A-level French tutors
17 UK tutors who teach French at A-level. £15–£150/hr · median £40
French is the most widely taught modern language in UK schools, offered at GCSE, A-level and IB. The shift from GCSE to A-level is sharper than in most subjects: A-level demands literary analysis, film study, and discussion of social and cultural themes alongside the language itself. Tutoring helps most with the speaking exam at both levels (where students freeze on unprepared questions) and with the writing papers, which reward range and accuracy in roughly equal measure. Native-speaker tutors and UK-spec-experienced tutors are different things. The best combination is both. AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas diverge on set works.
A-levels are sat at the end of Year 13 (age 17-18) and are the standard UK university-entrance qualification, with most students taking 3 subjects (sometimes 4 plus an EPQ). Grades A*-E feed UCAS, and competitive university courses set offers at AAA or higher. Tutoring helps most with the step up from GCSE: A-levels demand independent learning, denser content, and exam technique that rewards structured argument or method-mark-aware working. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CIE) diverge meaningfully, so match the tutor to the spec, especially in maths, sciences and modern languages where assessment differences are sharp.
86.3% got A* to C in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
Adam M.
Oxford Graduate & Former Head of Languages | Personalised Language Tuition | Specialist Spanish & French Tutor | Confidence from Day One
- Spanish
- French
- Arabic
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Catherine C.
AQA French examiner GCSE - Native Speaker - 30 +years teaching experience - French A-Levels -KS3 teaching -Adult education - Conversation
- French
About the A-level French exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
AQA · 7652
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Monday, 7 June 2027 Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing, morning
- Tuesday, 15 June 2027 Paper 2: Writing, morning
Past papers, June 2025
- Paper 1 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report Insert
- Paper 2 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
How students do
Share of UK entries who got A* to C, and who got A* or A, all boards.
- 2019 85.5%·36.8%
- 2020 94.1%·54.4%
- 2021 95%·60.3%
- 2022 89.2%·50.9%
- 2023 84.7%·38.7%
- 2024 86.8%·39.3%
- 2025 85.1%·39.1%
- 2026 86.3%·39%
2020 and 2021 were teacher-assessed grades, which is why they run higher. All ages, including students resitting. From A level results summer, all UK candidates.
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Plain-English guides
About A-level
Year groups, exam timing, and how A-level 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.
Parent guides
Cost benchmarks, online vs in-person, when to start, choosing a tutor, and knowing if it's working.
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