GCSE Sociology tutors
18 UK tutors who teach Sociology at GCSE. £30–£80/hr · median £50
Sociology is offered at GCSE and A-level (AQA is the dominant A-level board) and covers theory (functionalism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism), research methods, and topic units (education, family, crime, media, beliefs). It's essay-heavy and rewards precise use of theoretical terminology: students who 'get' the ideas often still lose marks on AO2/AO3 application and evaluation. Tutoring helps most with essay structure, with the research methods paper (which is more technical than students expect), and with the synoptic top-mark questions that demand integration across topics. Look for tutors with sociology degrees and explicit familiarity with the AQA spec.
GCSE Sociology is two exams of 1 hour 45 minutes, each worth half the grade, with no tiers. At AQA the first paper covers families and education and the second crime and deviance and social stratification; Eduqas divides the same topics in a similar way. The DfE content names the classical sociologists Durkheim, Marx and Weber, along with later writers such as Parsons, Oakley, and Bowles and Gintis, so students need to know named studies and use them. Research methods are tested in context: a 2023 AQA question asked for a practical issue in using postal questionnaires to study roles within the family. The highest-mark questions are worth 12 marks and ask students to discuss how far sociologists would agree with a view, which is where tutoring usually goes.
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.
67.1% got grade 4 or above in 2026 across the UK (JCQ). Exam boards, dates and past papers
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About the GCSE Sociology exam
Which exam board?
Your child's school will know which board they sit.
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Exam dates, summer 2027
- Tuesday, 11 May 2027 Paper 1: The Sociology of Families and Education, afternoon
- Tuesday, 18 May 2027 Paper 2: The Sociology of Crime and Deviance and Social Stratification, 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 | 98/200 49% | 143/200 72% |
| June 2025 | 93/200 47% | 140/200 70% |
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.
- 2025 66.6%·19.5%
- 2026 67.1%·20%
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 Sociology
What Sociology 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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