Question 1

Should my child sit Combined Science (Trilogy) or Separate (Triple) Sciences?

Accepted Answer

It depends on what they want to do at A level and how much science teaching time the school has actually given them. Combined Science covers all three subjects across two GCSEs — it's the default route in most state schools. Separate Sciences is three full GCSEs, more content per subject, and is typically what's expected if your child is aiming for A level chemistry, physics or biology at a competitive sixth form. If you don't know which the school is entering them for, ask — it's the single most important question you can put to a head of science before Year 10.

Question 2

Do you cover AQA, Edexcel and OCR sciences?

Accepted Answer

Yes — all three of the major exam boards across all three sciences. The shared content overlaps a lot; the differences sit in question style, the required practicals each board emphasises, and how the papers are structured. Once we know your child's school, board and tier, we plan against past papers from that exact board so the practice they're doing actually mirrors what they'll sit in May.

Question 3

Why a specialist tutor for each subject — can't one science tutor do all three?

Accepted Answer

They can, technically. Most don't, well. GCSE biology, chemistry and physics each have their own conceptual habits — biology is about systems and recall, chemistry is calculations and mechanisms, physics is equations and reasoning under symbols. A specialist who teaches one of those week-in-week-out at GCSE knows the recurring traps for that subject; a generalist is competent across all three and excellent in none. We match per subject for that reason, not as a sales pitch.

Question 4

How do you cover the required practicals if you're not in a lab?

Accepted Answer

We don't pretend the lesson is a lab — it isn't. We do the next-best, and arguably the more exam-relevant thing: we walk the required practicals as written-up procedures the way the exam asks about them. The exam doesn't ask your child to perform the practical in May; it asks them to describe the method, identify the variables, explain the source of error, and interpret a results table. Those are the skills we drill, against past-paper practical questions from the right board, until they're automatic.

Question 5

Higher tier or foundation tier — how do you choose for sciences?

Accepted Answer

Same logic as maths: a confident foundation grade is more valuable than a stretched higher one. We look at where your child sits on the harder content (mole calculations in chemistry, the physics equations sheet, the genetics and evolution units in biology) and tell you honestly whether higher tier is realistic. The school's prediction is one input. The trial lesson, plus a written diagnostic if you take it, is the other — and tends to be the more candid one.

Question 6

What if my child only needs help with one of the three sciences?

Accepted Answer

That's the most common starting point. Roughly half the families who book for sciences only need one subject reinforced — usually chemistry, sometimes physics. You start with one weekly lesson with the matched specialist for that subject. If a second subject becomes urgent later (mocks, results day after year 10), we add a second tutor on a separate slot. We don't bundle the three together as a package because the gaps are almost never evenly distributed.

Question 7

How quickly will we see grade movement?

Accepted Answer

Honest answer: we don't know yet. The trial gives the tutor a read on where your child actually is, which subjects are the priority, and what's realistic before the exam window. Sciences tend to move slightly slower than maths in the first six weeks — there's more content to cover and more rote recall — but the trajectory often steepens as past-paper drills start in the run-up to mocks. If it isn't moving by week six, the conversation is with our founder directly, not a customer-service queue.

Question 8

What does the free trial lesson actually cover for sciences?

Accepted Answer

Forty-five minutes, online, 1-to-1 with a matched specialist for whichever subject you flagged on the booking form (biology by default, switch to chemistry or physics if that's the priority). The tutor works through a real GCSE topic — usually one the parent has named as a worry — and within 24 hours sends a short written summary of what your child handled well and the specific gaps they spotted. No card needed, no follow-up sales call.

GCSE Science tutoring.

What your child gets — every week, for every science.

A different specialist per subject.

A plan that respects how the sciences differ.

Six-weekly written progress reviews — per subject.

Trilogy or Triple — what's the difference and which one is your child sitting?

Pick the subject you want to start with — the trial covers exactly that one.

GCSE biology tutor

GCSE chemistry tutor

GCSE physics tutor

A founder note on why we don't bundle the three sciences under one tutor.

How we cover the practicals when the lesson is on a screen, not at a bench.

What it costs — straight numbers, no 'request a quote'.

GCSE sciences tutoring — frequently asked.

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