Written plenty in class but the marks aren't showing up in the exam? Our Brighton GCSE tutors find where the answers are losing marks, an essay that never quite lands or a method that never got drilled, and rebuild it before the mocks fix a predicted grade.
From £37/hr · rates agreed directly with your tutor
ONE BRIGHTON ENGLISH TURNAROUND
In Brighton the GCSE grade buys a college place, and with BHASVIC and Varndean College both heavily oversubscribed, there's no grammar school anywhere in the city softening the bar. Results here sit around and a little above the national picture now, which hides how much can ride on one wobbling subject. A GCSE tutor goes at that subject first, the one where the place is won or lost, and works back to where the marks started slipping.
"My son, who is in Year 10, really struggled with English and was completely disengaged from the subject. After six months of tutoring, he has improved from a grade 5 to a 6/7. He now looks forward to his lessons. Through one-to-one tutoring he has learned effective strategies that help him approach English in a way that resonates with him."
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MEET THE TUTORS
Most of our Brighton GCSE tutors are recent Russell Group graduates who cleared a founder-led interview that only about 3% of applicants get through. They've walked students through the AQA, Edexcel and OCR specs the city's comprehensives teach, from Dorothy Stringer to Blatchington Mill. Browse profiles, or let us match your child.
Zainab Iqbal
Zain Mumtaz
Kailash Balamurugan
Navdha Yamdagni
Jon Brettell
Callum Ormsby
Ritisha Kulkarni
Ritu Patel
Humaira Habib
Cadell Langlands
Nicole Major
Caitlin Lewis
Corinna Hudson
Frances Averre
Zain Mirza
Helen Lee
Annishka White
Shikhar Agarwal
Mobashira Amatul
Lucy Bowyer
Sandra Sabu
Harvey Murray
Neil Hedge
Sara Dellapiana
REAL RESULTS, REAL FAMILIES
Parent of GCSE Student
My daughter was struggling with confidence in Maths GCSE and we decided to get a tutor. We were given a selection of tutors to choose from and told that if it did not feel like a good match we could try others. Our tutor was a complete star, listened, made it simple, set good homework and gave my daughter her confidence back. Highly recommend.
Parent of GCSE Student
My son, who is in Year 10, really struggled with English and was completely disengaged from the subject. After six months of tutoring, he has improved from a grade 5 to a 6/7. He now looks forward to his lessons. Through one-to-one tutoring he has learned effective strategies that help him approach English in a way that resonates with him.
Parent of GCSE Student
I was really pleased to discover the Degree Gap when my daughter needed help getting the grades she needed for GCSEs. The team offer a really personalised service and I felt really well looked after from the start. There are lots of tutors to choose from and all subjects are catered for, with great flexibility on timings. Highly recommend.
Parent of GCSE Student
The support given to my son by The Degree Gap's tutors was fabulous and he passed all his GCSE subjects. They provided experienced and organised tutors. Tutors provided resources targeting specific areas of difficulty. The website is easy to use and tutors were polite and on time.
Parent of GCSE Student
Very good tutoring for my daughter and good communication with parents. My daughter passed both English and Maths GCSE.
GCSE Student
Has definitely helped me increase my grades from an E to a B.
GCSE Student
I was helped with both Maths and English for my GCSEs and passed both subjects with great results, which gave me the foundation and confidence to go on to succeed in my A-levels and complete my degree.
Parent
Our tutor is simply amazing with our daughter. He understands her completely and her sessions are helping her with her school work so much. We cannot thank him enough.
GCSE Student
Helped me a lot and really showed me what I need to improve on.
Parent of iGCSE Student
The Degree Gap gave our son the support he needed for his iGCSEs, especially in Maths and Economics. Lessons were clear, engaging, and built his confidence. Highly recommended.
Parent
This company helped us find a tutor for Geography and my son has excelled so much in just a few months. Our tutor has gone above and beyond, demonstrating incredible patience and encouraging my son to believe in himself. He also manages neurodiversity effectively.
Parent
My daughter found the tutors were very helpful for her GCSE. Thank you.
Grandparent
My granddaughter uses the Degree Gap tutoring services across a few subjects. She is not only improving academically but really enjoys the setup and structure too. I would recommend to anyone.
Parent
The Degree Gap was fantastic. Their knowledge and guidance helped my son find direction in both his studies and future plans.
Parent
The Degree Gap has exceeded all my expectations. They have gone above and beyond to pair both my sons with the appropriate tutors, all of whom have been exceptional. Both my sons exceeded their expected grades in their GCSEs and A Levels and got into their first choice universities. I cannot recommend them highly enough.
WHAT COULD BE NEXT
Wondering what comes after Year 11 in Brighton? These are the three routes most families weigh up.
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Get in touch and we'll connect you with the right GCSE tutor for your child. We'll ask a few questions about their subjects, year group, and exam board — and introduce you to a tutor who fits.
The texts usually aren't the problem. What a tutor finds is the writing under timed conditions, essay structure that drifts or a point made but never tied back to the question. The tutor marks recent work the way the exam board marks it, shows her exactly where the marks are going, and rebuilds the technique on past papers. And English Language and English Literature are genuinely different exams, so we match a tutor who knows the one she's losing marks in.
Both colleges are oversubscribed and publish their own grade requirements, usually a set of grade 4s with a higher ask in the subjects your child wants to carry on to A-Level. A tutor works those subjects first, drilling the question types that move a grade fastest rather than re-teaching everything. Most families see the predicted grade shift within a half term of weekly sessions.
Yes, every session runs online through Lessonspace, our shared whiteboard. The tutor and student work on the same screen, mark papers together live, and the whole thing is recorded so your child can rewatch the parts that didn't stick. Brighton families like that there's no cross-city trek on a school night, and that the right subject specialist matters more than who lives nearest.
From £37 an hour. The rate depends on the tutor's subject and experience: a recent graduate teaching their own GCSE subject sits at the entry rate, a qualified examiner sits higher. We agree it with you before anything is booked. No contracts, no waiting lists.
