What GCSE Science tutors can cover
GCSE Science is not one narrow subject. It covers Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and the exact content, terminology and question style vary by awarding body and course. A useful tutor should be able to connect the student’s weak topics to their board, tier and current classwork rather than teach from a generic checklist.
The examples below are a parent-friendly map, not a full specification. For official details, use the student’s exam board specification and ask the tutor how they would adapt lessons to that specification.
- Biology often includes cells, organisation, infection, inheritance, ecology and human or plant systems.
- Chemistry often includes atomic structure, bonding, reactions, rates, energy changes and analysis.
- Physics often includes forces, energy, electricity, waves, particles and practical data skills.
- Biology
- Cells, microscopy, organisation, infection, bioenergetics, inheritance, ecology and interpreting biological data.
- Chemistry
- Atomic structure, bonding, quantitative chemistry, chemical changes, rates, energy changes and analytical techniques.
- Physics
- Forces, energy, electricity, waves, radiation, particle models, equations and practical graphs.
- Cross-science skills
- Using units, graphs, variables, uncertainty, command words, explanations and evidence-based conclusions.