GCSE Economics tutors
Showing 24 of 30 UK tutors who teach Economics at GCSE. £25–£180/hr · median £55
Economics is offered at GCSE (less commonly) and A-level (AQA, Edexcel, OCR), and splits into microeconomics (markets, firms, market failure) and macroeconomics (growth, inflation, unemployment, policy). It's essay-and-data-heavy at A-level: students need to apply theory to current real-world events and write to mark schemes that reward structured argument with diagrams. Tutoring helps most with diagram technique (which is rewarded explicitly), with essay structure under timed conditions, and with the macro paper, which lags news and rewards students who follow the FT or equivalent. For Oxbridge or LSE applicants, look for tutors who go beyond the spec.
GCSE economics is offered by far fewer schools than the A-level, so most students meet the subject for the first time at sixth form. Those who do take it at GCSE cover the same two halves, microeconomics and macroeconomics, at a level that leans more on describing mechanisms than evaluating them. Quantitative skills carry a defined weighting and cover index numbers, percentage change and reading data from charts. The most common difficulty is the chain of reasoning: questions ask what happens to price when supply shifts and expect each link stated rather than the conclusion asserted. Students moving on to the A-level generally find the transition easier than classmates starting fresh, though the evaluation demand still steps up sharply.
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.
82.9% 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
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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 Economics exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
AQA · 8136
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Thursday, 13 May 2027 Paper 1 - How markets work, afternoon
- Tuesday, 25 May 2027 Paper 2 - How the economy works, 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 | 82/160 51% | 120/160 75% |
| June 2025 | 82/160 51% | 118/160 74% |
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 81.8%·32%
- 2020 92.6%·46.8%
- 2021 92.5%·52.8%
- 2022 87%·43.5%
- 2023 80.3%·32.3%
- 2024 80.7%·32%
- 2025 82.2%·33.1%
- 2026 82.9%·34.3%
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 Economics
What Economics 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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