GCSE Business Studies tutors
Showing 24 of 32 UK tutors who teach Business Studies at GCSE. £18–£180/hr · median £55
Business Studies is offered at GCSE and A-level (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Cambridge Technical and BTEC routes) and covers marketing, finance, operations, HR and strategy. It's more applied than Economics and rewards case-study fluency: the exam papers are built around extended business scenarios. Tutoring helps most with the case-study analysis (where students are asked to evaluate strategic options under uncertainty) and with the quantitative content at A-level (break-even, ratios, investment appraisal), which catches out students who chose Business as the 'maths-light' option. Look for tutors with both teaching experience and some real business background.
GCSE business is assessed largely through case studies, so students read an unseen scenario about a firm and apply what they know to it. Definitions are the starting point, and applying them to the case is where most of the lost marks sit. Quantitative skills appear throughout, covering break-even, cash flow and profit margin calculations, and they are usually the part students are least prepared for. The subject rewards answers that stay anchored to the business in the case rather than drifting into general theory. Tutoring tends to focus on applying knowledge to an unfamiliar firm under time pressure, and on the longer evaluation questions where a judgement has to be justified rather than stated.
GCSEs are sat in Year 11 (age 15-16), with most students taking 8-10 subjects. They're the main UK school qualification at 16: 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.
66% got grade 4 or above in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
Umer S.
Award-winning Oxford/Cambridge/Imperial/UCL Gold Medalist | 11+/13+/16+/GCSE/AL/IB/Admissions Expert | Education Consultant | Examiner
- Common Entrance
- Maths
- Further Maths
- +34 more
Paul
Fully qualified maths tutor (Key Stage 3 & GCSE) and business studies tutor (GCSE & A-level)
- Maths
- Business Studies
- SpLD
- Autism
- ADHD & EF
- +1 more
Mr Conor T.
GCSE & A-Level Economics, Maths and Business Tutor | Outstanding Teacher and Examiner | Head of Department | 10+ Years' Experience
- Economics
- Business Studies
- Maths
- SpLD
- Autism
- ADHD & EF
- +4 more
Paul
Economics,Business Finance and English for all levels
- Economics
- Business Studies
- Accounting
- +2 more
- SpLD
- Autism
- ADHD & EF
- +4 more
James B.
15 years as Head of Faculty of an 'outstanding' school, recently awarded state school of the decade (Dame Alice Owen's). Experienced 5*tutor
- Economics
- Business Studies
About the GCSE Business Studies exam
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AQA · 8132
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Wednesday, 12 May 2027 Paper 1: Influences of operations and HRM on business activity, afternoon
- Friday, 21 May 2027 Paper 2: Influences of marketing and finance on business activity, afternoon
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 4 | Grade 7 |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 77/180 43% | 115/180 64% |
| June 2025 | 78/180 43% | 114/180 63% |
The total marks needed across all the papers. From AQA GCSE grade boundaries, June 2026 and AQA GCSE grade boundaries, June 2025.
How students do
Share of UK entries who got grade 4 or above, and who got grade 7 or above, all boards.
- 2019 65.8%·18.1%
- 2020 80.4%·28.1%
- 2021 80.8%·33.6%
- 2022 75.6%·28.6%
- 2023 67.3%·20.1%
- 2024 66.7%·19.7%
- 2025 66.1%·19.5%
- 2026 66%·19.7%
2020 and 2021 were teacher-assessed grades, which is why they run higher. All ages, including students resitting. From GCSE (full course) results summer, all UK candidates.
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Plain-English guides
About Business Studies
What Business Studies covers across UK levels, where tutoring usually helps, and what to look for in a tutor.
About GCSE
Year groups, exam timing, and how GCSE 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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