The people who teach the lessons

Rumaan founded RS Remote Tutoring in 2020 and still teaches alongside running it. A pharmacy degree means four years of chemistry and biology taught well above GCSE level, which is why he tends to take the students who have decided science is not for them.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students who have lost confidence in science

Two engineering degrees from UK universities, and a reputation among parents for patience that borders on the supernatural. Raja works well with adults returning to Maths after years away, which is a genuinely different job from teaching a Year 11.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings, 7pm to 11pm

Best for

Adults resitting, and students who need things slowed down

A PGCE in Secondary Maths and a career spent in secondary and further education, so the whole route from Year 7 arithmetic to A-Level calculus is familiar ground rather than a stretch. Teaches to the specification and marks as he goes.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends, including school holidays

Best for

Students who want a qualified classroom teacher

Holds QTS as well as a PGCE, which means classroom teaching in a mainstream secondary rather than tutoring alone. Particularly good on the misconceptions that quietly derail a Foundation student long before the exam does.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings from 5pm, Saturdays 10am to 12pm and 5pm to 9pm

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Foundation tier students, and Further Maths

A qualified secondary maths teacher who came to it through a numerate degree rather than a maths one, which tends to make the reasoning behind a method easier to explain. Teaches through modelling and guided practice, then moves students onto past papers once the method holds.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students who can follow a method but not explain it

Has taught at secondary and undergraduate level, so A-Level Maths sits well inside her range rather than at the edge of it. Strongest on the topics students most often give up on: algebraic manipulation, calculus and statistics.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

A-Level Maths, and Higher tier students aiming at 7 to 9

Over a decade of teaching Maths, and one of the few tutors on the team who regularly teaches during the day rather than in the evening. Useful for home educated students and anyone on a college timetable.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Before 1pm, and 4pm to 7pm

Best for

Daytime lessons and home educated students

Works almost entirely through past papers and mock questions, marking as he goes. If your child knows the content but keeps dropping marks on the paper itself, that is the gap he is built for.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students losing marks on technique rather than content

Specialises in the back end of the Higher paper, where trigonometry, statistics and multi step reasoning questions decide whether a student lands a 6 or an 8. Strong on numerical reasoning rather than memorised method.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Higher tier students chasing the top grades

Went from failing grades in his own Maths exams to an A*, which is a useful thing for a tutor to have done. More than a thousand lessons taught since, mostly with students who had decided they were simply bad at the subject.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Flexible, weekdays and weekends

Best for

Students who think they are not a maths person

Sat these exams recently and did well in them, which is its own kind of qualification. Now an undergraduate with more than three hundred hours of tutoring behind him, mostly with students who had shut down with adult tutors.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students who find adult tutors intimidating

A dental surgery degree behind the science teaching, which shows most in Biology where the exam rewards precise wording over general understanding. Five years of online teaching with students in the UK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Canada, so remote lessons are her normal setting rather than a compromise.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas, plus IGCSE and O-Level

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

A-Level Biology, and international curricula

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 makes her a straightforward fit for Combined Science students.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Flexible throughout the week

Best for

Combined Science students needing all three papers covered

An MTech in Biotechnology and a Master's in Education from the University of Bath, plus years of examining experience at higher level. Knowing how papers are marked changes what gets taught in the final term.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas, plus IGCSE and IB

Usually free

Weekday afternoons and evenings, weekends all day

Best for

A-Level Biology and international curricula

A biomedical science degree means Biology and Chemistry taught by somebody who has used them rather than only revised them. Breaks the harder topics into steps small enough that a struggling student can see progress inside a lesson.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday afternoons and evenings, weekends all day

Best for

GCSE Biology and Combined Science

A medical degree behind the science teaching, which shows most in Biology, where the exam rewards precise language over general understanding. Also teaches English, with a focus on comprehension and writing clearly under time pressure.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Some weekdays, weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

GCSE Biology, and students needing science and English together

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.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

A-Level Chemistry, and GCSE quantitative chemistry

Ten years teaching Maths, English, reading and Science to Years 4 to 6, which makes her the right person for a Year 7 or 8 who arrived at secondary school already behind. Rebuilding foundations is a different skill from stretching a Year 11, and it is the one she has.

Exam boards

National Curriculum, KS3

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Year 7 and 8 students working below age expectation

A doctorate in Physics and a habit of teaching through real world examples rather than formula sheets. Waves, forces and electricity are where most GCSE students come unstuck, and they are exactly where she concentrates.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students who can do the maths but cannot picture the physics

Covers the required practicals properly, which plenty of tutoring skips and plenty of papers ask about. Good with students who understand the theory but panic when a question is dressed up as an experiment.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Practical and required experiment questions

Fifteen years teaching English, including leading a department, and a postgraduate diploma in the subject on top of a linguistics degree. Reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary are where her students tend to gain most.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Monday and Thursday evenings, Tuesday afternoons

Best for

Comprehension, grammar and vocabulary

An undergraduate with more than three hundred hours of English tutoring behind him, across one to one and small group teaching. Works heavily through past paper questions, which is what tends to shift a Language grade in the final term.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekends, and weekdays all day except Thursday

Best for

Daytime lessons and past paper practice

Four years of tutoring English and a settled view that the goal is not to make a student love the subject, only to make them competent and unafraid of it. Works to whatever grade the student is actually aiming at.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekdays and weekends

Best for

Students who dislike English and need it passed

Teaches English through discussion and creative work rather than drills, which suits students who have gone quiet in class. Has covered lessons in schools as well as tutoring privately.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekdays and weekends

Best for

Students who have lost confidence speaking up

Covers both English papers, with particular strength in creative writing, which is the section students most often write off as unteachable. It is not, and the mark scheme rewards specific things that can be practised.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Evenings, 7pm to 11pm

Best for

Creative writing and Language Paper 1

Focuses on the parts of Literature that reward structure over instinct: poetry comparison, the Shakespeare extract question, and how to build an argument that actually goes somewhere across five paragraphs.

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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Poetry, Shakespeare and essay structure

Has marked the papers, which changes what she teaches. Knowing where examiners award marks and where they quietly withhold them is worth more in the final term than any amount of extra content.

Exam boards

AQA, with Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Final term exam technique

A computer science degree covering both the programming and the theory sides of the GCSE, plus Maths and Science at KS3 and GCSE. Useful when a student needs Computer Science and Maths from the same person.

Exam boards

AQA, OCR, Edexcel

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students taking Computer Science alongside Maths

A computer science student and working web developer, so the programming half of the GCSE is taught by somebody who builds with it. Also covers General Science, English and Religious Studies at KS3 and GCSE.

Exam boards

AQA, OCR, Edexcel

Usually free

Every day

Best for

Practical programming and web technologies

A working software engineer as well as a teacher, so the programming half of the course is taught by somebody who writes code for a living. That matters in Computer Science, where the theory paper and the practical skills pull in different directions.

Exam boards

AQA, OCR, Edexcel, plus IGCSE and O-Level

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students who pass the theory but freeze at writing code

Algorithms and computational thinking are where the GCSE separates grades, and they are the part schools rush. Daniel teaches them slowly and in order, which is usually all that is missing.

Exam boards

AQA, OCR, Edexcel

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Algorithms and computational thinking

Comes at the course from the systems side: databases, networks and system design, taught with the professional context that makes the theory stick rather than sit in a revision guide.

Exam boards

AQA, OCR, Edexcel, plus IGCSE

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Databases, networks and systems topics

Teaches coding as problem solving rather than syntax memorising, which suits students who find the subject dry. Good starting point for anyone who picked Computer Science and immediately regretted it.

Exam boards

AQA, OCR, Edexcel

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students who have lost interest in the subject

Sat the exams she now teaches and came out with a Grade 9 at GCSE and an A* at A-Level in Religious Studies. Works on the part that decides the grade: evaluation, essay structure, use of scholars and applying teachings to real situations rather than reciting them.

Exam boards

Eduqas, AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Students aiming at 8 to 9 or A to A* in Religious Studies

Teaches Religious Studies as argument rather than recall, which is what the longer questions actually reward. Has taught in a school as well as privately, and covers English alongside it.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Flexible, any time

Best for

Building an argument in extended answers

A Master's in Theology and one of two tutors here who take Religious Studies through to A-Level. Strong on ethical theory, where students often understand the arguments but cannot deploy them under exam conditions.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

A-Level Philosophy and Ethics essays

Teaches the Christianity and Islam papers with genuine cultural depth rather than the summary version, then turns that into what the mark scheme actually asks for. Ethical debate is where her students tend to gain most.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Evenings, 7pm to 11pm

Best for

Christianity and Islam papers, and ethics questions

Concentrates on the twelve mark evaluation questions, which carry most of the paper and which students routinely answer as description rather than argument. Teaches critical thinking and essay building together.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

Evaluation and extended answer questions

A King's College London degree in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics followed by a PGCE with QTS, then nearly seven years teaching Humanities in secondary schools and online. Has taught the full range from Year 7 to A-Level, and writes her own revision materials and model answers.

Exam boards

AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas

Usually free

Weekday evenings and weekends

Best for

A-Level Philosophy and Ethics, and students who need model answers