A-level Accounting tutors
8 UK tutors who teach Accounting at A-level. £25–£150/hr · median £38
Accounting is offered at A-level (AQA is the main board) and as GCSE/Level 2 routes through some boards. It's the most quantitative of the social-science-tier subjects: double-entry bookkeeping, financial statements, ratio analysis, cost and management accounting. Tutoring helps most with the technical mechanics (double-entry confuses students for longer than they expect) and with the long-form financial-statement preparation papers, where method marks compound. School provision is patchy, so tutors are often the substitute rather than the supplement. Look for tutors with accounting qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA part-qualified or qualified) and explicit AQA spec experience.
A-levels are sat at the end of Year 13 (age 17-18) and are the standard UK university-entrance qualification, with most students taking 3 subjects (sometimes 4 plus an EPQ). Grades A*-E feed UCAS, and competitive university courses set offers at AAA or higher. Tutoring helps most with the step up from GCSE: A-levels demand independent learning, denser content, and exam technique that rewards structured argument or method-mark-aware working. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CIE) diverge meaningfully, so match the tutor to the spec, especially in maths, sciences and modern languages where assessment differences are sharp.
60.9% got A* to C in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
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About the A-level Accounting exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
AQA · 7127
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Monday, 17 May 2027 Paper 1 Financial Accounting, morning
- Monday, 24 May 2027 Paper 2 Accounting for analysis and decision-making, morning
Past papers, June 2025
- Paper 1 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 2 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Grade boundaries, every series
Grade boundaries
| Series | Grade C | Grade A |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 103/240 43% | 153/240 64% |
| June 2025 | 112/240 47% | 158/240 66% |
The total marks needed across all the papers. From AQA A level grade boundaries, June 2026 and AQA A level grade boundaries, June 2025.
How students do
Share of UK entries who got A* to C, and who got A* or A, all boards.
- 2024 57.1%·13.9%
- 2025 60.6%·13.6%
- 2026 60.9%·12.2%
2020 and 2021 were teacher-assessed grades, which is why they run higher. All ages, including students resitting. From A level results summer, all UK candidates.
Read up before you book
Plain-English guides
About Accounting
What Accounting covers across UK levels, where tutoring usually helps, and what to look for in a tutor.
About A-level
Year groups, exam timing, and how A-level fits into the UK qualification ladder.
Exam boards
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CCEA, SQA (now Qualifications Scotland) and Cambridge International: what each is known for.
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