Pearson Edexcel drops your child into an unfamiliar setup and asks them to pick the right formula and work it through. Fine on the idea, marks gone on the method. We match them with an Edexcel tutor who fixes exactly that.
A 40-minute consultation about Edexcel GCSE Physics. Joe calls you back within one working day, then sends two or three tutors with free trial calls.
Two papers, each 1 hour 45 minutes and worth 100 marks, weighted 50/50. Pearson Edexcel splits the topics across the two, and Topic 1, the key concepts, can surface in either. The questions run from short objective items up to the six-mark answer, and the calculation questions are where most of the marks quietly leave.
Paper 1 (1PH0/1)
1 hour 45, 100 marks. Motion and forces, conservation of energy, waves, light and the electromagnetic spectrum, radioactivity and astronomy. Speed-time graphs, wave speed and half-life calculations, all of which reward clean working.
Paper 2 (1PH0/2)
1 hour 45, 100 marks. Energy and forces doing work, electricity and circuits, static, magnetism and the motor effect, electromagnetic induction, the particle model and forces and matter. This is the paper heavy with circuit and F = BIL calculations.
The core practicals
Tested in the written papers. Edexcel has students investigate the resistance of a wire, force and extension, wave speed and specific heat capacity, then asks about the method, the variables and the data in the exam.
The formulae list
Edexcel provides equations, so the marks turn on choosing the right one for an unfamiliar scenario and working a multi-step calculation through without dropping a line. That selection step is exactly where a tutor helps most.
Where the marks are
Edexcel is known for burying the physics in a paragraph of context, then asking for a calculation that needs two or three steps. A tutor teaches your child to strip out the numbers, choose the formula and lay each step out so the method scores even if the final answer slips.
Handing students the equations sounds like help, but it moves the difficulty to picking the right one. Tutors drill the cue words in a question that point to the formula, so your child stops guessing and starts recognising what a question is really asking for.
Kilowatts to watts, minutes to seconds, millimetres to metres. Edexcel loses careful students on the conversion, not the physics. A tutor marks past papers the examiner's way and drills the units until they stop costing marks on questions your child could otherwise do.
From enquiry to first session
You enquire, and Joe Clark rings you back to book a time that works. The call is a proper conversation about your child's Edexcel Physics, the predicted grade, the mock that landed low and the topics school raced through. He starts matching from there.
Joe comes back with a short list of tutors who know the 1PH0 spec, each offering a free trial call. Your child meets them, watches one work a wordy calculation through, and sees who they click with. No commitment, no card details.
You choose the one who fits, and weekly sessions run on Lessonspace, our shared online whiteboard. Pay per session, no contracts, and if it isn't working you stop. No chasing anyone to cancel.
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Real reviews from Degree Gap families, verified on Google. None of them mention Edexcel Physics by name, so we haven't dressed them up as if they do. What comes through is what most Physics parents want: a grade that moves and a child who stops dreading the numbers.
My son gained almost two grades higher than his year 13 mock paper. His tutor was excellent.
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.
Has definitely helped me increase my grades from an E to a B.
Joe Clark calls you back within one working day to set up a 40-minute consultation. He'll ask about the papers, the predicted grade and what you've tried already, then send two or three tutors with free trial calls so you can pick the one that fits. If tutoring isn't the right move yet, he'll say so.
Two papers, 1PH0/1 and 1PH0/2, each 1 hour 45 and worth 100 marks. Paper 1 covers motion and forces, energy, waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, radioactivity and astronomy. Paper 2 covers electricity, magnetism, the particle model and forces doing work. Topic 1, the key concepts, can turn up in either, so a tutor keeps it warm across the whole revision run.
Edexcel writes wordy questions that hide a two or three step calculation inside a paragraph of context. Your child reads it, gets the idea, then loses the marks choosing the wrong formula, dropping a unit or skipping a line of working. A tutor drills reading the question for what it is actually asking, then laying the method out the way the mark scheme credits it.
Edexcel provides equations, which sounds like it makes life easier. The catch is that the difficulty shifts to picking the right one for a scenario your child hasn't seen before. Tutors work on the cue words that point to a formula, so your child recognises what is being asked instead of guessing from the list.
In the written papers. Edexcel has students carry out core practicals like the resistance of a wire, force and extension, and specific heat capacity, then asks about the method, the variables and the results in the exam. Tutors go through the ones students find slippery so the questions on data and method don't catch them out.
Yes. Plenty of Edexcel students sit Combined Science rather than the separate 1PH0 Physics, and we match them with a tutor who knows that spec and its papers. Tell Joe which route your child is on during the first call and he'll make sure the match fits.
Yes. Sessions run on Lessonspace, our shared whiteboard, which suits Physics well. The tutor works a wordy calculation through line by line on screen, sketches the circuit or the graph, and shows your child where each mark sits. Most students focus better one-to-one online than in a class of thirty. We do not do in-person.
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