Exam Board: Edexcel

Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 Maths Higher

Next exams: June 2026

Endorsed by Edexcel

Finalist for Educational Resources Awards 2025 for Secondary

Celebrating over 25 years in print, the fifth edition of this classic and beloved GCSE Maths textbook has been updated for today’s students to prepare them for GCSEs and beyond.

Collins Edexcel GCSE Maths Higher Student Book 5th edition has thousands of expertly designed questions with proven progression and pacing, refined over time and tested in classrooms.

• Contextualise learning and promote career opportunities with features written and reviewed by the WISE campaign (Women into Science and Engineering)
• Enhance exam preparation with new exam practice questions and worked exemplars to reflect the recent GCSE maths exams
• Help students to focus on the maths with the clear, uncluttered layout
• Boost fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills with questions integrated throughout
• Help all students reach their potential with content reviewed and adjusted for greater accessibility as well as challenging content for Higher students
• Strengthen knowledge and deepen understanding with high quality explanations and hundreds of worked examples
• Foster independence and self-reflection with answers at the back

Collectively, Evans, Gordon, Speed and Senior have over 100 years of teaching experience, both in the classroom and leading maths departments. Michael Kent has 20 years’ experience teaching Pure Maths, Mechanics and Statistics for AS and A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics, twelve of them also leading a successful department. He co-authored the most recent editions of Collins’ GCSE Maths Student Books.