GCSE & IGCSE MATHS · AQA · EDEXCEL · OCR · CAMBRIDGE
You know the maths. So where did the marks go?
Most GCSE students don't lose marks because they don't know enough. They lose them by misreading the question, showing too little working and running out of time. Maths Forensics finds exactly where your marks disappear, and fixes it before your mocks.
Instant access · 30-day money-back guarantee · Maths Forensics Lab opens 21 November
11+ years of GCSE Maths teaching
Thousands of exam papers marked.
30-day money-back guarantee
AQA · Edexcel · OCR · Cambridge IGCSE
THE EVIDENCE
Three ways Capable students lose marks
You answer a question that wasn't asked
You rush the reading, miss "show that" or "to 2 decimal places", and drop marks on maths you can actually do.
Your answer is nearly right, but the marks don't come
Method marks only go to working the examiner can see. Thin working costs you marks even when your thinking was right.
You make the same mistakes on every paper
Revising more content won't fix a habit. Until you know where your marks go, they keep going there.
These aren't knowledge problems. They're execution problems. And they're fixable
How it works
Investigate. Diagnose. Repair. Rehearse
Maths Forensics isn't another revision course. It's a system for finding the marks you're already losing, and getting them back.
Find the evidence
Sit a Cold Case paper under exam conditions, or play Hot Pursuit for a six-minute check.
Log every mark
See whether each mark went on reading, method, timing or the topic itself.
Fix the habit
The Exam Execution Guide fixes how you sit the paper. The Mark Recovery System fixes the topics where you keep slipping
Practise until it sticks
Practise every topic in Maths Forensics Lab, right up to grade 8–9, until the new habits hold under pressure.
WHAT A DIAGNOSIS LOOKS LIKE
Four marks available. One scored. Zero knowledge gaps.
The forensic mark scheme doesn't just tell you the right answer. It shows where each mark was lost, so you know whether to fix your reading, your working, your timing or the topic.
EXAMPLE CASE FILE
Paper 2 · Question 14
1
/ 4 marks
Missed "give your answer tp 1 d.p."
-1
Working skipped, so no method mark
-1
Ran out of time on the last part
-1
Knowledge gap?
NONE FOUND
CHOOSE YOUR CASE
Two ways to start
The Guide changes how you sit the paper. The Lab is where you practise until it sticks. Most students who want the full system take both.
OPENS 21 NOVEMBER
OPENS 21 NOVEMBER
PRACTISE UNTIL IT STICKS
Maths Forensics Lab
Online GCSE and IGCSE practice · Exam Pass
£49
Launch price until 31 January, then £59. One payment, valid until your exams. No subscription.
The full GCSE and IGCSE Higher syllabus, up to grade 8–9 questions
Practise any topic, as often as you like, on phone or laptop
Incident Room games at full strength: The Professor and The Mastermind chasers, Higher tier and topic focus
Every game saved to your case record
START TODAY
FIX HOW YOU SIT THE PAPER
Exam Execution Guide
Online GCSE and IGCSE practice · Exam Pass
£47.99
Lifetime access. Use it before your mocks, and again before the real exams.
The full GCSE and IGCSE Higher syllabus, up to grade 8–9 questions
Practise any topic, as often as you like, on phone or laptop
Incident Room games at full strength: The Professor and The Mastermind chasers, Higher tier and topic focus
Every game saved to your case record
UPGRADE: FIX THE TOPICS TOO
Founding price until 30 November
Mark Recovery System · £79.99 £97.99
The full Guide plus six topic Casefiles on the misconceptions that cost the most marks. Every Casefile is ready now; the video lessons are released through November.
ADD EXAM PRACTICE
Cold Case Papers
Original full GCSE Higher papers in the AQA three-paper style, each with a forensic mark scheme and Mark Recovery Log.
One set (3 papers), PDF £12.99
All 9 papers, PDF £27.99
All 9, printed and posted £44.99
Most Wanted (grade 8–9) £9.99
Maths Forensics is a structured system for finding and fixing lost marks
It is not another revision course. It is built around the specific habits and patterns I have identified across a decade of GCSE Maths teaching — the ones that quietly drain marks from students who are more than capable of better results.
Students pinpoint whether the problem is question reading, timing, method presentation, topic weakness, or exam pressure. No more guessing. No more revising everything and hoping something sticks.
Students work on the exact skill that is leaking marks — drawn from the most common misconceptions in algebra, number, shape, and data that I have seen derail results over ten years.
Students learn repeatable routines for checking, timing, working presentation, and decision-making — practised under exam pressure, not just at a desk at home.
Cold Case papers are built for this. Sit one cold, mark it with the forensic mark scheme, and log where the marks went.
Parents can begin with the Exam Execution Guide, move into the full Mark Recovery System, or go straight to Premium for the most complete support available.
Maths Forensics was created by Mike Taylor after more than a decade of teaching GCSE Maths, marking student work, and identifying the repeated patterns that stop capable students turning knowledge into marks.
I am Mike Taylor, a GCSE Maths teacher with eleven years of classroom experience across AQA, Edexcel, and Cambridge IGCSE. In that time I have marked thousands of exam papers, watched hundreds of capable students walk out of exams feeling like they had done worse than they should have — and then seen exactly why when the papers came back.
The same patterns come up again and again. Students who know the maths but misread the question. Students who get the right answer but lose marks because their working is too thin. Students who run out of time because they spend too long on questions they should have skipped.
These are not knowledge problems. They are execution problems. And they are fixable — but only if someone shows students the specific system for fixing them, not just tells them to revise harder or read more carefully.
That is what Maths Forensics is. Everything in it comes directly from what I have seen work across a decade of teaching, marking, and helping students recover marks they should never have lost in the first place.
Mike Taylor | GCSE Maths Teacher | 11+ Years Experience | AQA · Edexcel · Cambridge IGCSE
What parents say after using Maths Forensics
Grade 5 to Grade 7 in four weeks
"My daughter was always losing marks through silly mistakes. She was disappointed with a 5 in her mocks in January and spent 4 weeks followed the Mark Recovery System and jumped to a Grade 7 in her GCSE."
Paul & Sandra
Parents of AQA GCSE student
Not on track to pass - then got a grade 5
"Our son was not on track to pass Foundation Maths, not reading the question, not checking his work, exam nerves. 2 months using the Guide he got a 5 and was able to take up his apprenticeship"
Marta
Mother of EDEXCEL GCSE student
Grade 3 to Grade 6 in six weeks
"Our daughter had to resit Maths in October. She spent all 6 weeks using the recovery system went from a grade 3 to a grade 6. She has so much confidence now and is enjoying her IB course"
Carmen & Antonio
Parents of IGCSE Cambridge student
Choose the right level of support for your child
Every product is built on the same ten years of teaching experience and exam insight.
The difference is depth, support, and how far you want to take it.
£47.99
Exam Execution Guide
A focused course for students who are losing easy marks through rushed reading, weak method presentation, poor timing, and avoidable exam mistakes.
Fast to implement. Results visible within weeks
£97.99
Mark Recovery System
A deeper recovery system for students who need to fix repeated weak-topic mistakes, rebuild methods properly, and improve performance through structured casefile-based topic repair.
£147.99
Premium Version
For students who want the most complete version of the system, the Premium version includes the full Mark Recovery System plus additional walkthrough depth, premium implementation tools, and enhanced support resources designed to help students go further, faster, and with more structure.
Just want exam practice?
Cold Case practice papers are full GCSE Higher non calculator and calculator exam papers, written for students taking AQA or Edexcel GCSE Maths. They come with a step-by-step forensic mark scheme that shows where marks usually go missing, and a Mark Recovery Log so students can see exactly what to fix.
Case practice papers come in three full sets. Each set has Papers 1, 2 and 3 with a forensic mark scheme. From £12.99.
Features
Exam Execution training
Stop losing easy marks
Common misconceptions - Algebra
Common misconceptions - Number
Common misconceptions - Shape
Common misconceptions - Probability & Data
Maths Mastery Casefiles
Question Bank
Premium Implementation tools
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Your child already knows more than their results show. Let's prove it.
Maths Forensics is not built around vague revision advice. It is built on a decade of watching exactly where capable students lose marks — and exactly what fixes it. Whatever level you start at, the next step is clear.
Not ready yet? Start with a free practice paper