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Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Specialist science tuition.

Biology, Chemistry and Physics, taught one to one online. For GCSE, iGCSE, A-Level and IB students, with a tutor matched to your subject, exam board and goals.

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Revision for the autumn retakes: Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, one to one or in a group of four

What we teach

Sciences, Maths and university preparation.

Biology, Chemistry and Physics are our specialism. We also teach Maths, support IB coursework and prepare students for university admissions.

Sciences and Maths

One-to-one tuition in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths for GCSE, iGCSE and A-Level.

IB Diploma

IB Maths Analysis and Approaches at HL and SL, the sciences, and support with the Extended Essay and Internal Assessments.

University admissions

Preparation for Oxbridge interviews and entrance tests, and for the UCAT and ESAT.

We also teach English for IELTS, business and conversation. English tuition

We teach to the IB, Cambridge, Edexcel and AQA specifications, with OCR also available.

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How we work

The practice.

Sophyra Tutors is led by Founder and Director Joseph Russell-Bishop, a chemical engineer (MSc, BEng(Hons)) and EMCC-accredited coach who also holds a Level 5 TEFL qualification. Educational standards and safeguarding are anchored by Natalia Ambridge, former Head of School, former International Accreditation Evaluator with the Council of International Schools, and founder of Education Options, a strategic advisory practice for international school boards.

Experienced teachers, carefully chosen.

We work with experienced teachers who taught in classrooms long before they tutored for us. Specialists across IB, Cambridge, Edexcel and AQA, fluent in the exam boards the student is sitting and the schools they are sitting them for.

Matched, not assigned.

We are not a tutor marketplace, and you will never browse a directory. Every student is matched to a tutor by subject, exam board, and goal, by a senior member of the team who has read the brief. The match is the work that makes everything else possible.

Every tutor vetted to the same standard.

Our tutors are self-employed and are experienced teachers. We follow school safer recruitment practice: we interview each prospective tutor, verify their qualifications, and request written references, and we carry out a DBS check or require a current clean police certificate for those based abroad. Once we are satisfied, we provide safeguarding training for every tutor before matching them to a client.

Families across the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Gulf.

We work with families in the UK, across Europe, and throughout the GCC, and with international students preparing for UK GCSE, iGCSE, A-Level and IB qualifications. Online, in your time zone, on the student's timetable.

In their words

Families and students.

“Andrea has taught my daughter sciences and maths from GCSE to A-Level. She is extremely knowledgeable and thorough in her lessons. She is kind but firm, and sets homework while building self-esteem and confidence. I wish Andrea had been my own secondary school teacher. I would definitely have had better results.”

M L-L, London, parent

“The teacher is patient and kind. I feel that he wants me to succeed, and he structures the lessons like a scaffold. I am happy to recommend Sophyra Tutors.”

S.H., China, student

“Ms Sinanan was my teacher for GCSE and tutored me through my A-levels, which shows how effective she is as an educator. Finding a tutor who helps you learn while building your confidence and self-esteem is like finding a needle in a haystack without a metal detector. She will push you because she believes in you and your abilities, which is really encouraging. It is thanks to her support and dedication that I have achieved academic goals I had not thought possible.”

Former student, London

“What has impressed me most is how Ms Arzu has changed my son's relationship with mathematics. Before working with her, maths was something he found difficult and often approached with hesitation. Now he enjoys the subject and, most importantly, believes that he can do it.”

Parent, Azerbaijan

“I have seen such a wonderful change in his confidence and motivation. He looks forward to lessons, participates with enthusiasm and is no longer afraid of making mistakes. I never expected to see my son become so interested in mathematics. A big part of this is that Ms Arzu has created such a positive connection with the subject: he likes and trusts her as a teacher, and that makes him want to learn and do his best.”

Parent, Azerbaijan

Our approach

From first conversation to first lesson.

Free fifteen-minute consultation.

Tell us the student, the subject, the exam board, and the timeline. We listen first. By the end of the call you will know whether we are the right fit, and we will say so either way.

Matched to a specialist.

We hand-pick the tutor from our vetted pool based on subject, exam board, and goal. You meet them before any payment is taken.

Lessons in our online classroom.

Weekly 1:1 sessions in our online classroom. Progress is reviewed every half-term, and you can choose ongoing support with the same tutor through to your exams.

A written report, twice a term.

You automatically receive a written progress report at half term and at the end of term. Each one maps the work against the exam-board specification, sets out what the student has secured and where the focus sits next, and tracks their progress across the term.

Ready when you are.

Talk to us before you commit to anything.

Fifteen minutes, no obligation. We will listen to where the student is, where they need to be, and the time you have to get there. We will tell you whether we are the right fit.

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