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What our Physics tutors help with:
Improving exam technique, past-paper strategy, and mark-scheme confidence
Creating a clear revision plan around your child's timetable and goals
Tailored to AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and more.
Available tutors
Meet a few of our high-performing Physics specialists.
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Grace Sparrow
★ 5.0Mathematics and Science Specialist
- Holds a 1st Class Honours for her Masters of Science in Chemistry from the University of Bath.
- Holds over 5 years of tutoring experience.
- Currently studying for her PhD in Computational Chemistry at Dalhousie University.
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Grace Sparrow is a maths and science tutor for KS2–A Level and IB, with 5+ years’ experience, a 1st Class Honours MSc Chemistry (Bath) and PhD study in computational chemistry at Dalhousie. Lesson reports included; homework available.
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Robin Gibbons
★ 5.0Founder & CEO
Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Holds A, A, A for Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science at A-Level.
- Holds 2 A**'s, 2 A*'s and 3 A's for Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Geography and English Literature at GCSE level.
- Robin currently manages Latimer Tuition, a successful tutoring agency comprising of over 120 tutors working with clients on his behalf.
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Robin Gibbons is a physics and maths tutor for KS2–A-Level and a gcse computer science tutor with A grades at A-Level in Maths, Physics and Computer Science. Founder of Latimer Tuition; includes lesson reports and free homework (5.0 rating).
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Filip Pajor
Mathematics and Physics Specialist
Manchester
- Currently studying for his Masters of Science in Physics at the University of Manchester.
- Filip is a Junior Aerodynamics Engineer at his University's Formula Student team.
- Holds Numerous UKMT Maths Challenge awards (Bronze-Gold).
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Filip Pajor is a physics and maths tutor for KS3, GCSE/iGCSE and AS/A Level, studying an Integrated Masters in Physics at the University of Manchester with UKMT Maths Challenge awards. He provides lesson reports and optional homework.
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Anoushka Mishra
Mathematics and Science Specialist
Bracknell, Berkshire
- Currently in her 4th year for her Masters of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at Bournemouth University.
- Over 4 years' of tutoring experience in individual and group settings.
- Experienced in teaching various subjects for the KS1, 2, and 3, GCSE, and AS/A-Level standard, and familiar with new syllabus content.
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Anoushka Mishra is a maths and science tutor and physics tutor for KS2–3, GCSE and A Level, with 4+ years’ experience in 1:1 and group lessons. A 4th‑year MEng Mechanical Engineering student at Bournemouth University, she provides lesson reports and optional homework.
Send a quick enquiry from here and the Latimer Tuition team will pass it on to Anoushka.
Compare online A-Level Physics tutors who can support exam-board content, maths-for-Physics, practical data skills, past papers and revision planning. This page pairs tutor profiles with clear pricing, safeguarding, process and first-lesson reassurance for parents choosing Physics support.
Why choose Latimer for A-Level Physics?
A good A-Level Physics tutor should do more than answer isolated homework questions. They should diagnose where the student is stuck, model the calculation or concept clearly, set useful practice, and help the student connect lessons to their exam board.
Latimer is built around one-to-one online tutoring and direct tutor contact. You can compare tutor profiles, ask about the exact A-Level Physics support you need, and continue only while the lessons feel worthwhile. Latimer’s own process page puts two important buyer objections plainly: “The price we present is the price you pay” and “No contract, no tie-in”.
- One-to-one help with mechanics, electricity, waves, fields, practical data skills, maths-for-Physics and exam technique.
- Tutor profiles let you compare background, subjects, levels, hourly rate and availability before enquiring.
- A short introductory conversation can be used to discuss exam board, target grade, weak topics and whether the tutor feels right.
How the tutoring process works
The process is deliberately simple. Start by choosing a tutor or asking for help shortlisting, then use the introduction stage to check subject fit before arranging ongoing lessons. Lessons are pay-as-you-go rather than a prepaid package.
For A-Level Physics, share the student’s exam board, current topics, recent mock marks, practical-skills concerns and any timetable constraints as early as possible. That makes it easier for the tutor to decide whether they can help and to plan the first session around real needs.
- Choose a tutor profile or ask Latimer to help narrow the options.
- Send an enquiry with exam board, year group, weak topics, target grade and preferred times.
- Use a short introductory meeting to check fit, lesson format and next steps.
- Book lessons directly with the tutor, review feedback, and adjust the plan around mocks, topic gaps and confidence.
- Choose
- Use the Physics and A Level filters, then compare profiles for teaching style, credentials and rate.
- Intro
- Discuss goals, current confidence, practical skills, maths demands and whether the tutor feels like the right fit.
- Lessons
- Arrange pay-as-you-go lessons, review reports or agreed feedback, and update the plan as the student progresses.
Pricing, tutor tiers and choosing the right level of support
A-Level Physics tuition cost depends on the tutor’s experience, qualifications, availability and subject specialism. Latimer’s current pricing guide describes typical hourly ranges of about £20–£30 for student, graduate, professional tutor or PhD-style support, and about £25–£50 for qualified teachers, examiners, lecturers or professors. Each tutor sets their own rate, so the live profile is the place to check the current price.
For many students, the most expensive tutor is not automatically the best fit. A confident Year 12 student may benefit from a clear graduate tutor who can rebuild mechanics or electricity step by step. A Year 13 student chasing precision before exams may need a tutor with stronger exam-board, teacher or examiner-style experience.
- The displayed tutor price is the rate to check before enquiring; avoid assuming a fixed Physics-wide price.
- Student and graduate tutors can be strong for relatable explanations, confidence and regular practice.
- Qualified teachers, lecturers or examiner-style tutors may suit exam-board precision, higher-stakes revision or complex gaps.
- Cancellation and rescheduling should be agreed with the tutor; very short-notice changes may be at the tutor’s discretion.
- Student or recent graduate
- Often useful for relatable explanations, confidence building, regular practice and budget-sensitive support.
- Graduate, professional tutor or PhD student
- Often useful for deeper subject knowledge, continuity, problem-solving and maths-for-Physics support.
- Qualified teacher or examiner-style tutor
- Often useful for specification precision, mark-scheme language, exam technique and school-style assessment insight.
- Learning-support-aware or specialist tutor
- Useful when pacing, anxiety-aware support or study routines matter; official access arrangements remain with schools or exam centres.
Online A-Level Physics tutoring and “near me” searches
Many families search for an A-Level Physics tutor near them, but local availability can be narrow for a specialist subject. Online tutoring lets you compare suitable Physics tutors nationally rather than being limited to whoever happens to live nearby.
Physics can work well online when the session is active: shared diagrams for forces and fields, worked calculations on a whiteboard, screen-shared past papers, graphs, units and uncertainties, and quick checks for understanding. A local in-person tutor may still be right for some families, but Latimer is online-first, so use the contact page if you specifically need to discuss local or in-person support.
- Screen sharing and whiteboards can show equations, circuit diagrams, graphs and working step by step.
- Shared documents make it easier to annotate past-paper answers and mark-scheme feedback.
- Online choice can be especially useful for optional topics, Year 13 revision or a specific exam board.
- A reliable connection, a quiet space and a willingness to write or share working are important.
- Online one-to-one tutor
- Best when the student needs specialist fit, flexible scheduling and close feedback on calculations or past papers.
- Local in-person tutor
- Best when a suitable A-Level Physics specialist is genuinely nearby and travel is easy.
- Group revision course
- Best for a structured overview or seasonal recap; weaker for personal diagnosis.
- Independent resources
- Best when the student knows the gap and can review work honestly; weaker when misconceptions go unnoticed.
Tutor credentials, safeguarding and realistic outcomes
Tutor credentials vary, and that is useful when you are matching support to a student. Some tutors bring strong subject degrees or recent A-Level experience; others may be qualified teachers, examiners, lecturers or tutors with relevant SEND or learning-support experience. The key is to choose the credential mix that matches the student’s gap, not to assume every tutor has every background.
Latimer’s FAQs state: “All Latimer Tuition tutors are DBS checked”. The Enhanced DBS page also explains how the DBS process supports safeguarding and tutor onboarding. This is important reassurance for parents, but it should sit alongside realistic outcome wording: a tutor can help with understanding, confidence, revision habits and exam technique, but no tutor can guarantee a particular grade.
- Check each tutor profile for subject level, degree background, teacher/examiner status, relevant learning-support experience and availability.
- Use DBS and safeguarding information as reassurance, not as a substitute for clear parent awareness of online lessons.
- Ethical support means explaining work, modelling methods and setting similar practice rather than simply giving answers.
- Avoid promises of guaranteed grades, university offers or exam success.
- DBS checks
- Latimer publishes DBS information and states that tutors are DBS checked; parents can read the current DBS information and check the tutor profile before booking.
- Profile evidence
- Tutor cards and profiles should be used to compare qualifications, subject levels, price and availability.
- Tutor fit
- Rapport, clarity and the student’s willingness to practise matter as much as a title.
- Outcome boundary
- Tutoring supports learning and confidence; official assessment outcomes remain outside any tutor’s control.
A-Level Physics topics tutors can help with
A-Level Physics support should feel specific, not like generic science tutoring. AQA’s specification is a useful example because it states that “These qualifications are linear” and lists core content such as measurements and errors, particles and radiation, waves, mechanics and materials, electricity, thermal physics, fields and nuclear physics, plus optional topics.
A tutor can help the student turn that specification into a working revision map: what is secure, what is fragile, which calculations keep going wrong, and which topics need more exam-board practice.
- Mechanics and materials: motion, forces, energy, momentum, stress, strain and Young modulus ideas.
- Waves and electricity: interference, diffraction, circuits, current, voltage, resistance and capacitance where relevant.
- Particles, radiation, fields, thermal physics and nuclear physics: abstract ideas made visible through diagrams and worked examples.
- Maths for Physics: units, rearranging equations, graph gradients, proportionality, uncertainties and multi-step calculations.
- Core mechanics and materials
- Model force diagrams, equations of motion, energy and momentum chains, units and material behaviour.
- Electricity and circuits
- Work through definitions, circuit logic, graphs, internal resistance and calculation steps.
- Waves, particles and quantum ideas
- Build conceptual explanations and connect them to the language examiners reward.
- Fields, thermal and nuclear Physics
- Use diagrams, analogies, equations and retrieval practice for abstract content.
- Optional topics
- Check the student’s specification and tutor profile before assuming support for astrophysics, medical physics, engineering physics, electronics or another option.
- Maths for Physics
- Practise algebra, graphs, units, proportional reasoning and data handling inside Physics questions, not as a separate Maths course.
Exam boards, specifications and practical skills
Physics tutors should adapt to the student’s exact exam board. AQA, Pearson Edexcel and OCR all publish current A-Level Physics qualification pages and materials, and families should share the specification, optional topic and recent papers when enquiring.
Practical skills are a major reason A-Level Physics feels different from GCSE. AQA’s practical guidance says “Practical work is at the heart of physics” and explains that written papers assess knowledge and understanding of required practical activities and related skills. An online tutor cannot replace a school or exam-centre practical endorsement, but they can help a student practise the data-analysis side: apparatus logic, graphs, uncertainty, errors, evaluation and explaining what the experiment shows.
- Use exam-board materials to align topic order, definitions, optional content and past-paper practice.
- Practise graph gradients, units, significant figures, uncertainties, percentage errors and evaluating methods.
- Separate learning support from official practical endorsement, which is managed by schools, exam centres and awarding bodies.
- For WJEC/Eduqas, CCEA, IB or international specifications, ask Latimer to help check tutor fit before booking.
- AQA
- Useful for linear A-Level examples, topic mapping, paper structure and practical/data-analysis support.
- Pearson Edexcel
- Use the current qualification page and specification materials when planning Edexcel-focused support.
- OCR Physics A
- Use the H556 page for OCR A-Level Physics A content, assessment and support materials.
- Practical skills
- Tutors can teach data handling, graph work and written-paper practical questions, but do not award the endorsement.
Weak topics, exam technique and past-paper strategy
Students often know that Physics is difficult but not which part is causing the mark loss. A tutor can separate content gaps from calculation errors, command-word misunderstandings, poor timing or weak written explanations.
Past papers are most useful when they are reviewed properly. Instead of simply doing paper after paper, a tutor can ask: which marks were lost to knowledge, which to method, which to units or significant figures, and which to not explaining the Physics clearly enough?
- Build an error log for recurring calculation, graph, unit and definition mistakes.
- Practise command words such as explain, calculate, determine, show that, sketch and evaluate in the student’s exam-board style.
- Use mark schemes to learn how method marks and explanation marks are awarded without memorising model answers blindly.
- Save some recent papers for timed practice once topic foundations are stronger.
- Mechanics errors
- Sign conventions, resultant forces, resolving vectors, SUVAT choice and momentum/energy links.
- Electricity errors
- Confusing charge, current, voltage, resistance, power and energy; weak circuit reasoning.
- Graph and data errors
- Incorrect gradients, units, uncertainty calculations, anomalous results and evaluation points.
- Written explanation errors
- Knowing the idea but not using enough precise Physics language for the marks.
- Timed-paper errors
- Running out of time, spending too long on low-mark questions or skipping method marks.
Ready to compare A-Level Physics tutors?
Browse Physics tutors filtered for A Level, or contact Latimer if you want help choosing between tutor types, exam-board experience, availability and budget.
- Compare tutor profiles.
- Share exam board, weak topics, budget and availability.
- Agree a first lesson plan before committing to a long-term routine.
Support and clarity
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers to the questions people ask most often.
How much does A-Level Physics tutoring cost with Latimer?
Latimer’s current pricing guide says tutors set their own hourly rate, with typical ranges of about £20–£30 for student, graduate, professional tutor or PhD-style support and about £25–£50 for qualified teachers, examiners, lecturers or professors. Check the live tutor profile for the exact rate. Latimer also states that the price shown is the price families pay, with lessons invoiced on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Can an online A-Level Physics tutor really help?
Yes, if the lesson is active and well structured. Online Physics tutoring can use shared whiteboards, screen-shared past papers, diagrams, graphs, calculations, mark-scheme review and homework feedback. It works best when the student has a quiet space, a reliable connection and is willing to show their working.
Can tutors help with AQA, Edexcel and OCR A-Level Physics?
Yes. Share the exact exam board, specification details and optional topic when enquiring so the tutor can align lessons with the right materials. For WJEC/Eduqas, CCEA, IB or international specifications, ask Latimer to help check tutor fit first.
Can a tutor help with A-Level Physics practical skills?
A tutor can help with the written-paper skills around practical work: apparatus logic, graphs, uncertainties, errors, evaluation, data analysis and required-practical understanding. The official practical endorsement or lab assessment is managed by the school, exam centre and awarding body, not by a private tutor.
What happens in the first A-Level Physics tutoring lesson?
A typical first lesson may include a diagnostic question, exam-board confirmation, a topic audit, review of recent work, a confidence check and agreement on the first priorities. Bring a recent mock, homework, topic list or difficult question if you have one.
How many A-Level Physics lessons will my child need?
There is no fixed number. Weekly lessons often suit steady topic-building and accountability. A short intensive block can help before mocks or exams. Fortnightly lessons may suit a confident student who mainly needs questions reviewed. The tutor should adjust the plan once they understand the student’s gaps and practice habits.
How do I choose between a student tutor, graduate, qualified teacher or examiner?
Compare subject depth, teaching style, exam-board experience, rate, availability and rapport. A student or graduate tutor can be excellent for relatable explanations and confidence. A qualified teacher or examiner-style tutor may suit specification precision, mark schemes or high-stakes exam preparation. Only rely on teacher or examiner wording where the individual profile supports it.
Are Latimer A-Level Physics tutors DBS checked?
Latimer’s FAQs state that all Latimer Tuition tutors are DBS checked and specify Enhanced DBS with the Children’s Barred List. Parents should still check the current tutor profile and Latimer safeguarding information when booking.
Can I find an A-Level Physics tutor near me?
Many families search for a tutor near them, but online tutoring lets you compare suitable tutors nationally rather than being limited to local availability. Latimer is online-first. If you specifically need local or in-person support, contact Latimer and discuss what is realistically available for your area.
Can tutoring help after a disappointing mock?
Yes. A tutor can review the paper, separate topic gaps from timing and maths errors, build an error log, and plan targeted practice. The honest goal is better understanding, confidence and exam technique, not a guaranteed grade.
Can tutors help with access arrangements or SEND?
Tutors can support routines, confidence and practice for students who use extra time, rest breaks or other adjustments. Some tutor profiles may show relevant SEND or learning-support experience, but official access arrangements are managed by schools or exam centres under JCQ and awarding-body processes.
Is a tutor better than a revision course or free resources?
It depends on the student. Revision courses and free resources can help when the student already knows what to revise and can work independently. A tutor adds diagnosis, feedback, accountability and personalisation when the student is stuck, anxious, inconsistent or losing marks for reasons they cannot identify.
How do payment, cancellation and rescheduling work?
Latimer describes pay-as-you-go tutoring rather than fixed packages, and invoices after lessons. Current Latimer information also describes notice before a saved card is charged, while late cancellation or rescheduling can depend on timing and tutor discretion. Agree the practical details with the tutor before committing to a regular slot.
Does A-Level Physics matter for engineering and other STEM pathways?
It can be very useful. UCAS lists Physics among useful subjects for engineering and technology pathways, and the Institute of Physics highlights the wide range of careers connected to physics. Requirements vary by course, so use official course pages for final subject choices and admissions decisions.
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