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GCSE Chemistry tutoring
Quantitative chemistry is where the grade is decided, and it is the topic schools most often rush and students most often skip. Moles, concentration, yield and titrations then reappear across every paper.
Five of our tutors teach Chemistry, led by a Master's in Inorganic Chemistry. Lessons are £30, live one to one on Zoom, and the first 30 minutes are free.
No card details for the trial. Change tutor at any time, at no cost.
Around 20% of Chemistry marks assess maths skills. If Maths is the real problem underneath, we will say so rather than teaching around it.
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Teaching UK students since 2020.
Where the grade goes
Almost always at the same three places: quantitative chemistry, the difference between memorising a definition and explaining a mechanism, and the required practicals. None of them can be fixed by rereading a revision guide.
A student can get through Year 10 sidestepping quantitative chemistry, because there is always another topic to revise instead. Then moles, concentration, yield and titration calculations turn up across the paper and the avoidance costs a grade or two.
Plenty of students can define ionic bonding and still lose every mark on a question asking why sodium chloride conducts when molten. Chemistry marks go on the chain of reasoning, and that has to be practised rather than memorised.
Around 20% of Chemistry marks assess maths skills: rearranging, standard form, significant figures, percentages and ratios. A student weak in Maths loses those marks twice, once in Maths and again here, and it is often the actual problem.
Chemistry specialists
One of five Chemistry tutors, each with a chemistry-heavy degree behind them: a Master's in Inorganic Chemistry, a Master's in Biochemistry with a teaching qualification, a Master of Pharmacy, a biomedical science degree and a dental surgery degree.
Chemistry, GCSE and A-Level
A Master's in Inorganic Chemistry and time in scientific research, which shows in how she handles the topics that are genuinely hard rather than merely fiddly: moles, bonding, energetics and equilibrium.
Best for quantitative chemistry and the topics schools rush
Chemistry, Biology and Physics
A Master's in Biochemistry and Chemistry paired with a Bachelor of Education, so the subject knowledge and the teaching training arrive together. Covers all three sciences, which helps when Chemistry is weak and Biology is not far behind.
Best for Combined Science students needing more than one science
Science and Maths, Head Tutor
Founded RS Remote Tutoring in 2020 and still teaches. A pharmacy degree is four years of chemistry taught well above GCSE level, including the organic chemistry and calculations most students find hardest.
Best for students who have decided science is not for them
Chemistry, Biology and Science
A biomedical science degree means Chemistry 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
Science and Chemistry
A dental surgery degree behind the science teaching, and five years of online lessons with students across four countries. Remote teaching is her normal setting rather than something adapted to.
Best for Combined Science and international specifications
What families say
One family reported a 7 7 in Combined Science, which includes Chemistry, after their daughter had been failing the subject. Our published reviews name Science rather than Chemistry 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 quantitative chemistry for most students, because it carries marks across every other topic and it is the one they have been avoiding.
Separate Chemistry covers more of this than Combined Science, and goes further into organic chemistry, analysis and titrations in particular. Tell us which route your child is on and lessons follow that specification.
Separate or Combined
Yes, in content rather than approach. Separate Chemistry has more topics, more depth and more required practicals, and takes titrations, organic chemistry and chemical analysis considerably further than Combined Science does.
| Route | What it awards | Chemistry content | What lessons focus on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separate Chemistry | One GCSE in Chemistry | More topics and more depth, including titrations and further organic chemistry | Calculation confidence and the harder extended response questions |
| Combined Science | Two GCSEs across all three sciences | A reduced set of topics, examined alongside Biology and Physics | Securing the Chemistry marks without losing ground in the other two |
Separate Chemistry carries more required practicals than the Chemistry part of Combined Science, and questions about them appear on every paper. Titration in particular comes up repeatedly and is hard to answer well if your child only watched somebody else do it.
Lessons cover the method, the apparatus, the variables and the standard follow-up questions, so a question dressed up as an experiment stops being a surprise.
Separate Chemistry is not charged at a premium, and neither is a tutor with a Master's degree. If your child needs Chemistry and a second science with two specialists, that is still £30 an hour each.
Specifications
Yours. We cover AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, and WJEC with Eduqas, plus IGCSE and O-Level Chemistry through tutors who teach international specifications.
Boards differ on which data are given and which must be recalled, which matters more in Chemistry than most subjects. Send the specification code from a past paper and we will teach to the right one.
Inside a lesson
Sixty minutes live on Zoom with a digital whiteboard. Calculations are worked line by line with the tutor watching the working rather than the answer, which is where the marks are actually lost.
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 Chemistry or for a tutor with a Master's degree. Every Chemistry 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 Chemistry on, or come back for a resit.
Years 7 to 9. Particles, reactions and the periodic table secured before GCSE Chemistry arrives, which is far easier than repairing them in Year 11.
KS3 tutoringChemistry taught alongside Biology 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 a tutor with a Master's in Inorganic Chemistry, including practical endorsement theory, rather than a GCSE specialist 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 Chemistry is one of our smaller teams at five 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.
Each of the five has a chemistry-heavy degree: a Master's in Inorganic Chemistry, a Master's in Biochemistry and Chemistry with a B.Ed, a Master of Pharmacy, a biomedical science degree and a dental surgery degree. Every one is listed on this page with their qualification.
It is the single most common reason families contact us about Chemistry. Quantitative chemistry is taught properly rather than skipped, worked line by line with the tutor watching the method, because the marks are usually lost in the working rather than the answer.
Both. Separate Chemistry has more topics, more depth and more required practicals, particularly in titrations, organic chemistry and analysis. Lessons follow whichever specification your child is entered for.
Yes, and it comes up often with titrations in particular. Lessons cover the method, the apparatus, the variables 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 Chemistry 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. Calculations usually show the gap within ten minutes, since the working reveals what a conversation would not.
Yes. Two of our Chemistry tutors also cover Biology and one covers all three sciences, so a single tutor can often handle two subjects. 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 Chemistry specialist and set up a free 30-minute session. No card details, no obligation.
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