Richmond Tutoring provides 1-to-1 online GCSE Physics tutoring for students in Years 10 and 11 across the UK. With our physics tutors, your child will learn about forces, energy, electricity, waves, particles, magnetism and radioactivity, with lessons tailored to their exam board and Foundation or Higher tier. They will work on physics equations, required practicals, calculations and exam questions, learning to apply concepts and show the working needed to earn marks. Send us a marked paper and the first 45-minute GCSE Physics lesson is free.
Richmond Tutoring offers 1-to-1 online GCSE physics tutoring for Years 10–11 across the UK, covering Pearson Edexcel 1PH0, AQA 8463 and OCR Gateway J249 at Foundation and Higher tier.
What we do differently in physics, whether your child takes it separately or inside Combined Science.
We start with where your child actually is: their GCSE exam board, Foundation or Higher tier, year group, current topics and the areas costing them marks in physics. Then we build the tutoring around those gaps — whether that means rearranging equations, interpreting circuit diagrams or getting to grips with forces and energy.
Physics at GCSE becomes much easier when your child can picture what is happening, rather than reach for a memorised formula. We work through the reasoning behind forces, energy transfers, circuits, waves and particles, so they understand which equation to use, why it works and what the answer actually means.
Knowing physics is only half the job. GCSE questions rarely stop at recalling a fact. Your child needs to apply equations, handle units, interpret unfamiliar situations, explain practicals and show enough working to earn every available mark. We use real exam questions and mark schemes to turn their understanding into answers that score.
Most parents do not arrive looking for a GCSE physics tutor. They arrive with a sentence about their child. These are the ones we hear most.
He understands the theory but loses calculation marks.
They know what the equation means but struggle to select, rearrange or apply it. We work on those three steps in order, with the units carried through and the working shown, because that is where the method marks are.
She finds physics harder than biology or chemistry.
The maths and the unfamiliar problem-solving make Physics feel much less predictable than the other two. We make the pattern visible: most questions are a small number of shapes wearing different clothes, and we practise recognising which one is in front of them.
He is stuck around a grade 5 and cannot move.
They understand the basics but need stronger exam technique and application to move further. We work from a marked paper: which question types are costing marks, and what a full-mark answer to each one looks like.
She needs a 7 or above for A-Level.
The top grades need precision, multi-step reasoning and consistent performance on the harder questions. That is a different plan from catching up, and we build it differently — on the long questions, the unfamiliar contexts and the marks that are there for the taking.
Physics is dragging her Combined Science grade down.
Physics is one part of your child’s overall Combined Science result, so weaknesses in Physics can pull down their overall performance. We identify the topics and question types costing them marks and focus lessons where they will make the biggest difference.
We teach the three physics specifications used in most UK schools. Lessons work from your child’s own board’s past papers and mark schemes.
Edexcel GCSE Physics tutoring for specification 1PH0
We provide Edexcel GCSE physics tutor online, 1:1, for Year 10 and Year 11 UK students.
What students face
AQA GCSE Physics tutoring for specification 8463
We provide AQA GCSE physics tutor online, 1:1, for Year 10 and Year 11 UK students.
What students face
OCR Gateway GCSE Physics tutoring for specification J249
We provide OCR Gateway GCSE physics tutor online, 1:1, for Year 10 and Year 11 UK students.
What students face
Two written papers, and no coursework. The topic split below is AQA’s; Edexcel and OCR divide the same content differently, which is why lessons follow your child’s own specification.
11grade 9s earned by our GCSE students since 2024
2 in 2024, 6 in 2025 and 3 in 2026. Every grade we publish is checked against a results slip first, and we publish the method alongside the numbers rather than the numbers alone.
Three steps, and you meet the tutor in a real lesson before deciding anything.
Fill in the form or send us a WhatsApp message. We arrange the free demo class and match your child with a specialist GCSE physics tutor.
Take the free 45-minute lesson, and sit in if you want to. See how the lesson goes, ask us everything you want to ask, and only go ahead with GCSE physics lessons if you are convinced.
Lessons begin, weekly. Your child starts learning the GCSE physics they were stuck on, and that is what turns into marks on both GCSE physics papers.
At Richmond Tutoring, the price for each 60-minute lesson of physics for GCSE is as follows:
£36per hour
Triple Science physics and the physics inside Combined Science cost the same. So does every other subject we teach.
Yes. Students are provided with the required equations in the exam under the current GCSE arrangements, and Ofqual has confirmed this continues for the lifetime of the current GCSE Physics and Combined Science specifications. Your child does not have to memorise them. The challenge moves to knowing which equation to use, rearranging it correctly, handling units and applying it to unfamiliar problems.
At least 30% of GCSE Physics assessment assesses mathematical skills. That includes calculations, rearranging equations, units, significant figures, ratios and graphs, and the AQA specification sets out those mathematical requirements explicitly. If the maths underneath is the real problem, GCSE maths tutoring runs at the same rate and the two work well together.
Two written papers and no coursework. On Pearson Edexcel (1PH0) and AQA (8463) each paper is 1 hour 45 minutes and worth 100 marks; on OCR Gateway (J249) each is 1 hour 45 minutes and worth 90 marks. Practical work is examined inside those papers and is worth at least 15% of the marks.
Yes, and it is the most common place we start. At that point the understanding is usually there and the marks are going on exam technique and application. We work from a marked paper to find which question types are costing marks, then practise those specifically rather than revising everything again.
Yes. The top grades are won on precision, multi-step reasoning and consistency on the harder questions rather than on covering more content. Lessons move to long multi-step problems, unfamiliar contexts and whole papers under time, with every dropped mark accounted for.
Triple Physics is a GCSE of its own, with more content and more depth, and space physics appears on it where some Combined Science specifications leave it out. Combined Science covers the same core physics as part of a double award. We teach both, at the same rate.
It depends on the target grade. Foundation runs from grade 1 to grade 5; Higher runs from 4 to 9, with a narrow miss allowed at 3 and a U below that. Some content, including the more demanding calculations, appears only on Higher papers. Schools make the entry decision, usually during Year 11, and we will give you an honest view from your child’s recent work.
Yes. The practical work is carried out at school; the exam tests students’ understanding of the methods, observations, variables, data and conclusions. AQA sets 10 required practicals for GCSE Physics, Edexcel calls its equivalents core practicals and OCR organises them into Practical Activity Groups. We work through each one as the exam asks about it.
Richmond Tutoring charges £36 for a 60-minute 1-to-1 GCSE Physics lesson. The first 45-minute demo lesson is free, with no placement fee and no contract. That is the same rate as every other subject and level we teach, and you pay lesson by lesson.
Yes. Every lesson is online and 1-to-1, so an online GCSE physics tutor is available wherever you are in the UK — there is no travel and nothing depends on how far you live from us.
Most of the families we teach are in and around south-west London, and we also teach students across the rest of the UK. Places our students come from include Hampton, Kew, Kingston upon Thames, Osterley, Parsons Green, Richmond, Stamford Brook, Tolworth, Hanworth, West Kensington, West Twickenham, South Acton, St Margarets, Ashford, Mortlake, Heathfield, Hammersmith, Teddington, Kew Bridge, Barnes, Hounslow West, Fulham, Hampton Wick, Turnham Green, Hampton Court, Syon, Brook Green, East Twickenham, Acton, Twickenham, Sunbury, Petersham, Fulwell, Ealing Common, Whitton, Gunnersbury, East Sheen, Hounslow, Barons Court, Hampton Hill, Grove Park, Surbiton, Brentford, Shepherd’s Bush, Richmond Hill, Bedford Park, Wimbledon, Feltham, Ham, North Twickenham, Ealing, Strawberry Hill, Chiswick, North Sheen, Isleworth, Ravenscourt Park.
A real lesson, one to one, with a specialist GCSE physics tutor — free, before you decide anything. Tell us the exam board and whether it is Triple or Combined Science, and bring a marked mock if you have one.