Online Science tutors, matched to your student

Browse Science tutor pages

Each science subject has its own dedicated tutor page with full details on exam boards, key topics and what to expect from tutoring:

GCSE Sciences

• GCSE Biology tutor — cells, genetics, ecology, and all Biology topics across Combined and Triple Science
• GCSE Chemistry tutor — atomic structure, bonding, organic chemistry, and quantitative calculations
• GCSE Physics tutor — forces, electricity, waves, space, and required practicals

A-Level Sciences

• A-Level Biology tutor — biological molecules, genetics, ecology, and the extended synoptic content
• A-Level Chemistry tutor — physical, inorganic and organic chemistry, with a focus on mechanism and equilibrium
• A-Level Physics tutor — mechanics, fields, waves, nuclear physics, and astrophysics options

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GCSE Combined Science versus Triple Science

One of the most common questions families ask is whether their child should be entered for Combined Science or Triple Science. Both cover the same three subjects — Biology, Chemistry and Physics — but differ in how much content is studied and how the result is graded.

Combined Science (“Double Award”, or “Trilogy” on the AQA specification) is worth two GCSEs. Students sit six papers — two per subject — and receive a double grade such as 7-6. It is built from the same specification as the separate sciences but covers roughly two-thirds of the content.

Triple Science is worth three GCSEs, one grade each for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Papers run longer and cover extra content Combined Science skips — AQA Triple Physics, for instance, includes a full Space physics topic that Combined Science does not.

Schools generally steer students who intend to take a science at A-Level towards Triple, since it gives a fuller grounding and a standalone grade per subject; Combined suits students taking science as one part of a broad portfolio, and is not a “lesser” award, just a different-shaped one. For tutoring, the implication is practical: Triple Science students have more content to secure and often benefit from starting earlier, while Combined Science sessions can go deeper on exam technique within a smaller content set sooner. Either way, a tutor’s first job is confirming which route your child is on and planning against that exact specification.

Why science exams test differently from what schools teach

A recurring observation from science tutors is that many students know their content reasonably well but struggle to translate that knowledge into exam marks. Science questions — particularly the six-mark extended-answer questions — require students to structure their responses carefully, use precise scientific vocabulary, and address every part of the question.

Tutors who work frequently with GCSE and A-Level science students know the specific vocabulary markers that examiners look for — for example, that “diffusion occurs because of a concentration gradient” scores differently from “substances move from where there is more to where there is less”. This precision is teachable, and it is one of the clearest ways tutoring improves marks.

What online science tutoring looks like

Online science tutoring is highly effective because diagrams, worked calculations and annotated exam papers can all be shared and annotated in real time on a shared digital whiteboard. Required practicals — which appear directly in exam questions — can be discussed and visualised even without a physical laboratory.

Calculation-heavy topics such as Chemistry moles, Physics electrical circuits and Biology magnification questions benefit particularly from the online format, where tutor and student can work through multi-step problems together, with the tutor able to see exactly where a student’s reasoning breaks down.

Sessions are typically 60 minutes, focusing on one or two specific topics per session to allow enough time for both teaching and practice. All tutors we introduce are Enhanced DBS-checked and experienced in the specific science subject and level your student needs.