GCSE Science Tutoring
We tutor both Combined Science and the separate sciences, at Foundation and Higher tier. Lessons give equal weight to subject content, the required practicals and the mathematical skills each science assumes.
- Level
- GCSE
- Exam boards
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR
- Format
- One-to-one, online
What’s important for GCSE Science.
The aspects of this qualification that most often determine how well a student performs.
Combined or separate sciences
Combined Science covers all three disciplines in less depth and awards two grades; separate sciences award three. The route affects both content and revision planning.
The required practicals
Every board examines the prescribed practicals directly, including method, variables, apparatus and sources of error. They are frequently under-revised.
Mathematics within science
A defined proportion of marks in each science is mathematical, and it is highest in Physics. Students often lose marks to the maths rather than the science.
Extended response questions
Six-mark questions reward a structured, logically connected answer rather than a list of everything a student knows.
What we cover.
Lessons concentrate on the areas an individual student needs, rather than working through the specification from beginning to end.
- Biology
- Cell biology, organisation, infection and response, bioenergetics, homeostasis, inheritance and ecology.
- Chemistry
- Atomic structure, bonding, quantitative chemistry, chemical and energy changes, organic chemistry and analysis.
- Physics
- Energy, electricity, the particle model, atomic structure, forces, waves and magnetism.
- Required practicals
- The prescribed experiments for the student's specification, and how they are assessed in written papers.
- Scientific writing
- Using precise terminology and constructing extended responses that meet the mark scheme.
How RevoLearn supports GCSE Science students.
- Tutors matched to the specific science a student needs most, rather than a generalist across all three.
- Lessons taught to the student's specification, tier and exam board.
- Focused work on required practicals and the mathematical skills within each science.
- Past-paper practice with guidance on extended-response technique.
Other subjects we teach.
Enquire about GCSE Science 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.