Where to find A level chemistry tutors

[MissMercury]

I am helping look for a tutor for my brother (A level chem) as hes really struggling. Hes doing fine in his other subjects but got a C in his mock. Hes got a good knowledge of the principles but it seems like hes losing marks due to missing key things they award marks to in your answer if that makes sense. More exam technique  issues than actual understanding. We did post an ad on gumtree but kept getting scam calls after I posted it so had to remove, we didn't get one genuine call which is pretty ridiculous.  I've posted in my local Facebook group but not had much response. Looked on some official tutoring sites and the prices just seem unreasonably high. Alternatively if there are any online resources he could use that is as good as a tutor please point us in the right direction. Thank you. 

[studiot]

Kinda depends where you are.

There is a definite shortage of Chemistry tutors in my region (SW England) and those there are charging silly money as a result.

I was talking about this last night to a friend in Oxford who place science tutors and he said there is no shortage in Oxford and no price premium there.

 

A word about exams.

It is difficult to achieve high marks in the essay type questions, and it takes longer to answer a question as compared to the calculation questions.

So get your brother lots of (calculation) practice questions - there are plenty of books of these available including cheap second hand ones.
On aspect of doing calculations is that you need to know the theory (which you say he does) to attempt them properly, so doing calculations make one look up missing points of theory.

Also get him to join up here at SF and post questions. We have several high school chemistry students who find good quality help here.

 

 

[MissMercury]

3 hours ago, MissMercury said:

I am helping look for a tutor for my brother (A level chem) as hes really struggling. Hes doing fine in his other subjects but got a C in his mock. Hes got a good knowledge of the principles but it seems like hes losing marks due to missing key things they award marks to in your answer if that makes sense. More exam technique  issues than actual understanding. We did post an ad on gumtree but kept getting scam calls after I posted it so had to remove, we didn't get one genuine call which is pretty ridiculous .  I've posted in my local Facebook group but not had much response. Looked on some official tutoring sites and the prices just seem unreasonably high. Alternatively if there are any online resources he could use that is as good as a tutor please point us in the right direction. Thank you. 

Ye hes in south west too 😕 i will get him to join here as had a look through and seems like genuinely good help is available 

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