GCSE Ancient Greek tutors
4 UK tutors who teach Ancient Greek at GCSE.
Ancient Greek (OCR at GCSE and A-level) is rarer than Latin and covers translation, comprehension, and set texts in Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides and others. School provision is concentrated in independent schools and a small number of state grammars; tutors are correspondingly scarce. Tutoring helps most with the language load (Greek's morphology is heavier than Latin's, and most students need more practice on accidence and syntax than school timetables allow) and with the dialect variations in set-text authors. Look for tutors with a classics degree and explicit Greek (not just Latin) fluency.
GCSEs are sat in Year 11 (age 15-16), with most students taking 8-10 subjects. They're the load-bearing UK school qualification: the 9-1 graded exams that drive sixth-form admission, apprenticeship eligibility, and (via maths and English at grade 4 or 5) university and many job prerequisites. Tutoring demand peaks here. The biggest grade gains tend to come from exam-paper technique rather than further content. Students often know more than they show. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJEC, CIE) diverge on content and assessment, so tutor familiarity with the specific spec is meaningful in most subjects.
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£95–£110/hr
Dr Danielle
16 reviews from First Tutors
16 yrs OnlineDBS verified| Calm, patient, encouraging support | Latin, Greek, & UCAS | PhD Princeton | MSt. (Distinction) Oxford | BA (1st) Cambridge
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- Classical Civilisation
- +1 more
£40/hr
Gabriella G.
71 reviews from First Tutors
30 yrs OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedLatin (up to A level) ,Ancient Greek (up to GCSE) , Spanish (up to GCSE), Italian (up to A level),Maths (up to GCSE) English (up to GCSE).
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- Spanish
- +8 more
50% off first Block discount£75/hr
Heather
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Southend-on-Sea 4 yrs In person · OnlineDBS verifiedClassical Civilisation and Latin tutor
- Latin
- Classical Civilisation
- Ancient Greek
Group from £30/hr £60/hr
Vivien
2 reviews from First Tutors
30 yrs OnlineQualified TeacherGCSE & A Level Latin, Classical Greek and Classical Civilisation, 30 years of teaching experience
- Latin
- Classical Civilisation
- Ancient Greek
- +1 more
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