A-level Law tutors
9 UK tutors who teach Law at A-level. £25–£100/hr · median £45
Law is offered at A-level (AQA, Eduqas, OCR) and covers the legal system, criminal law, tort, contract, and human rights depending on board. It's essay-and-application-heavy: students apply legal rules to fact scenarios in IRAC-style questions, with case law cited. Tutoring helps most with case law recall (which is heavy and granular), with the application technique that exam mark schemes reward explicitly, and with the longer essays that ask for evaluation and reform. School provision is uneven; tutors with LLB or LLM backgrounds, ideally with bar or solicitor experience, are the realistic standard. Match to the specific board's content.
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.
64.9% got A* to C in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
About the A-level Law exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
AQA · 7162
Exam dates, summer 2027
- Thursday, 20 May 2027 Paper 1, afternoon
- Thursday, 27 May 2027 Paper 2, morning
- Thursday, 10 June 2027 Paper 3A - Contract or Paper 3B - Human Rights, afternoon
Past papers, June 2025
- Paper 1 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 2 Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 3A Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
- Paper 3B 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 67.6%·16.4%
- 2020 82.7%·27.2%
- 2021 83.2%·31.9%
- 2022 72%·25.6%
- 2023 64.6%·17%
- 2024 63.7%·17%
- 2025 64.6%·17%
- 2026 64.9%·17%
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.
Read up before you book
Plain-English guides
About Law
What Law covers across UK levels, where tutoring usually helps, and what to look for in a tutor.
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.
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