Online GCSE Maths tutor: grades up, stress down
GCSE Maths decides sixth-form offers and apprenticeships, yet class sizes keep growing. Our tutors teach one-to-one, follow your child's exact exam board, and drill real past papers every single week.
One-to-one from ยฃ20 a class ยท billed in USD
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom ยท Year 9โ11
What every programme includes
- โ AQA, Edexcel & OCR, board-specific practice
- โ Grade-boost plan: foundations โ target grade topics first
- โ Weekly past-paper drills with real marking
- โ Calculator & non-calculator paper technique
- โ Mocks marked with examiner-style feedback
- โ Weekly progress report to parents on WhatsApp
Lesson times in your time zone
Weekdays 3pm-9pm after school ยท Weekends 8am-8pm, your local time. Pick the slot when you book.
How GCSE Maths is examined
All three main exam boards examine GCSE Maths with three written papers of 1 hour 30 minutes. AQA (8300) and Pearson Edexcel (1MA1) papers carry 80 marks each; OCR (J560) papers carry 100. One paper is taken without a calculator, and students now receive a formulae sheet in the exam, so marks are won on method and problem-solving rather than on memorised formulas.
Students sit either Foundation tier, which awards grades 1 to 5, or Higher tier, which awards grades 4 to 9, with a grade 3 available to Higher students who narrowly miss a 4. The tier decision deserves care: Foundation caps the grade at 5, while a Higher paper that goes badly can leave a student below a standard pass. We look at a marked paper at each tier, alongside the school's prediction, before advising.
Where GCSE Maths marks are usually lost
Most lost marks come from habits rather than from the hardest topics. These are the patterns we check for in the first diagnostic paper:
- โ Arithmetic slips on the non-calculator paper: fractions, negative numbers and long multiplication
- โ Answers without working: on multi-mark questions, method marks are where partial credit lives
- โ Problem-solving questions that hide routine maths inside a real-life context
- โ Higher tier algebra: rearranging formulae, factorising and solving quadratics
- โ Time spent over-checking early questions, leaving the highest-mark questions rushed
How the tutoring works
Your child is matched with one tutor who teaches their board and tier. Each class follows the same rhythm: a short retrieval warm-up on earlier topics, new teaching on the next gap in the plan, then exam questions in the board's own style, marked the way an examiner would mark them.
You receive a short progress note after each class, and every few weeks a timed paper shows whether the plan is working. If the first week does not feel right, we rematch the tutor.
GCSE Maths papers by exam board
| Board (specification) | Papers | Length | Marks | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQA (8300) | 3 | 1h 30m each | 80 each (240) | Paper 1 non-calculator |
| Pearson Edexcel (1MA1) | 3 | 1h 30m each | 80 each (240) | Paper 1 non-calculator |
| OCR (J560) | 3 | 1h 30m each | 100 each (300) | One non-calculator paper |
Foundation tier awards grades 1-5 and Higher tier grades 4-9. A formulae sheet is provided in the exam. Check your child's board and tier with their school.
A 12-week plan before mocks or the summer exams
- 1
Week 1: diagnostic
A full past paper at the right tier, marked like an examiner would, to find the topics and habits costing marks.
- 2
Weeks 2-4: non-calculator fluency
Fractions, percentages, ratio and algebraic manipulation until they are automatic, because the non-calculator paper punishes slow arithmetic.
- 3
Weeks 5-8: highest-value topics
The topics that appear on every paper for your tier, taught with questions written in your board's style.
- 4
Weeks 9-10: problem-solving
Multi-step questions where the maths is hidden in a context: reading the question and planning before writing.
- 5
Weeks 11-12: timed papers
Full papers under exam timing, then a review of the marks lost to time as well as to topics.
Tutors for this programme
Abdi Musa
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Washington Bothell
4 yrs experience
GCSE / A-Level (UK)
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Muhammad Faisal
BS Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
5 yrs experience
GCSE Science ยท A-Level Physics ยท NAPLAN
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IYAMAH SUNDAY EMMANUEL
Bachelors of Science in Physics, Obafemi Awolowo University
15 yrs experience
GCSE ยท A-Level ยท 11+
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What tutoring costs in the UK
UK average for GCSE tutoring
ยฃ36 an hour
Source: TutorCruncher: average tutoring rates in the UK, 2026EagleTeach, one-to-one online
From ยฃ20 a class
Billed in USD, converted at an approximate rate. Two free demo classes first.
Common questions
My child is predicted a 4โ5. Can they reach 7+?๏ผ
Often yes, most marks are lost on foundation habits, not hard topics. We start with an assessment, fix the leaky basics, then push grade-7 content. See our tutors' results in the free demo.
Do you cover resits in November?๏ผ
Yes. Autumn resit is a popular time, we run crash sessions on the highest-mark topics plus two full mock papers before exam day.
Foundation or Higher tier: which should my child sit?๏ผ
If mocks sit consistently around grades 4-5 with gaps in algebra, Foundation can be the safer route to a 5. If your child is aiming for a 6 or above, Higher is the only option. We advise after a marked paper at each tier, together with the school's view.
Is a formulae sheet allowed in GCSE Maths?๏ผ
Yes. Students sitting GCSE maths from 2025 are given a formulae sheet in the exam. It removes memorising, not understanding: students still need to know when and how to use each formula.
How many sessions a week do most GCSE students need?๏ผ
One a week through Year 10 and the autumn of Year 11 is typical, rising to two in the six to eight weeks before mocks or the summer exams if gaps remain.
Do you teach IGCSE maths as well?๏ผ
Yes. Cambridge IGCSE (0580) and Edexcel International GCSE (4MA1) have different paper structures from GCSE, so tell us the specification code and we match a tutor who teaches it.
Can you help with the higher tier jump from grade 6 to 8?๏ผ
That is one of the most common requests. The jump usually comes from the final questions: algebraic reasoning, iteration, proof. We drill exactly those topics with timed past-paper questions.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on 2026-10-02.
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