One-to-one online GCSE French tuition
Your child can write a paragraph about their holidays, but when the teacher asks a question out loud, the French disappears. A GCSE French tutor from RS Remote Tutoring gives them what a busy classroom cannot: regular time to speak, make mistakes and try again with someone listening closely.
Each lesson is a live Zoom conversation between your child and their tutor, working across the four skills GCSE French examines: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Your child is taught by Shayma Candice, our GCSE languages tutor, and every lesson is planned around their exam board and tier.
No card details for the trial. No obligation to continue.
What lessons cover
GCSE French tutoring covers the four skills the exam tests equally: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Lessons also build the vocabulary and grammar behind them, with most time spent on the skill where your child is losing marks right now.
Most students get very little speaking time in class. Lessons give your child regular practice at role-plays, reading aloud and describing a photo or picture, then answering follow-up questions they have not seen before.
The tutor corrects pronunciation and verb forms as your child speaks, so they hear the right version straight away.
Spoken French often sounds faster than the words on the vocabulary list. We practise picking out key details, opinions and time phrases from short recordings.
The new exam includes a dictation, where students write down sentences they hear. Lessons practise it regularly, because accurate spelling earns the marks.
Reading lessons cover using the words around an unfamiliar one to work out its meaning. Writing lessons build sentences with a clear tense, an opinion and a reason.
Both papers now include translation: French into English on the reading paper, English into French on the writing paper. Your child practises both directions.
The exam is built on a set vocabulary list. Rather than long lists learnt the night before a test, the tutor sets short, regular word practice and checks it at the start of each lesson.
Grammar is taught when your child needs it, such as the perfect tense when describing a past trip.
The new specification
Lessons follow the new GCSE French specifications, first taught in September 2024 with first exams in summer 2026. AQA and Pearson Edexcel both set four papers worth 25% each, at Foundation or Higher tier. We confirm your child’s board and tier before the trial.
The new exams changed what students practise. There is now a dictation, a read-aloud task and a published vocabulary list. Here is what each part asks for and how lessons prepare for it.
| Part of the exam | What it asks and how lessons prepare |
|---|---|
| Four papers, 25% each | Listening, speaking, reading and writing carry equal weight, so lessons balance all four rather than only writing |
| Foundation or Higher tier | Your child sits all four papers at the same tier. Practice questions match the tier they are entered for |
| Speaking | Role-play, reading aloud with questions, a photo card (AQA) or picture task (Pearson Edexcel) and conversation, with 15 minutes of preparation |
| Listening with dictation | Short recordings, then a dictation section where accurate spelling of what is heard earns the marks |
| Reading with translation | Understanding texts, then translating a short passage from French into English |
| Writing with translation | Writing tasks at your child’s tier, plus translating sentences from English into French |
| Vocabulary list | About 1,200 words and phrases for Foundation and a further 500 for Higher, learnt in short weekly routines |
| Sounds and spelling | Linking French sounds to spellings, which helps both reading aloud and dictation |
The speaking exam is run and recorded by your child’s teacher at school, then marked by the exam board. Lessons recreate it as closely as possible on Zoom. Sitting a different board or another French qualification? Mention it in your enquiry and we will check the fit with Shayma before anything is booked.
Live speaking practice
Online lessons build speaking confidence by giving your child time to talk without a class listening. They practise the actual speaking tasks, get corrected as they go and repeat each answer until it sounds natural and holds up under new questions.
In a full class, each student gets only a little time to speak. One-to-one, your child speaks for most of the lesson. Getting it wrong in front of one patient person is much easier than in front of friends.
Memorised paragraphs fall apart when the question changes. The tutor helps your child build flexible answers: an opinion, a reason, a past or future example. Then they practise adapting it to new questions.
Closer to the exam, lessons copy the real format: preparation time, then the role-play, the read-aloud and the photo or picture task back to back. Your child gets used to the pace before it counts.
Is it right for your child
GCSE French tuition suits Year 10 and Year 11 students who freeze when speaking, lose marks in listening or dictation, mix up tenses in writing, or are unsure whether to sit Foundation or Higher. It also helps students who missed lessons and fell behind.
An online GCSE French tutor can help if your child:
We start with the skill that is costing the most marks. A student who cannot follow a recording needs very different lessons from one who understands everything but cannot reply.
Inside a lesson
A typical speaking lesson runs for 60 minutes on Zoom. Your child starts with a quick vocabulary check, learns a structure for describing a photo, practises the full task with unseen questions, and ends with one clear thing to practise before next week.
Not every lesson is about speaking. If listening or translation is the weaker skill, the lesson follows the same rhythm with a recording or a passage instead.
Who teaches GCSE French
GCSE French is taught by Shayma Candice, our specialist tutor for GCSE languages. She speaks several languages herself and prepares students for the AQA and Pearson Edexcel papers. Your child meets her in a free 30-minute trial before you book any lessons.
English, Maths and Modern Languages, GCSE
Shayma teaches GCSE French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic, as well as GCSE English and Maths. As a polyglot, she has been through the work of learning a new language herself, more than once. Her lessons open in a relaxed way, so students feel free to ask anything, then settle into steady, structured work aimed at the grade they need.
Shayma holds a current enhanced DBS check, as does every tutor we place with a learner under 18. Shayma is our GCSE French tutor and her diary shifts across the school year, so give us your preferred days when you get in touch and we will confirm a slot before you commit.
Four steps to start
Tell us your child’s year, exam board, tier and how confident they feel speaking French. We line up Shayma’s diary with your times, your child spends a free half hour speaking French with her, and you book weekly lessons only if it suits everyone.
Bring a recent French mock, a marked writing task or your class’s current topic to the trial, so the lesson starts from real exam material.
Clear lesson pricing
GCSE French lessons are £30 for 60 minutes of one-to-one time, our price for every subject and level. Three or more French lessons in a week cost £27.50 apiece, and the annual plan, paid upfront, makes each £25. The 30-minute trial costs nothing.
30-minute one-to-one trial on Zoom
No card details. No obligation to continue.60-minute one-to-one online lesson
The same rate for every tutor and every level.Per 60-minute lesson
For families booking three or more lessons each week.Per 60-minute lesson, paid upfront
48 weekly lessons for £1,200.Weekly French at the standard rate comes to £120 in a typical month of four lessons. There’s no fee for registering, none for matching and none for Shayma’s lesson planning, and we explain booking and rescheduling before you pay a penny.
Why families choose RS
Parents pick us for GCSE French for weekly speaking time, one tutor who learns how their child picks up language, and an honest update after each lesson. We have been teaching UK students over Zoom since 2020, with founder and head tutor Rumaan Aslam.
Lessons are with Shayma every week at an agreed time. After a few sessions she knows which sounds, tenses and topics your child finds hard, and starts there.
Each lesson is followed by a short report: what was practised, what is getting better, what still isn’t and what to rehearse before next week. You do not need to speak French to help your child keep up the routine.
Shayma also teaches GCSE English Language and English Literature, which suits families who want one tutor for two subjects at the same £30 rate.
GCSE French is part of our online GCSE tutoring. Students taking a second language can add GCSE Spanish tutoring, and those who also want help with essays can add GCSE English tutoring.
London and UK families
Yes. All GCSE French lessons happen on Zoom, so your child can practise speaking from their own room at home, wherever you live in the UK. Our base is Feltham in Greater London; lesson times are set around school hours and Shayma’s availability.
For French, the microphone matters as much as the camera: a laptop, desktop or tablet with both, plus a normal home connection, is all it takes. Headphones make listening and dictation practice clearer, and Zoom is free.
If the exams are close and your child needs a short, focused plan across several subjects, our GCSE revision tutoring can include French alongside other papers.
Common questions
Parents’ questions on GCSE French: boards and tiers, the speaking exam, Shayma’s background, mocks, lesson times, fees and booking the free trial.
Each 60-minute one-to-one French lesson is £30. If you book three or more in a week they are £27.50 each, and on the annual plan, paid upfront, they work out at £25. Your child’s first half hour is a free trial with no card required.
Lessons are planned around the new AQA (8652) and Pearson Edexcel (1FR1) GCSE French specifications. For any other board or French qualification, let us know at the enquiry stage and we will check it with Shayma before booking.
Shayma Candice teaches GCSE French. She holds a BA in International Relations from King’s College London, speaks several languages and teaches GCSE French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic. Your child meets her in the free trial first.
Yes. Lessons practise the role-play, reading aloud, the photo card or picture task and unprepared questions, with corrections as your child speaks. Closer to the exam, practice follows the real timings.
Yes. Practice matches the tier your child is entered for. If they are between tiers, the trial and first lessons give a clearer picture to discuss with their teacher.
Yes. Tell us the exam or mock dates and the weakest skill when you book. Lessons then focus on that skill and on timed practice in the format your child will sit.
Give us the days and times you need in your first message. Shayma’s availability changes through the year, so we will check it before anything is booked and tell you honestly if it does not fit.
Fill in the trial form with GCSE as the level and French as the subject, adding the year group, board, tier and preferred times. If you would rather message, WhatsApp usually gets the quickest reply. We then check Shayma’s diary and confirm a time.
Free 30-minute trial
Start with the skill that worries your child most, whether that is speaking, listening or writing. In a free 30-minute lesson, Shayma hears your child speak, spots where marks are slipping and suggests what the next few weeks should target.
