KS3 Combined Science tutors in London
3 UK tutors who teach Combined Science at KS3 in London.
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.
Key Stage 3 covers Years 7, 8 and 9 (ages 11-14), the first three years of secondary school, before GCSE choices and content begin. It's a quieter period for tutoring than KS2 or GCSE, but the foundations laid (or missed) at KS3 drive GCSE outcomes more than students or parents usually realise. Tutoring helps most where confidence has dropped at the primary-secondary transition (especially in maths, where the algebra step lands here) or where a student is ahead and under-stretched. The 13+ for independent-school transfer is sat in Year 8, which adds a separate layer of preparation for that cohort.
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Rashida
37 reviews from First Tutors
Kingston upon Thames 14 yrs In person · OnlineDBS verifiedMaths & Science Tutor:GCSE & A- Level Tuition
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Biology
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£25/hr
Mr Taher A.
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Tower Hamlets 3 yrs In person · OnlineDBS verifiedGCSE & A-Level Maths, Science and Computer Science tutor · 2+ years experience
- Maths
- Computer Science
- Combined Science
- +3 more
Free first lesson£60/hr
Marguerite
4 reviews from First Tutors
Southwark 13 yrs In person · OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedExperienced Head of Science, qualified teacher (currently working in a school), examiner and A level Chemistry tutor
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Combined Science
- +1 more
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