GCSE Maths Tutoring
GCSE Maths is assessed across three equally weighted papers, one without a calculator and two with, at either Foundation or Higher tier. Our tutoring is built around the specific topics a student finds difficult, rather than working through the specification from start to finish.
- Level
- GCSE
- Exam boards
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR
- Format
- One-to-one, online
What’s important for GCSE Maths.
The aspects of this qualification that most often determine how well a student performs.
Choosing the right tier
Foundation tier awards grades 1 to 5; Higher tier awards grades 4 to 9 from a more demanding starting point. The decision is usually made with the school, and it shapes how a student should prepare.
Fluency with method
Marks are awarded for working, not only for final answers. Students who set out their method clearly protect marks even when they make an arithmetic slip.
Working without a calculator
Paper 1 is non-calculator. Confidence with fractions, percentages and standard form under timed conditions makes a measurable difference here.
Applying skills in unfamiliar contexts
Many questions present familiar mathematics in a worded or multi-step form. Recognising the underlying topic is a skill in itself, and it can be taught.
What we cover.
Lessons concentrate on the areas an individual student needs, rather than working through the specification from beginning to end.
- Number
- Arithmetic without a calculator, fractions, percentages, standard form, and surds at Higher tier.
- Algebra
- Expanding and factorising, solving and rearranging equations, sequences, and graphical methods.
- Ratio, proportion and rates of change
- Direct and inverse proportion, compound measures, and growth and decay.
- Geometry and measures
- Angle reasoning, trigonometry, area and volume, vectors, and circle theorems at Higher tier.
- Probability and statistics
- Tree and Venn diagrams, averages from grouped data, sampling and interpreting data.
How RevoLearn supports GCSE Maths students.
- An initial assessment to identify which topics are actually holding a student back.
- Lessons taught to the specification and tier the student's school has entered them for.
- Practice with past papers and mark schemes from the relevant exam board.
- Structured revision planning in the run-up to mocks and final examinations.
Other subjects we teach.
Enquire about GCSE Maths tutoring
Tell us your child's year group and the areas they are finding difficult, and we will explain how we can help and confirm pricing.