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£15 per hour for a one-to-one, one-hour online lesson. Independent 2026 UK rate guides put the average 11+ tutor at around £55 an hour, ranging from £40 to £80, with specialists in super-selective areas charging £80–£120. 11+ tuition is where our pricing makes the biggest difference to a family budget. See full pricing →

Most families start in Year 5, roughly 12–18 months out. Verbal and non-verbal reasoning are pattern-recognition skills that improve with spaced practice, so time genuinely helps. Starting at the beginning of Year 6 is still perfectly workable — the programme just becomes more intensive and more focused on technique and timing than on building from scratch.

Most 11+ exams test some combination of English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. The exact format depends on your target school or consortium, and on whether they use GL Assessment, CEM-style or a bespoke paper. Some independent schools also interview. Tell us which schools you are applying to and we will plan around their published format — always worth confirming against the school's own admissions page, as formats do change.

Yes, provided lessons are interactive rather than a lecture. One hour is a manageable length at this age, and our tutors use a shared whiteboard with regular switching between activities to hold attention. Many children actually concentrate better one-to-one online than in a group, and there is no travel time eating into the evening.

Mostly through familiarity. Timed practice under realistic conditions turns the unknown into routine, which is the most effective anxiety reduction available. Beyond that, our tutors are chosen for patience and encouragement, and we deliberately avoid framing the 11+ as a single make-or-break moment — that framing harms performance and is not true.

Yes, where your target school interviews as part of admissions. Practice focuses on speaking clearly, developing an answer beyond one sentence, and talking about reading and interests with genuine confidence. The aim is a child who sounds like themselves, not a rehearsed script — interviewers can tell the difference immediately.

One hour a week with a tutor, plus short and regular practice at home, works well for most families starting in Year 5. Ten focused minutes daily beats an hour at the weekend for reasoning practice. Closer to the exam some families move to two hours a week so there is time for a full timed paper and a proper review of it.

GCSE tuition with GetMyGradeA is £15 per hour for a one-to-one, one-hour online lesson. There is no joining fee, no bundle to buy upfront and no minimum commitment. For context, independent 2026 UK rate guides put the average online GCSE tutor at roughly £31–£39 an hour, and agency platforms typically start around £26. See full pricing →

Our most requested subjects are Maths, English Language and Literature and Combined and Triple Science. We also cover Geography, History, Computer Science and Business Studies. If your subject is not listed, ask anyway — we can usually help.

Yes. We teach to AQA, Edexcel (Pearson), OCR and Eduqas specifications, plus WJEC and CIE where applicable. Tell us the exact board and tier when you enquire and lessons are planned around that specification — including the right past papers and mark schemes — from the very first session.

Most families start in Year 10 or early Year 11. Starting earlier means content is taught properly rather than crammed, and leaves room for two full rounds of past papers. That said, focused tuition from January of Year 11 still makes a substantial difference — especially on exam technique, which is usually where marks are being lost.

One hour per subject per week is the most common pattern and is enough for steady progress alongside school. Students rebuilding a weak foundation, or targeting a jump of two or more grades, often move to two hours a week in the run-up to mocks and final exams. Because there is no lock-in, you can scale up or down as exams approach.

Yes, and we will be honest with you about which tier is the right target. For Foundation students the priority is securing every accessible mark up to a grade 5. For Higher students it is the harder topics and extended-response questions that separate a 6 from an 8 or 9. Tier strategy is part of the free consultation.

Yes, and this is central to how we teach. Timed past papers are built into every GCSE programme, marked against the real mark scheme, then walked through line by line. The point is not the score — it is identifying the repeatable habit that cost the marks and fixing it before the real paper.

Yes. Tutors track progress against the specification and send regular written updates covering what has been taught, how mock papers were marked, and what to focus on next. You should never have to guess whether tuition is working.

£15 per hour for a one-to-one, one-hour online lesson, with no joining fee and no minimum commitment. Independent 2026 UK rate guides put the average online maths tutor at roughly £31–£39 an hour. See full pricing →

It is a realistic target with consistent weekly lessons across two or three terms — provided the foundations in number, algebra and ratio are rebuilt properly rather than skipped over. What we will not do is promise a grade before we have seen your child work. After the diagnostic session your tutor will give you an honest view of what is achievable in the time available.

Foundation caps at grade 5; Higher spans grades 4–9. Counter-intuitively, Foundation is often the better strategic choice for a student sitting around a grade 4–5, because the paper is more accessible and a strong Foundation performance beats a weak Higher one. If a 6 or above is realistic, Higher is the only route. This is one of the first things we discuss in the free consultation.

From the 2027 exam series, students sitting GCSE maths will be given a formula sheet in the exam, and equation sheets will be provided for physics and combined science, across all the main boards. That does not make the paper easier — it shifts the difficulty from recall to selecting and applying the right formula under time pressure, which is exactly the kind of decision-making we drill in lessons.

Consistently: ratio and proportion, algebraic manipulation, and multi-step worded problems where the student knows every individual technique but cannot see which one the question is asking for. Recognising the question type is a skill in itself, and it is one of the fastest routes to extra marks.

Yes. Non-calculator papers demand fluent written and mental methods; calculator papers reward efficient use of the functions and sensible rounding. Students often lose marks simply through inefficient calculator use. We practise both paper types under timed conditions using your board's real past papers.

£15 per hour for a one-to-one, one-hour online lesson — English Language, English Literature or both. No joining fee, no minimum commitment. See full pricing →

Yes, and most students take both. They are genuinely different exams: Language tests reading analysis and writing on unseen texts, while Literature is assessed on set texts, largely closed-book, which puts a heavy premium on quotation recall and thematic argument. Some students are strong in one and weak in the other, and we teach them differently.

No — set texts vary by school and by board. Tell us which texts your child is studying when you enquire (commonly Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde, Blood Brothers or Lord of the Flies, plus a poetry anthology cluster) and we will match you with a tutor who teaches those texts on that board.

By treating it as a craft with rules rather than a test of imagination. Marks are awarded for controlled structure, deliberate vocabulary choice and technical accuracy — not for having an exciting idea. We teach a repeatable planning structure students can execute in five minutes under exam pressure, then target the exact band descriptors on their board's mark scheme.

Because most Literature papers are closed-book, students need a bank of short, flexible quotations — not long passages. We build a compact bank per text, usually eight to twelve quotations, chosen because each one can serve several different question types. That is far more efficient than trying to memorise the play.

Yes, and it is common. Reluctant readers rarely improve because someone told them to read more. They improve when they are given a clear, repeatable method for approaching any unseen extract, so the paper stops feeling like a guessing game. Short, structured extract work in lessons does more than a reading list.

£15 per hour for a one-to-one, one-hour online lesson — Combined Science or a separate Biology, Chemistry or Physics GCSE. No joining fee, no minimum commitment. See full pricing →

Combined Science covers all three sciences and awards two GCSEs. Triple Science (also called Separate Sciences) awards three GCSEs and covers noticeably more content in greater depth. Triple is generally the expectation for students intending to take science A-Levels, though a strong Combined grade does not close that door on most courses.

Reliably: moles and quantitative chemistry, electricity and circuits, and forces and motion calculations. Add to that the required practicals, which are guaranteed to be examined and are almost always the last thing students revise. There are quick wins available there.

Yes, and deliberately so. Required practicals are examined on every board, and the questions are predictable: method, independent and dependent variables, control variables, sources of error and suggested improvements. We teach each practical as an exam topic in its own right rather than assuming it was absorbed in the lab.

Six-markers are marked on a logical, linked chain of reasoning — not on how many facts a student can list. Most lost marks come from a scattergun answer that never connects cause to effect. We teach a short planning structure that takes 60 seconds, then practise it on real past paper questions until it is automatic.

From the 2027 exam series, equation sheets will be provided for GCSE physics and combined science across the main boards, alongside a formula sheet for maths. This does not make the papers easier — it moves the difficulty to choosing the right equation and rearranging it correctly under time pressure, which is where most marks are actually lost.

£20 per hour for a one-to-one, one-hour online lesson. Independent 2026 UK rate guides put the average A-Level tutor at roughly £42–£52 an hour, and higher again for Further Maths. See full pricing →

Maths, Further Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Psychology, English Literature, History, Geography, Computer Science and Business — subject to a specialist being available for your exact specification. Tell us the subject and board when you enquire and we will confirm honestly either way.

The jump is less about content volume and more about independence and depth of reasoning. A-Level papers reward sustained analysis, evaluation and application to unfamiliar contexts. Students who did well at GCSE largely through memorisation frequently hit a wall in the first term of Year 12 — and it is not a sign they chose the wrong subject. It is a skills gap, and it is teachable.

Yes — by teaching how the task is structured and assessed, and by giving feedback on the student's own drafts. To be explicit: we will never write or substantially rewrite work that has to be certified as the student's own. That protects your child from a malpractice finding, which is a far worse outcome than a lower coursework mark.

Yes, and they are among the most efficient programmes we run. We start by working out why the marks were lost — content gaps, exam technique, or timing — because the fix for each is completely different. Re-teaching an entire A-Level to a student who actually had a timing problem wastes a year.

Where it is useful, lessons can build the analytical writing and problem-solving habits expected at undergraduate level, and tutors can help a student articulate genuine subject interest for a personal statement. To be clear, we are a tuition service rather than a UCAS advisory service — your school's careers team should lead on applications.

A simple hourly rate: £15 an hour for 11+ and GCSE, £20 an hour for A-Level. Every lesson is one-to-one and lasts one hour. No joining fee, no bundle to buy upfront, no subscription and no minimum term.

Because of what we do not spend money on. There is no call centre, no office, no commissioned sales team and no large marketing budget built into your hourly rate. Agency platforms typically add a substantial commission on top of what the tutor receives, which is what pushes rates above £30 an hour. We keep the structure simple so more of what you pay reaches the teaching.

No. Every lesson is a full 60 minutes and always one-to-one — never a group class. Marked mock papers, exam technique coaching, the personalised learning plan and parent progress updates are all included in the hourly rate rather than sold as extras.

No. This website is for enquiries only. Once you have enquired and been matched with a tutor, scheduling and payment are arranged directly between you and your tutor. We will never ask for card details through a form on this site — if you ever see a page claiming to take GetMyGradeA payments, it is not us.

No. There is no contract and no package. Book hour by hour, pause over school holidays, and scale up as exams approach. We would rather keep families because the tuition works than because they have prepaid for twenty hours.

No, deliberately. Our rate is already set at roughly half the UK average, so there is no inflated list price to discount from. Everyone pays the same published rate for the same service — which we think is fairer than a system where the outcome depends on who negotiates hardest.

Because scheduling and payment are arranged directly with your tutor, cancellation and rescheduling terms are agreed between you at the start. We ask both sides to give reasonable notice — usually 24 hours — and your tutor will confirm their arrangement clearly before the first lesson.

Yes. Every tutor holds a current DBS check, verified before they teach any student. If you would like confirmation for the specific tutor matched to your child, just ask — we would rather you did.

Every tutor has more than five years' teaching experience in the subject and stage they tutor — and teaches only within that specialism. We do not have generalists covering three sciences and a bit of maths, because that is where detail and mark scheme knowledge get lost.

Subject, stage and exam board first — that part is non-negotiable. Then personality and learning style, based on what you tell us in the free consultation about how your child responds to being taught. If the fit turns out to be wrong, tell us and we will re-match at no cost. That happens occasionally and it is nobody's fault.

Yes — the free consultation exists for exactly this. Ask about background, qualifications, experience with your exam board and how they approach teaching. You should not be committing an hour of your child's week to someone you have not spoken to.

We are an online tuition service. We match families with DBS-checked specialist tutors, plan programmes around the right specification and support the teaching. We are not a registered school, we do not enter students for exams, and we do not replace school — we work alongside it.

All tutors are DBS checked. Beyond that, we recommend lessons take place in a shared family space rather than behind a closed door, that parents hold the lesson link and can drop in at any time, and that all communication about lessons comes through you rather than directly to a younger child. If anything ever concerns you, contact us immediately on WhatsApp or by email.

WhatsApp on 07867 435111 is usually fastest, and you can send a voice note if that is easier than typing. Email and the enquiry form are answered within one to two working days.

We reply within one to two working days to arrange a free, no-obligation consultation. That conversation covers where your child is now, what they are aiming for and when their exams are. If we can help, we match you with a specialist tutor; if we cannot, we will say so.

No. There is no sales team, no commission and nothing to sign. If you decide we are not right for your child, that is a perfectly good outcome and we will not chase you.

No. No payment or booking is processed on this website, and we will not ask for card details during an enquiry. Payment is arranged directly between you and your tutor once lessons are agreed. If anyone contacts you asking for an upfront payment in our name, please check with us first.

Level, subjects, exam board (if you know it), school year and roughly when exams fall. Current and target grades help but are not essential. If you do not know the exam board, do not worry — we will help you find it.