Tutoring subjects
Browse a subject to see what tuition covers at each level, and find a tutor who fits your child's exam board and stage.
STEM
Maths Maths is the most-tutored subject in the UK by a wide margin. Every student sits GCSE Maths, and the gap between procedural fluency and the abstract reasoning required at A-level catches many students off guard. Find a tutor who fits the level, the exam board, and your child's specific weak spots.Further Maths Further Maths is a genuine fourth A-level taken alongside A-level Maths. It's required for Cambridge Mathematics (with STEP) and strongly preferred for top-tier Maths, Physics, and Engineering programmes elsewhere. Tutoring is specialist; not all A-level Maths tutors handle Further Maths confidently.Physics A-level Physics is the gateway to Engineering and Physics degrees, and one of the most mathematically-demanding A-levels. Strong tutors combine conceptual depth with maths-fluency coaching, drilling problem-solving frameworks rather than equation memorisation.Chemistry A-level Chemistry is universally required for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. Its mathematical demand (around 20% of marks) and organic mechanism reasoning together make it one of the most-tutored A-levels.Biology Biology is the most content-heavy of the three sciences, with dense factual recall and increasingly mathematical assessment. It's the standard pre-Medicine and pre-Vet pathway alongside Chemistry. Find a tutor who matches the level and the exam board.Science GCSE Science splits into two pathways: Combined Science (two GCSEs covering Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) or Triple Science (three separate GCSEs). The choice in Year 9 affects A-level options later. Find a tutor who fits the pathway and the specific exam board.Geology Geology is a single-board subject at GCSE in the UK (Eduqas / WJEC) and a small-cohort subject at A-level, with OCR currently withdrawing its specification. School provision is thin, fieldwork is substantial, and tutoring routinely fills a gap that an in-school subject teacher would normally cover.Computer Science GCSE Computer Science is broader than parents often expect: programming is one component alongside computational thinking, data representation, computer architecture, networks, and security. OCR dominates the GCSE market with roughly 70% of entries. Find a tutor who knows the specific spec your child is sitting.Engineering Engineering at school splits across A-level Engineering (smaller, academic-leaning), BTEC Engineering Level 3 (larger, vocational), and T-level Engineering (newer, with industry placement). University Engineering degree applications almost universally require A-level Maths and Physics; engineering-specific qualifications are supplementary.
Humanities
History History rewards students who can read sources critically and structure essays around explicit Assessment Objectives, then write all of it under exam-time pressure. The single highest-leverage tutoring area at A-level is the NEA coursework essay, where strong tutoring often shifts grades by a full band.English English splits into two distinct GCSEs (Language and Literature) and three A-level routes. Set texts vary substantially between exam boards; finding a tutor who knows the specific texts and mark scheme conventions your child is sitting matters more here than in most subjects.Geography Geography splits between physical and human strands and rewards students who memorise case studies in depth, apply them flexibly to questions, and write structured extended answers under time pressure. The NEA at A-level is one of the highest-leverage tutoring areas.Religious Studies GCSE Religious Studies is one of the highest-volume GCSEs. A-level Religious Studies leans towards philosophy and ethics, engaging with Plato through to modern philosophers of religion. Strong students master argument structure and named-philosopher citation.Philosophy A-level Philosophy is purely analytical: argument and counter-argument across epistemology, ethics, and the metaphysics of God and mind. AQA is the sole major provider. Strong students reconstruct arguments precisely and write rigorous 25-mark essays that weigh objections against responses.
Social
Economics A-level Economics rewards diagram fluency and structured essay technique with strong Evaluation depth, plus the habit of applying theory to current real-world examples. The subject is a major route into Economics, Business, Finance and PPE degrees at Russell Group universities.Business Studies Business Studies rewards students who combine theoretical knowledge with applied case-study analysis and current-affairs awareness. Around 20% of A-level marks are quantitative; many students underprepare on the maths. Edexcel is the largest A-level provider.Accounting A-level Accounting (AQA-only) covers double-entry bookkeeping, financial statement preparation, cost accounting, budgeting, and ratio analysis. Useful for students aiming at Accounting and Finance careers but not required for university entry. AAT and chartered routes (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) sit outside the school curriculum.Sociology A-level Sociology is a high-volume essay-driven subject. The differentiator at top grades is fluent application of competing theoretical perspectives (Marxism, functionalism, feminism, interactionism) to topics including education, families, crime, and beliefs.Psychology A-level Psychology is one of the largest A-levels by entry, combining theoretical breadth across five approaches with substantial research-methods and statistical content. AQA dominates the market. Tutoring focuses on named-study recall, evaluation depth in essays, and research-methods drill.Politics A-level Politics rewards students who actively follow current affairs and can apply political ideologies (conservatism, liberalism, socialism, plus one more) to contemporary UK and US events. The 30-mark essays are where strong evaluation depth wins or loses grades.Law A-level Law is precedent-driven. Strong students cite named cases precisely and lean on IRAC discipline to structure scenario answers, then bring in evaluation against named criteria such as clarity and fairness for the essay questions. It isn't required for a university Law degree, and some top universities prefer applicants take other essay-based subjects instead.
Arts
Art and Design Art and Design is heavily coursework-driven: around 60% of the grade comes from a sketchbook and portfolio developed over 12-18 months. Strong tutoring lifts grades through better-structured sketchbooks, sharper annotation, coherent personal-investigation development, and portfolio coaching for art-school applications.Music Music splits across two distinct pathways: instrument-specific graded exams (ABRSM, Trinity, Rockschool) and academic GCSE / A-level Music. Many students do both. Find a tutor matched to the instrument, level, and exam board you need.Drama Drama spans the school qualifications (GCSE Drama, A-level Theatre Studies), the graded LAMDA exams that sit alongside them, and audition coaching for students applying to drama school. Around 60% of the GCSE and A-level grade comes from performance and devising, so it is coursework-heavy, but the written exam still rewards strong analytical technique.Theatre Studies A-level Drama and Theatre Studies (boards vary in exact title) covers devising, scripted performance, theatre history, set-text analysis, and live theatre evaluation. Around 60% of the grade is coursework; strong tutoring lifts both the devising work and the written-exam essays.Photography Photography sits within Art and Design at GCSE and as an A-level endorsement (Photography: Lens-Based and Light-Based Media). Same 60/40 coursework and exam structure as Fine Art, but with lens-based media throughout. Strong tutoring focuses on sketchbook structure alongside the technical and editing skills behind good photographs.Graphic Design Graphic Design / Graphic Communication is an A-level Art and Design endorsement covering layout, typography, illustration, branding, and digital design. Same 60/40 coursework / exam structure as Fine Art, with industry-standard Adobe Creative Cloud as the working toolset.
Modern Languages French and Spanish lead the GCSE landscape, with German close behind. Speaking is the single highest-leverage tutoring area: 1:1 sessions give vastly more talk-time than school classrooms. At A-level, the prescribed film and literary text plus the Independent Research Project add new dimensions to coach.Film & Media Film Studies (focused on cinema) and Media Studies (covering all mass media) are closely related subjects, both dominated by WJEC Eduqas. Around a third of the grade is coursework; students produce their own media work alongside critical written analysis.Classics Four classical subjects (Latin, Classical Greek, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History) almost all run by OCR. The subjects sit predominantly at UK independent schools and state grammars, but tutoring opens access to students wherever they are. Translation technique and set-text analysis are the central tutoring areas.
What a subject guide gives you
Each subject guide is background reading rather than a shortlist of tutors. It sets out what tuition tends to cover from KS2 up to A-level, and where a tutor usually makes the most difference at each stage. The tutors themselves live on the main directory, where you can filter by subject and message someone directly once you know what you are looking for.
Choosing where to start
Most parents arrive needing help in one or two subjects. A sensible way to choose is to start with the subject where the grade matters most for what comes next, whether that is a sixth-form place or a university offer. If your child is stretched across several subjects, it usually pays to go deep on one before adding another. Time in the week is fixed, and a single working tutor relationship tends to show visible progress faster than three started at once.
Finding the tutor
Once a guide has helped you frame the ask, the subject filter on the tutors page narrows the directory to people who teach it. Naming the level, and the exam board for content-heavy subjects, is the quickest way to reach someone who genuinely fits your child's stage.