A-Level Physics tutoring.
Physics asks for conceptual clarity and mathematical precision at the same time, and most dropped marks come from the second. One to one, online, taught as the mathematical discipline it is.
The maths is where the marks go.
Students who understand the physics and still score in the 60s are almost always losing marks in the working: multi-step calculations, unit errors and graph analysis rather than concepts.
Treated as a mathematical discipline
Derivations, dimensional analysis and structured multi-step calculations, worked the way the mark scheme reads them rather than the way they feel natural.
Graph and data skills
A-Level Physics papers reward students who can read, draw and interpret graphs accurately, and punish the ones who cannot. It is a trainable skill and an underrated source of marks.
Practical exam technique
PAG and required practical questions handled systematically, with a framework for approaching an unfamiliar experiment rather than hoping to recognise it.
Derivations that get asked repeatedly
A handful of derivations come up year after year. Knowing them cold is a reliable few marks that many students leave on the table.
Year 12 foundations through to fields and nuclear.
Every topic mapped to your board, with the mathematical technique taught alongside the concept.
Mechanics and materials
Year 12 foundations
- Kinematics and projectiles
- Forces, moments and equilibrium
- Work, energy and power
- Momentum and collisions
- Materials and Young modulus
Waves, electricity, quantum
Where the derivations start
- Waves, superposition and diffraction
- Refraction and optics
- Circuits, resistivity and potential dividers
- Photoelectric effect and photons
- Wave-particle duality
Fields, nuclear, thermal
Second-year content
- Gravitational and electric fields
- Capacitance
- Magnetic fields and induction
- Nuclear physics and radioactivity
- Thermal physics and gases
- Practical skills and PAGs
AQA, Edexcel and both OCR specifications.
The boards differ in optional topics and in how practical skills are assessed, and OCR runs two separate specifications, A and B. Sessions follow the one you are entered for.
Four stages, starting with a free hour.
The same process every ILE student goes through. How we teach
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Diagnostic
A free 60-minute lesson. Bring a paper you have attempted and we separate the concept errors from the working errors, which need completely different fixes.
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A plan with a target
Mathematical technique addressed alongside content from the start, since it is usually the larger share of the missing marks.
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Weekly sessions
Teaching, derivations and timed multi-step questions, with graph work built in rather than saved for a revision block.
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Into the exams
Past papers under timed conditions and systematic practical question work.
Most students arrive at one of these points.
- Understands the physics, scores in the 60s. Almost always the working rather than the concepts.
- Finding the maths the hard part. Common in students not taking Further Maths, and entirely fixable.
- Year 12 foundations. Mechanics underpins fields and nuclear, and weakness there resurfaces in Year 13.
- Applying for Engineering or Physics. Where an A or A* is part of the offer.
- Losing marks on practicals. A predictable question format that rewards preparation.
- Chasing an A*. At the top end it is precision in multi-step questions rather than knowledge.
Students taking Physics usually take these too.
A-Level Physics, answered.
AQA, Edexcel and both OCR specifications, A and B. They differ in optional topics and in how practical skills are assessed.
Usually the working rather than the understanding: multi-step calculations, units, or graph interpretation. Those are separable problems and they are the first thing we look at.
No. Plenty of strong Physics students are not, and where the maths is the obstacle we teach it directly rather than assuming it.
Yes, and more usefully the written questions the practicals generate, which is where they are examined.
A full 60-minute lesson with your matched tutor, with no card details and no commitment. It is a real session rather than a sales call.
Yes, on Google Meet, anywhere in the UK.
The first Physics hour is free.
A full 60-minute lesson on whichever paper is giving you trouble, free and with no card details.