GCSE maths, online
Get your child's GCSE maths grade moving, online
Most GCSE maths trouble is not ability. It is a handful of gaps, usually from Year 8 or 9, that every later topic is built on. A tutor who finds those gaps in the first session changes the next two years.
Tell us what you need, about 2 minutes.
What happens next
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Tell us what your child needs
Subject, level, exam board, the grade they are after, when you want to start and your budget. About 2 minutes, no account.
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We put it in front of matching tutors
We show your request to up to 3 tutors who teach this subject and level online and are taking on students now. Those who want to take it on reply to you directly, with what they would do and what they charge.
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You compare and choose
If nobody has replied within 22 hours, we widen the search to more tutors automatically. You do not need to chase. You agree the lesson price with the tutor before anything is booked, and it is shown as one all-in figure. Posting a request is free and needs no account.
We share your request only with the tutors we shortlist, and email you their replies and status updates about it. Every status email carries a link to close the request.
Prepare
Have these ready
- The exam board, if you know it (it is on the school timetable or any past paper)
- The grade they are on now and the grade they need
- When you want lessons to start
- The days and times that could work
Why it goes wrong
Why GCSE maths goes wrong, and what a tutor changes
GCSE maths is sat by almost every pupil in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and it is the qualification colleges, sixth forms and employers look at first. The 9 to 1 grades, the two tiers and the three papers, one of them without a calculator, mean a pupil can know most of the content and still lose the grade on exam technique, timing or the questions that chain several topics together.
Parents usually notice the problem at a mock result, a parents' evening or a set change. By then the school has moved on to the next topic. One-to-one online lessons let a tutor go back to the exact gap, at the pace your child needs, without a commute or a change of school routine.
Online works for maths in particular because a shared whiteboard shows the working, not just the answer, and past-paper questions can be marked live against the board's own mark scheme.
What to look for
What to look for in an online GCSE maths tutor
- Teaches the board your child sits (AQA, Edexcel, OCR or WJEC) and knows its question style and mark scheme.
- Asks which tier, Foundation or Higher, before planning anything, because the two are different exams.
- Starts with a diagnostic on the topics that carry the most marks: number, ratio, algebra, geometry and statistics.
- Sets short between-lesson practice from real past papers rather than long homework.
- Reports back to you plainly after each lesson on what moved and what is next.
The brief asks for the board, the grade and the goal precisely so that tutors who fit can say so in their first reply.
FAQ
Questions parents ask
How much does this cost?
Nothing to ask. The price shown is one all-in price, so the price you see is the price you pay. Your tutor keeps their full rate.
How do you choose which tutors see my request?
We pick up to 3 tutors who teach this subject at this level online and are taking on new students right now. Tutors cannot pay to be put in front of you; the shortlist is only about fit.
What if nobody replies?
If nobody has replied within 22 hours, we widen the search to more tutors automatically. You do not need to chase. If no fitting tutor is free right now, we store your request and introduce you the moment one publishes. You will receive a status update within 7 days, and every status email includes a link to close the request.
Which exam boards do you cover for GCSE maths?
AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC. If you are not sure which board your child sits, say so on the form; it is on their school timetable or any past paper they have been given, and the tutor will work it out with you.
Is online tutoring good enough for GCSE maths?
Lessons run one to one over video with a shared whiteboard, so the tutor sees every line of working. Your child keeps their own notes and past papers, and you choose from tutors across the UK rather than those within driving distance.
Ready
Ready when you are
One form, about 2 minutes. Tutors who teach GCSE maths online reply to you directly.
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