If your child is aiming for a 7 or above in GCSE Maths, you may be wondering what support would help them work towards that goal. A GCSE Maths tutor can go through recent assessed work with your child, work through chosen questions together, set practice from the course your child follows and review the later attempts with them.
What the help looks like
- Your child’s recent assessed work gives a tutor something specific to talk through with them.
- In lessons, the tutor and your child work through chosen questions together on a shared whiteboard.
- Practice is chosen from the course your child’s school follows, whether that is GCSE or International GCSE.
- Later attempts are reviewed together to decide what to keep working on, without treating any one of them as a verdict.
Your child is aiming for a 7 or above in GCSE Maths
A tutor can discuss the grade your child is aiming for alongside the work they are doing at school. Your child can bring questions they want help with, including questions they answered correctly but would like to understand more fully.
For GCSE Maths qualifications regulated by Ofqual on the 9 to 1 scale, a grade 7 or above requires Higher tier entry. If you are unsure of your child’s tier, check with the school. If your child takes International GCSE Maths, check the exact qualification and grading scale before setting a numerical target.
Would you like a tutor to work with your child towards a 7 or above?
Tell us the grade your child is aiming for and what they have been working on recently. A tutor can look at the recent work with them and talk through where to begin.
Ask about a tutorWhat can your child’s recent assessed work tell a tutor?
A recent test, mock or piece of marked homework gives a tutor more to go on than the grade alone. They can see which questions your child attempted, what they wrote and where the marks were given or withheld. Bring the teacher’s comments too, because a note beside a question can say more than the mark does.
A tutor can then ask your child how they approached a question and what they were thinking when they stopped or changed direction. That conversation can add context to the written work. The work does not need to be a full paper. Two or three marked questions can be enough to begin the conversation.
Our Abu Dhabi article, How a GCSE maths tutor in Abu Dhabi helps your child improve after a bad school report, looks at what marked work can show after a school report.
How a GCSE Maths tutor in Doha works through questions with your child
Lessons are online, on a shared whiteboard, so the tutor and your child see the same question and the same working. The tutor can choose a question from the assessed work, or one like it, ask your child to try it, and watch what they do rather than only checking the answer at the end.
When your child gets stuck, the tutor can ask what they would try next, offer a hint, or return to an earlier step with them. When your child gets an answer right, the tutor can ask them to explain their reasoning and then try a related question independently.
This clip shows a maths lesson recorded in Pencil Spaces, the online classroom used by Greenhill Academics.
Would you like a tutor to work through questions with your child?
Tell us which topics your child has covered recently and which ones they find hardest. A tutor can work through questions on those topics with your child on the shared whiteboard.
Send an enquiryPractice from your child’s course, and the attempts that follow
Between lessons, the tutor can set practice on the priorities your child and the tutor have discussed, using questions from the course your child’s school follows. Your child can note any question they want to return to and bring their attempt to the next lesson.
In the next lesson, the tutor and your child can look at the attempts together: which steps your child managed alone, where they needed a hint, and where a method still needs another explanation. How to Read a GCSE Maths Mark Scheme? explains how marks are awarded for working, which helps when reading a marked attempt.
One better attempt is a good sign to talk about, not proof that the goal is in reach, and one worse attempt is not the opposite. What the attempts give your child and the tutor is a way to decide what to keep working on, what to revisit and what can be left for now. The 7 or above stays the aim throughout.
Holly and Karol both teach GCSE Maths
Holly was awarded her college’s Collections Prizes at Exeter College, University of Oxford, in 2023 and 2024. She achieved A* in Mathematics and Further Mathematics at A Level and has given one-to-one lessons in GCSE and A Level Mathematics.
Karol holds a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (Wolfson College). He has tutored for more than ten years and teaches Mathematics from KS3 through GCSE, IGCSE and A Level.
Would you like your child to work with Holly or Karol?
Both teach GCSE Maths online. Their profiles are linked above, and you can name either of them when you enquire.
Ask about Holly or KarolQuestions parents ask about working towards a 7
My child is on a lower grade now. Is a 7 or above still realistic?
A grade alone is not enough to judge that. A tutor can discuss the questions your child attempted and the teacher’s feedback, then agree a starting point for practice with them.
My child already gets 7s at school. Can a tutor still help them aim higher?
Yes. A tutor can ask your child to explain their reasoning on questions they answered correctly and try related questions independently. These attempts can help them choose what to practise next.
Is it worth starting if the exams are still a long way off?
It can be, because this is not last-minute revision. Working through questions and reviewing later attempts takes time, so starting earlier gives your child more attempts to learn from.
Are online GCSE Maths lessons practical from Doha?
Yes. Lessons are online on a shared whiteboard, so the tutor sees your child’s working as they write it and your child sees the tutor’s. Where in Doha you live makes no difference.
Does it matter whether my child takes GCSE or International GCSE Maths?
Yes. The tutor needs to know the exact course so they can select relevant questions. You can include the qualification and exam board in your enquiry.
Does your child need help working towards a 7 or above in GCSE Maths?
Tell us what your child would like help with next. In online lessons, a tutor can discuss their approach to a question and choose further practice with them.
Send an enquiry