French lessons and teachers

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.