Chemistry tutoring for school and exams

A worked example can look straightforward until your child has to start a similar question alone. If atoms, bonding or the mole are still unclear, later Chemistry topics can be difficult to follow. We use an assessment and recent schoolwork to find where the explanation needs to begin.

The tutor works through the reasoning with your child. For a calculation, that means understanding what the reaction tells us, what information we have and what we need to find. For a written answer, it means connecting what happens in an experiment with an explanation at the particle level.

For Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry, lessons can cover atomic structure, reactions, calculations and the skills needed to interpret experimental results. We work with your child’s Core or Extended course and the practical assessment route their school uses.

At AS and A Level, we help students connect physical, inorganic and organic chemistry. A lesson might work through a mole calculation, explain an equilibrium question or organise a set of organic reactions. We use the depth and terminology required by the student’s syllabus.

We also tutor IB Chemistry at Standard Level and Higher Level. Lessons connect structure and reactivity with calculations, explanations and data analysis. Share the course level and exam year so we can plan around the work your child is studying.

Stoichiometry is the calculation of quantities in a reaction. We begin with the balanced equation and what its ratios mean. Your child practises choosing the right quantities, converting units and showing the steps clearly. The tutor then changes the question to check whether the method makes sense.

Organic chemistry becomes easier to organise when students recognise functional groups and understand the changes in a reaction. Depending on the course, we can work on naming compounds, drawing structures and connecting reactants with products and conditions.

For equilibrium, we start with what it means for a reaction to be in equilibrium, then work through the effects of changing conditions. Lessons use explanations, graphs and calculations appropriate to the course. We return to the underlying ideas when an answer shows that a rule has been memorised without being understood.

Chemistry also asks students to interpret observations, tables and graphs. We practise reading measurements, choosing relevant evidence and explaining what a result supports. Where the course requires it, lessons can address planning an investigation, uncertainty and ways to improve a method.

As exams approach, we use suitable past papers and timed questions. Reviewing the answers helps us decide whether the next lesson should focus on a concept, a calculation or the detail needed in an explanation. Your Education Consultant follows that progress and adjusts the programme where needed.