IB History tutors
5 UK tutors who teach History at IB. £35–£75/hr · median £60
History at GCSE and A-level is content-heavy and source-heavy in roughly equal measure: students learn periods (medicine through time, Tudors, Cold War, Nazi Germany, Civil Rights and many others, depending on board) and the analytical skills to handle sources, interpretations and extended essay writing. Tutoring most often unsticks the writing: how to structure a 16- or 25-mark essay, how to use sources without narrating them, how to evaluate historians' interpretations at A-level. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas) prescribe different topics. Match the tutor to the specific paper, not just to History as a subject.
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year sixth-form qualification taken in place of A-levels, offered by some independent and a small number of state schools. Students take six subjects (three Higher Level, three Standard Level) plus the Theory of Knowledge course, the Extended Essay, and CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service). UK universities accept the IB on equivalent UCAS-points terms, often with course-specific subject requirements. Tutoring helps most with HL subject content (which goes beyond A-level in some cases), with the Extended Essay, and with the Theory of Knowledge essay and presentation. Look for tutors with explicit IB teaching or examining experience.
Dr Will G.
FHEA-Certified University Lecturer | Private Academic Mentoring and Personalised Essay Coaching | English and History for A-Level and EPQ
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About History
What History covers across UK levels, where tutoring usually helps, and what to look for in a tutor.
About IB
Year groups, exam timing, and how IB fits into the UK qualification ladder.
Parent guides
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