Some Year 11s in Cambridge arrive needing a confident pass in English and Maths. Others are stretching for what a Hills Road sixth-form subject offer needs. Our Cambridge GCSE tutors handle both briefs, matched on subject, exam board and where the student is sitting today.
From £37/hr · rates agreed directly with your tutor
INSIDE A CAMBRIDGE YEAR 10 SESSION
The conversation we hear most often from Cambridge parents starts the same way. Effort is fine. The school is excellent. But the mock came back at a 6 and Hills Road is asking for a 7 in the subject. What a GCSE tutor finds in the first session is rarely a content gap. It's a question-type gap, the harder six and nine-mark questions the curriculum has skimmed past, the unseen poetry analysis the class hasn't drilled to exam timing.
"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 Cambridge GCSE tutors are recent graduates of Cambridge and the rest of the Russell Group. They've coached students through the specifications taught at Hills Road, Long Road, Parkside and the wider Cambridge school cohort. Browse profiles, or let us match your child.
Frances Averre
Ariana Lopez Clift
Dianne Shannon
Daniel Partington
Mobashira Amatul
Cadell Langlands
Alexandra
Randa Jneid
Nicole Major
Bethany Gilchrist
Jessica B
Sarah Round
Ella Meehan
Rebecca Hanna
Ella Peel
Callum Ormsby
Joshua Ramsdale
Avery Goldie
Peter Gillibrand
Joe Clark
Mufid Rahman
Arianna Seraj
Malvina Ferzaj
Daniel Beech
REAL RESULTS, REAL FAMILIES
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
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 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 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
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.
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
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.
GCSE Student
Helped me a lot and really showed me what I need to improve on.
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 of GCSE Student
Very good tutoring for my daughter and good communication with parents. My daughter passed both English and Maths GCSE.
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.
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
My daughter found the tutors were very helpful for her GCSE. Thank you.
WHAT COULD BE NEXT
Three routes most Cambridge Year 11s take after results day.
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Most grade 6 to grade 7 jumps live in the question types the classroom hasn't had time for. The tutor takes recent papers, identifies the question types losing the most marks, and drills them weekly. For English Literature, that's the unseen poetry analysis under timed conditions. For Maths, the six-mark problem-solving questions on paper 3. For Sciences, the application questions in the longer-mark slots.
Yes, and it's a fair share of what we do in Cambridge. For a strong grade 9 student, tutoring shifts into A-Level content early, A-Level Maths techniques applied to GCSE problems, A-Level Biology depth on synoptic GCSE topics. It softens the GCSE-to-A-Level jump that catches even strong students out the following September.
Yes. Most of the Cambridge independents teach Edexcel or CIE iGCSE rather than UK GCSE. Our tutors are matched by specification (iGCSE Maths, iGCSE English Lit, iGCSE Sciences) so the work in the session lines up exactly with the work the school is setting.
All sessions run through Lessonspace, our shared whiteboard. The student joins from home, the tutor marks recent papers live on screen, and the whole session is recorded so the student can rewatch the tricky bits. Most Cambridge families pick online because it removes the cross-city school-run feeling on a midweek evening, and the right tutor for an AQA Chemistry student is often not the one who lives nearest.
