EPQ Combined Science tutors

2 UK tutors who teach Combined Science at EPQ.

Combined Science (also called Trilogy at AQA, or Double Award) is the GCSE route most state-school students take: two GCSE grades covering biology, chemistry and physics, with reduced content versus the separate triple sciences. Tutoring helps most with the breadth: students often arrive solid in one science and shaky in another, and the exam papers don't let you specialise. The required practicals carry disproportionate weight in the questions. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR Gateway, OCR 21st Century, CIE) cover similar ground but differ on practical lists and paper structure. Match the tutor to the spec the school is teaching.

The Extended Project Qualification is a Level 3 standalone qualification taken alongside A-levels (typically in Year 12 or Year 13) and is worth half an A-level (up to 28 UCAS points at A*). Students choose their own topic and produce either a 5,000-word dissertation, or an artefact / performance accompanied by a 1,000-word report, plus a production log and a viva-style presentation. AQA's spec (7993) is the largest by a wide margin (~40,000 entries/year in England); Pearson Edexcel (Dissertation P301, Investigation P302, Performance P303, Artefact P304), OCR (H856) and WJEC / Eduqas also offer it. Tutoring on EPQ is closer to academic-research mentoring than subject teaching: research-question scoping, source evaluation and citation discipline, dissertation structure, statistical analysis where relevant, and viva preparation. Look for tutors with degree-level research experience in the project's topic area; subject-specialist A-level tutors don't always cover the dissertation craft well.

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