Hello, I am Dr Andrew, a specialist full-time tutor and graduate in Chemistry from both Oxford and Cambridge universities. I have helped over 150 students improve their test scores and confidence in Chemistry at A-level, International A-level and GCSE/iGCSE, including many who needed the top grades for their university course or further study. I offer friendly, insightful support to students who need it for the whole of the academic year in addition to those who are preparing for exams or resits.

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Are you already doing fairly well (close to or better than a B) and looking to improve that grade by the end of the course? Some questions are poorly answered because students haven’t revised or practiced enough, but those questions rarely distinguish the very best students from everybody else. The key to reaching the top two grades is to limit mistakes and focus more on the genuinely difficult questions. OCR publish a list of these questions each year that were only answered well by the best students in the OCR Chemistry exams.

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