmingham secondaries and on the PGCE.
AI-assisted feedback pilot
Piloted an AI-assisted feedback tool across three Mathematics sets.
Teacher marking time down 35%, with no reduction in pupil progress scores
Developing new teachers
As Second in Department, line manages two early-career teachers (ECTs).
Both graded "Good" in external NQT review
After-school revision programme
An after-school revision programme for 18 Year 11 pupils at risk of a grade 3.
14 of 18 pupils improved by at least one grade
A first GCSE cohort
KS3 and KS4 Mathematics, with a GCSE cohort in her first full year.
73% of the GCSE cohort at grade 5+ (school average 65%)
PGCE placements
School-based placements at two Birmingham secondaries during the PGCE in Mathematics with Physics.
Outstanding in the final Ofsted-framework observation
Programme in focus
Girls in STEM
Raising female uptake of A-Level Physics
Starting point
Girls made up 22% of the A-Level Physics cohort.
Approach
Amira led a whole-school Girls in STEM programme running from Year 9 through Year 12.
Outcome
Female uptake rose to 31% of the cohort within two years — an increase of around 40%.
A Mathematics and Physics teacher now looking for a Head of Maths or TLR2 role in a challenging Birmingham school.
Amira has taught secondary STEM for six years across KS3–KS5. At King Edward VI Camp Hill School she is Second in Department, with a timetable of four GCSE groups, one A-Level Mathematics group and one A-Level Physics group. Before that she taught KS3 and KS4 Mathematics at Yardleys Secondary School.
She read Mathematics at Cairo University, with an exchange year at the University of Leeds, then trained on the University of Birmingham PGCE in Mathematics with Physics.
- Based inBirmingham, UK
- Current roleSecond in Department
- TeachesMaths & Physics, KS3–KS5
- Exam boardsAQA & Edexcel
- SeekingHead of Maths or TLR2
Subjects & levels
What she teaches
Experience
Classrooms so far
- Sep 2022 — Present
Mathematics & Physics Teacher — Second in Department
King Edward VI Camp Hill School, Birmingham
Mathematics and Physics across KS3–KS5; line manages two ECTs; led the Girls in STEM programme for Years 9–12.
- Sep 2020 — Aug 2022
Mathematics Teacher
Yardleys Secondary School, Birmingham
KS3 and KS4 Mathematics, and an after-school revision programme for Year 11.
- Sep 2019 — Jul 2020
PGCE Trainee Teacher — Mathematics
University of Birmingham / placement schools
Placements at two Birmingham secondaries; Outstanding in the final Ofsted-framework observation.
Qualifications
Training and certification
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) — EnglandDfE · 2020
- PGCE Mathematics with Physics — University of Birmingham, Outstanding (Ofsted framework)2019–2020
- BSc Mathematics — Cairo University, First Class Honours; exchange year at the University of Leeds2015–2019
- NPQML — National Professional Qualification in Middle LeadershipNPQ
- Safeguarding Level 32025
- First Aid in SchoolsCertified
Contact
Hiring a Head of Maths?
amira.hassan@email.com
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- +44 7911 345 678
- linkedin.com/in/amirahassan
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