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Pearson Edexcel GCSE Tutors
Twenty three of our 29 tutors teach Pearson Edexcel, across nine subjects. Lessons are online and booked in your own local hours, wherever in the Gulf you are.
UAE based, teaching online worldwide
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About Pearson Edexcel
Edexcel Keeps Testing the Key Concepts Topic
Pearson Edexcel is one of the main exam boards in England, and many British curriculum schools in the UAE and Saudi Arabia enter students with it. The papers and mark schemes are the English ones.
Edexcel Combined Science also runs as six papers, but each lasts 1 hour 10 minutes and carries 60 marks, so 360 marks in total. The course sets 18 core practicals, and each separate science sets eight.
Your tutor teaches the Edexcel course your school entered your child for, not a general syllabus. We work from the UAE, so lessons land after school in Dubai, Sharjah or Riyadh.
Edexcel at a glance
Combined ScienceSix papers, double award
Paper length1 hour 10 minutes
Marks per paper60 marks, 360 total
Core practicals18 for Combined Science
Separate sciencesEight core practicals each
Why us
Twenty Three of Our Tutors Teach Edexcel
23 tutors on this board
Twenty three of our twenty nine tutors teach the Edexcel course every week. You get someone who already knows how this board words a question.
More time per mark
Edexcel papers run 1 hour 10 minutes for 60 marks. That is slightly more time per mark than AQA allows, and lessons spend it on the longer written answers.
Key concepts, twice over
Edexcel tests its Key concepts topic on both science papers, not one. Early topics never stop mattering, so your tutor keeps returning to them.
Subjects
Nine Edexcel Subjects on Our Own Team
Open a subject to see the paper structure, the marks on offer, and which core practicals Edexcel makes compulsory.
Maths (three exams, tiered)
Three exams of 1 hour 30 minutes, 80 marks each, the first non-calculator. Nine of our ten maths specialists teach this board.
NumberAlgebraRatio and proportionGeometryProbability and statistics
Physics (two exams, tiered)
Two papers of 1 hour 45 minutes, 100 marks each. Key concepts is tested on both papers, not just one, which is where Edexcel differs from AQA.
Key conceptsMotion and forcesEnergyWavesLightElectricityMagnetismAstronomy
Chemistry (two exams, tiered)
Two papers of 1 hour 45 minutes, 100 marks each, with eight core practicals. Key concepts runs through both papers, so the early topics never stop mattering.
Key conceptsStates of matterChemical changesRatesOrganic chemistryAnalysis
Biology (two exams, tiered)
Two papers of 1 hour 45 minutes, 100 marks each. Edexcel sets eight core practicals and tests Key concepts on both papers.
Key conceptsCells and controlGeneticsHealth and diseasePlantsEcosystems
English Language (two exams, untiered)
Fiction and non-fiction across two papers, with writing worth half of each. Two of our five English Language tutors teach this board.
Fiction readingImaginative writingNon-fictionTransactional writing
English Literature (two exams, untiered)
Shakespeare, post-1914 drama, the nineteenth century novel and poetry, all answered without the texts in front of the student.
Shakespeare19th-century novelModern dramaPoetry anthologyUnseen poetry
Computer Science and Business (untiered)
Both covered on this board. Computer Science splits between programming and theory, Business between operations, finance and marketing.
ProgrammingAlgorithmsNetworksFinanceMarketingOperations
Subjects
Subjects We Cover on Edexcel
Nine subjects have a specialist on our team who teaches the Edexcel course. The other four we teach are AQA only, so ask us first.
The difference
A Service, Not a Marketplace
On a marketplace you pick a profile and hope. Here an academic specialist matches the subject, the board and the tier before your child meets anyone.
An online marketplace
You search and shortlist alone
Board knowledge is self-declared
A bad match costs you again
No record of past lessons
GCSE Tutors
A specialist matches the subject
Everyone is interviewed first
Re-matching costs nothing
Every lesson recorded and noted
Screening
What Every Tutor Clears First
Nobody teaches an hour here until they clear four checks. Those are a subject interview, an observed mock lesson, a mark scheme assessment and a certificate check.
Chartered Accountant & Master Tutor | GCSE Business & Mathematics
Saqib Ali is an ACCA finalist and ICMAP-qualified accountant who has spent 15 years splitting his time between professional finance and teaching. He has audited, run remote accounting for UAE-based…
Chemistry specialist with MPhil research in inorganic chemistry
Yashal Iman came to teaching from the laboratory. Her MPhil research covered the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks, and she still explains a reaction the way a researcher would: starting from…
Engineering-led Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry Tutor
Hasnain Badar came to teaching from engineering, and it shows. His BSc in Mechanical Engineering was earned with a CGPA above 3.8, and the projects behind it - IoT sensors…
Computer Science and programming specialist, GCSE to A-Level and IB
Sara Arshad came to teaching from software development and machine learning research, and it shows in what she asks students to do: write the code, break it, then work out…
Physics and Mathematics specialist for GCSE, A-Level and IB
Wasiq Khan approaches teaching the way he approaches research: measure first, then decide what to change. 9 years in, he has a reputation for making difficult material engaging without diluting…
Getting started
From Enquiry to First Lesson
1
Tell us the subject
Send the subject, the tier and the target grade from your child's latest school report.
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Get matched
An academic specialist picks someone who teaches that course every week. Usually within one working day.
3
Meet your tutor
A short introduction at a time that suits you, booked in your own local hours.
Weekly lessons
A study plan built from real past exams, with notes to you after every hour taught.
Parent and student reviews
What Edexcel Families Report Back
Edexcel International GCSE papers can be tricky. this online tutor specialized in Edexcel curriculum and provided brilliant guidance.
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Edexcel questions
Edexcel GCSE, Answered for Gulf Families
How long are Edexcel Combined Science papers?
Each of the six papers runs 1 hour 10 minutes and carries 60 marks, so 360 marks in total. Students sit two in biology, two in chemistry and two in physics.
What are Edexcel core practicals?
They are the experiments the specification makes compulsory. Edexcel sets 18 for Combined Science and eight for each separate science. The written papers test them, so there is no practical exam.
Which subjects can you teach on Edexcel?
Nine: maths, physics, chemistry, biology, both Englishes, business, computer science and French. Psychology, sociology, economics and history are AQA only on our team, so ask before planning around them.
Is Edexcel easier than AQA?
No. Ofqual holds both to the same standard, and grade boundaries are set each year to match. What changes is the wording, the paper length and which practicals the course sets.
Does Edexcel give an equation sheet in physics?
Yes. Ofqual requires every board to supply one for physics and combined science, published by 1 September the year before the exam. Choosing the right equation still earns the marks.
Is this the same as the Edexcel International GCSE?
No. We teach the English GCSE that Ofqual regulates. Pearson also runs an International GCSE, which Ofqual does not regulate. Your child's exam timetable will say which one the school entered.
Get a Specialist for Your Subject.
Tell us the subject and the tier. We will match someone who teaches that course every week.