IGCSE Religious Studies tutors

What IGCSE and GCSE actually demands

The first qualifications that appear on a transcript, and the point at which most families first consider tutoring. Two years, usually eight to ten subjects, and a step up in independence that catches out students who coasted through Year 9.

Philosophy of religion, ethics and the study of religious traditions. Assessment rewards balanced argument with named scholars and accurate use of scripture: personal conviction, however sincere, earns nothing on its own.

Where IGCSE Religious Studies students lose marks

• Personal belief substituted for scholarly argument
• Ethical theories described accurately and then not applied to the scenario in the question
• Scripture quoted without context or interpretation
• Counter-arguments acknowledged in a sentence and never genuinely engaged with

Is this the right subject at this level?

Students heading for philosophy, theology, law or humanities degrees, and anyone who argues well in conversation but does not yet write in the structure the mark scheme rewards.

What it costs

USD 20-28 per 60-minute one-to-one lesson at IGCSE and GCSE, the same rate in every city we teach in. Billed monthly against lessons actually taught, with no prepaid blocks and no minimum commitment.

Paired lessons (2 students) are USD 14-20 per student. Small group lessons (up to 6 students) are USD 10-14 per student. What each format is good for is here.

How we teach it

One-to-one, online, with a shared whiteboard. The first thing we establish is the exact syllabus the student is entered for: schools do not always publish the version they actually enter, and preparing for the wrong paper structure wastes a term.

After that the work is diagnostic: a past paper under timed conditions, marked together against the published scheme, to find out where the marks are genuinely going. That is almost always more useful than covering the syllabus again more slowly. The full process is here.