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Subjects include 5–8 teaching focuses, with more options in the highest-demand core subjects. Choose the one closest to the student’s current difficulty and send recent work with the assessment.
Maths
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Algebra and method marks
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- Good match for
- Students who know the topic but lose marks through skipped steps or weak algebraic control.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Geometry and mensuration
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need stronger diagrams, formula selection and multi-step spatial reasoning.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Probability and statistics
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to interpret tables, distributions and probability language accurately.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Functions, graphs and problem setup
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who can calculate but struggle to translate unfamiliar questions into a method.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Timed papers and checking
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students preparing for mocks or exams who need a reliable paper order and checking routine.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Fractions, ratio and percentages
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students whose number skills create avoidable errors across algebra and multi-step problems.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
Bounds, accuracy and standard form
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need more reliable rounding, estimation, upper and lower bounds, and standard form.
- Typical approach
- The student explains method choice and checking decisions so weak reasoning becomes visible.
Higher-tier reasoning
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students targeting stronger grades who need to connect methods and make decisions on unfamiliar questions.
- Typical approach
- Worked modelling, independent response and review organised around the student’s exam-board question types.
Additional Maths
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Advanced algebra and functions
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students stepping up from strong core Maths who need precision with notation and transformations.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Calculus foundations
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need derivatives and integration connected to graphs, rates and exam questions.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Coordinate geometry and trigonometry
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need a systematic route through identities, equations and geometric reasoning.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Proof, sequences and reasoning
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students aiming higher who need to present rigorous chains of mathematical argument.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
High-grade paper strategy
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students with broad topic coverage who now need speed, selection and recovery on difficult questions.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Biology
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Core concepts and scientific terms
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who understand lessons informally but need precise biological language in written answers.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Data, graphs and investigations
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who lose marks when interpreting results, trends, variables or experimental evidence.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Practical-style questions
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer control of methods, controls, measurements and evaluation.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Extended biological explanations
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who know isolated facts but need stronger cause-and-effect chains.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Cross-topic revision
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students preparing for cumulative papers who need links across cells, systems, ecology and inheritance.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Genetics, inheritance and selection
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer links between genetic terms, inheritance patterns, variation and natural selection.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
Human systems and homeostasis
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to connect organs, processes and feedback control in longer answers.
- Typical approach
- The student explains method choice and checking decisions so weak reasoning becomes visible.
Chemistry
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Moles and chemical calculations
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need a stable method for formulae, ratios, quantities and units.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Equations, bonding and structure
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to connect particle models with properties and written explanations.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Organic chemistry patterns
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need reaction families, conditions and representations organised clearly.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Practical chemistry and data
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who lose marks on apparatus, observations, variables and result interpretation.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Exam precision and command words
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who know content but need more exact equations, explanations and question targeting.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Acids, salts and electrolysis
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need reaction routes, ionic ideas and practical predictions organised into a dependable method.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
Physics
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Formula choice, units and working
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- Good match for
- Students who understand ideas but lose calculation marks through setup or unit errors.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Mechanics and forces
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer diagrams and reasoning for motion, forces, momentum and energy.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Electricity and circuits
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need circuit ideas, equations and component behaviour joined together.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Waves and thermal physics
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need stronger models for wave behaviour, transfer and particle explanations.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Graphs, practical work and evaluation
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who lose marks on gradients, uncertainties, methods and evidence-based conclusions.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Energy, power and efficiency
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to distinguish energy stores, transfers, power and efficiency in calculations and explanations.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
Atomic physics and radioactivity
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer models for atomic structure, radiation, half-life and safety questions.
- Typical approach
- The student explains method choice and checking decisions so weak reasoning becomes visible.
English Language
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Reading inference and evidence
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who find relevant evidence but need sharper inference and explanation.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Descriptive and narrative writing
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need better control of viewpoint, detail, structure and language choices.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Transactional and directed writing
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need purpose, audience, register and source use to work together.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Writer’s methods and response structure
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to move from feature spotting to developed analysis.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Timing, planning and editing
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students whose ideas are stronger than their completed timed-paper performance.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Comparison and synthesis
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to compare viewpoints or sources and build a concise, evidence-led response.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
English as a Second Language
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Reading for detail and purpose
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- Good match for
- Students who need to locate, paraphrase and organise information more accurately.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Summary writing
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- Good match for
- Students who need concise selection, paraphrase and language control under a word limit.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Extended and functional writing
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer task fulfilment, organisation and register.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Grammar, vocabulary and accuracy
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students whose meaning is clear but recurring language errors limit marks.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Speaking, listening and route preparation
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need structured practice aligned with the components they are taking.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Exam vocabulary and response control
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need more accurate word choice, paraphrase and task fulfilment across their exam components.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
Business Studies
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Definitions and case application
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- Good match for
- Students who know terms but need to apply them directly to the business in the question.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Calculations and data response
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need accurate working and stronger interpretation of business figures.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Developed analysis chains
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students whose answers list points without explaining business consequences.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Evaluation and justified decisions
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need balanced judgement tied to case conditions and stakeholder priorities.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Command words and paper timing
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need the length and depth of each answer matched to marks and time.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Economics
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Economic concepts and diagrams
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need accurate models, labels and explanation of market changes.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Data response and application
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to select relevant evidence and use it in economic reasoning.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Cause-and-effect analysis
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who know definitions but need longer, connected reasoning chains.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Evaluation and policy judgement
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to weigh conditions, time horizons and alternative outcomes.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Calculations and timed papers
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need accuracy with data alongside stronger paper selection and pacing.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Computer Science
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Theory and precise terminology
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who understand computing informally but need mark-ready explanations.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Data representation and logic
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need more control of binary, encoding, logic and related calculations.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Algorithms and pseudocode
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to turn a problem into clear variables, decisions, loops and procedures.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Tracing, testing and debugging
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who can write code but struggle to predict, test and repair behaviour.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Networks, security and exam links
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need connected explanations rather than isolated lists of facts.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Combined Science
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Foundations across all three sciences
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- Good match for
- Students with several small gaps who need a balanced plan across Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Scientific calculations and units
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who lose transferable calculation marks across Chemistry and Physics topics.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Practical methods and data
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need common experimental skills applied across the science papers.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Command words and written explanations
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who know content but need answers shaped more closely to mark requirements.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Paper planning and revision priorities
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- Good match for
- Students preparing several science papers who need a realistic order for practice and review.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
English Literature
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Close reading and writer methods
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- Good match for
- Students who can spot techniques but need to explain how language, structure and form shape meaning.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Essay argument and paragraph control
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students whose ideas are relevant but need a clearer thesis, purposeful sequence and supported judgement.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Evidence and quotation integration
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to select concise evidence and connect it naturally to analysis.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Poetry comparison
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need balanced comparison across ideas, methods and effects rather than two separate responses.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Prose and drama set texts
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need text knowledge organised around likely questions, character, theme and writer choices.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Unseen and timed essays
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need a repeatable routine for reading, planning, writing and checking under exam conditions.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
ICT
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Theory and precise terminology
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who remember definitions but need stronger application to scenarios and clearer explanation of impact.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Spreadsheets and modelling
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need reliable formulae, functions, references, validation, charts and checking.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Databases and data handling
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need more control of fields, validation, queries, reports and data accuracy.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Documents and presentations
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to follow detailed layout, style, audience and evidence requirements accurately.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Web authoring
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer file structure, page layout, formatting and testing routines in the required tools.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Practical paper workflow
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who know individual tools but need better task order, evidence capture, time control and final checks.
- Typical approach
- A short baseline check, followed by separate consolidation and exam-style practice.
Geography
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Physical geography processes
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer sequence, cause and effect across weather, rivers, coasts, hazards or ecosystems.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Human geography and development
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to apply population, settlement, development and resource ideas to real contexts.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Case study evidence
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who remember examples but need to choose specific facts that answer the question.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Maps, data and graphs
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need stronger grid, scale, pattern, anomaly, calculation and explanation skills.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Fieldwork and extended responses
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need exam-style methods, evaluation and long-answer practice within school-work boundaries.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
History
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Source analysis
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to move beyond source summary into inference, purpose, provenance and cross-reference.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Causation, change and consequence
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need to organise accurate knowledge into connected historical explanation.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Essay argument and evidence
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students whose factual knowledge is broad but needs a clearer thesis, paragraph logic and judgement.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Depth-study knowledge
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need chronology, key evidence and topic links organised around the exact option route.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Timed papers and question choice
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- Good match for
- Students who need a stable routine for reading, planning, selecting evidence and completing the paper.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
Accounting
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Double entry and bookkeeping
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need more reliable debit and credit decisions from source documents to ledger balances.
- Typical approach
- Short explanation, a worked example, then independent practice with visible working.
Financial statements
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need accurate classifications, layouts, linked figures and completion checks.
- Typical approach
- Timed questions, error classification and a paper routine the student can repeat.
Adjustments and control accounts
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need clearer handling of accruals, prepayments, depreciation, reconciliation and controls.
- Typical approach
- Higher-demand questions broken into reading, planning, execution and checking.
Ratios and interpretation
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who can calculate but need evidence-led comparison, explanation and awareness of limitations.
- Typical approach
- A recent script or writing sample used to choose the next teaching target.
Timed papers and accuracy
Teaching direction, not a confirmed named tutor
- Good match for
- Students who need better working layout, error tracing, time allocation and final checks.
- Typical approach
- Lesson priorities placed into a realistic weekly sequence with a clear checkpoint.
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