How A-Level maths lessons work
Lessons are one-to-one on a video call, at the same time each week. Noah writes out the working live on a shared screen, so every step of a proof or a long calculus question can be followed and questioned.
The jump from GCSE is big, and A-Level questions are less predictable, so lessons focus on understanding first and exam technique second. That way students can handle questions they haven’t seen before, not just the ones they’ve practised.
What’s in A-Level Maths
Pure maths makes up two-thirds of the course: proof, algebra and functions, coordinate geometry, sequences and series, trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms, differentiation, integration, numerical methods and vectors. The remaining third is statistics and mechanics, which every student sits.
Every exam board sets three two-hour papers, though each splits the topics between them a little differently.
Mechanics: Noah’s speciality
Noah got full marks in Mechanics. It’s the part of the course about modelling the real world: kinematics, forces and Newton’s laws, friction, connected particles, projectiles and moments. Most mechanics questions get much easier once the diagram is right, which is where lessons start. There’s more on the mechanics tutoring page.
Who it’s for
- Students aiming for an A or A*
- Students finding the jump from GCSE hard
- Students who need top grades for competitive university courses
- Year 13s revising for their final exams
Exam boards
Lessons cover Edexcel (Pearson), AQA, OCR and OCR MEI. Noah sat Edexcel himself.
Your tutor
Noah got A*s in A-Level Maths (280/300) and Further Maths (282/300) in 2025, was invited to interview for Mathematics at Cambridge, and was offered places to study Mathematics at Warwick, Bath, Durham and York. Read Noah’s full profile and results.