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All six hold a life science or medical qualification: a Master's in Biotechnology with examiner experience, a Master's in Biochemistry, a dental surgery degree, a biomedical science degree, a medical degree and a Master of Pharmacy.
That matters in Biology more than people expect, because the marks go on saying something precisely rather than knowing it vaguely. Lessons are £30, live one to one, and the first 30 minutes are free.
No card details for the trial. Change tutor at any time, at no cost.
Taking Combined Science rather than separate Biology? Same tutors, same rate. Tell us which route and we will teach to the right specification.
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Teaching UK students since 2020.
The Biology trap
Because Biology looks like the science you can learn by reading, and it is not. Students who can describe osmosis perfectly in conversation still lose marks in the exam, since the mark scheme wants specific words in a specific order.
Biology has more content than the other two sciences and less calculation, so students revise by rereading. Then the paper asks them to explain something in four marks and they write three sentences that between them earn one.
Describe, explain, compare, evaluate and suggest all want different answers, and most students treat them as the same word. Getting this right is worth more marks in Biology than in any other science, and it takes weeks rather than months.
Extended response questions are where students write everything they know instead of answering what was asked. They carry serious weight, they follow predictable patterns, and they are one of the fastest things to fix in tutoring.
Biology specialists
One of six Biology tutors, every one of whom studied a life science or medicine to degree level or beyond. One has examiner experience in Biology, which changes what gets taught in the final term.
Biology and Science
An MTech in Biotechnology and a Master's in Education, plus years of examining experience in Biology. Knowing how papers are marked changes what gets taught, particularly in the last term before exams.
Best for students losing marks on wording rather than knowledge
Biology, Chemistry and Physics
A Master's in Biochemistry paired with a Bachelor of Education, so the subject knowledge and the teaching training arrive together. Covers all three sciences, which helps when Biology is weak but Chemistry is not far behind.
Best for Combined Science students needing more than one science
Biology and Science
A dental surgery degree behind the teaching, which shows in the human biology topics: circulation, digestion, the nervous system and disease. Five years of online teaching, so remote lessons are her normal setting rather than a compromise.
Best for human biology topics and international specifications
Biology, Chemistry and Science
A biomedical science degree means Biology taught by somebody who has used it rather than only revised it. Breaks the harder topics into steps small enough that a struggling student sees progress inside a single lesson.
Best for students a long way behind who need small wins
Biology, Science and English
A medical degree behind the science teaching, which shows most in Biology where the exam rewards precise language over general understanding. Also teaches English, which is useful when the real problem is written expression.
Best for students whose writing is holding their science back
Science and Maths, Head Tutor
Founded RS Remote Tutoring in 2020 and still teaches. A pharmacy degree means four years of biology and chemistry taught well above GCSE level, which is why he tends to take the students who have decided science is not for them.
Best for students who have lost confidence in science
What families say
One family reported a 7 7 in Combined Science, which includes Biology, after their daughter had been failing the subject. Our published reviews name Science rather than Biology specifically, so there are two here rather than ten.
"My daughter just got 7 7 in her combined science GCSE. She was failing science until she started learning with these tutors. They explain in a way she could understand and they gave her confidence. Highly recommend"
"Excellent 1-2-1 sessions. We cannot fault the commitment and dedication. We also had Science lessons which helped him tackle some problem areas."
The specification
The whole specification, but not evenly. Lessons start with whichever topics are losing the most marks, which for most students means the ones taught first in Year 10 and half forgotten by the mocks.
Separate Biology covers more of this than Combined Science, and covers some of it in greater depth. Tell us which route your child is on and lessons follow that specification rather than a generic syllabus.
Separate or Combined
Yes, in content rather than approach. Separate Biology has more topics, more depth and more required practicals than the Biology half of Combined Science, and questions go further into detail.
| Route | What it awards | Biology content | What lessons focus on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separate Biology | One GCSE in Biology | More topics, more depth, more required practicals | Depth of explanation and the harder extended response questions |
| Combined Science | Two GCSEs across all three sciences | A reduced set of topics, examined alongside Chemistry and Physics | Securing the Biology marks without losing ground in the other two |
Separate Biology carries more required practicals than the Biology part of Combined Science, and questions about them appear on every paper. Lessons cover the method, the variables and the standard follow-up questions, which matters most for students who were absent or only watched.
Around 10% of Biology marks assess maths skills, mostly magnification, percentage change, rates and reading graphs. Less than in Chemistry or Physics, but enough to cost a grade.
Separate Biology is not charged at a premium. A student taking all three separate sciences pays the same £30 an hour as one taking Combined, and if they need two sciences with two specialists it is still £30 each.
Specifications
Yours. We cover AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, and WJEC with Eduqas, plus IGCSE and O-Level Biology through tutors who teach international specifications.
Not sure which board or route the school uses? Send the specification code from a past paper, or tell us whether the report gives one science grade or two. That usually answers it in seconds.
Inside a lesson
Sixty minutes live on Zoom with a digital whiteboard and diagrams. The student writes answers during the lesson and the tutor marks them against the mark scheme there and then, which is where the wording gets fixed.
Cost
£30 for a 60-minute one to one lesson, falling to £27.50 on a three-month term plan and £25 on an annual plan. Published UK averages for one to one tutoring sit at roughly £37 to £38 an hour, so our standard rate is below the typical market rate.
£30
per 60-minute lesson£27.50
per 60-minute lesson£25
per 60-minute lessonNo sign-up fee, no matching fee, and no premium for separate Biology or for a tutor with a higher qualification. Every Biology tutor on this page is charged at the same rate. The 30-minute trial is free and takes no card details.
Beyond GCSE
The same tutors teach either side of GCSE, so a student does not have to change person when they move up a year, carry Biology on, or come back for a resit.
Years 7 to 9. Cells, body systems and ecosystems secured before GCSE Biology arrives, which is far easier than repairing them in Year 11.
KS3 tutoringBiology taught alongside Chemistry and Physics for students on the Combined route, by tutors who cover more than one science.
Combined ScienceNovember and summer retakes. A resit is a different problem from a first sitting and needs a different plan, not the same year repeated.
Resit tutoringCovered by tutors with Master's level qualifications and examiner experience, rather than GCSE specialists stretching upwards.
A-Level tutoringCommon questions
Anything not answered here, message us and we will tell you straight. We usually reply within minutes.
Usually, though Biology is a smaller team than Maths or English at six tutors. Availability tightens from January and again before summer exams. Tell us the days and times you need when you enquire and we will confirm before anything is booked.
All six hold a life science or medical qualification: a Master's in Biotechnology, a Master's in Biochemistry, a dental surgery degree, a biomedical science degree, a medical degree and a Master of Pharmacy. One also has examiner experience in Biology.
Both. Separate Biology has more topics, more depth and more required practicals than the Biology part of Combined Science, and lessons follow whichever specification your child is entered for.
That is the most common reason families contact us about Biology. It is usually a writing problem rather than a knowledge problem, specifically command words and extended response questions. Both are teachable in a handful of lessons and the free trial will show you quickly.
Yes, and it comes up often. Lessons cover the method, the variables, the expected results and the exam questions that usually follow, so a question about an experiment your child never did stops being a problem.
Someone reads your enquiry and matches on the route, the tier, the exam board, the topics that are weakest, the current and target grade, and the times you are free. You get one name and the reason for it, not a shortlist to compare.
Yes. Tell us the name when you enquire and we will check their availability. Most families let us suggest instead, because we can judge the match on the specific weakness better from the outside than a profile can show.
£30 for a 60-minute one to one lesson, £27.50 each on a three-month term plan and £25 each on a twelve-month annual plan. No sign-up fee, no matching fee, and no premium for separate Biology or for a more qualified tutor.
Yes. Thirty minutes with the tutor we have matched, live on Zoom, with no card details taken and no obligation to book afterwards. If the match is wrong you owe us nothing and we will look again.
The tutor works through exam questions with your child rather than asking what the problem is, because students rarely know. By the end you will have a view on whether the gap is content, wording or exam technique.
Yes. Several of our tutors cover two or three sciences, so one tutor can often handle Biology and Chemistry together. If two specialists suit better, that is the same £30 a lesson each.
Tell us and we will rematch at no cost. You do not lose lessons, restart a plan or pay a fee. Fit matters more in one to one teaching than anywhere else.
Free 30-minute trial
Tell us the year group, the route and which topics are going wrong. We will put forward one Biology specialist and set up a free 30-minute session. No card details, no obligation.
Enquiries answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We usually reply within minutes, and WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach us.
