Years 12 and 13 • A-Level Physics

A-Level Physics Tutor
Concepts, Calculations & Practical Skills

One-to-one online A-Level Physics tutoring for Years 12 and 13. Support can cover mechanics, materials, electricity, waves, fields, particle and nuclear Physics, practical skills, data analysis, calculations and exam technique.

1:1 One student, one tutor
Concepts & calculations
Practicals, data & exams
A-Level Physics tutoring at NLG
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core topic areas, from mechanics to particles
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students supported across National Learning Group services
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Direct Answer
What is NLG A-Level Physics tutoring?

NLG provides one-to-one online A-Level Physics tutoring for Years 12 and 13. Support can cover concepts, calculations, equations, diagrams, practical skills, data analysis and exam technique, with tutor matching based on the student’s exam board, current topics and learning needs.

Sound Familiar?

Why Students Search for an A-Level Physics Tutor

A-Level Physics can become difficult when students understand a concept but struggle to translate it into the right diagram, equation, calculation or explanation.

“They know the equations but cannot decide which one applies.”
A tutor can help the student identify the physical principle, define the known quantities, choose a relationship, rearrange it accurately and check the units.
“Fields, electricity or particle Physics feel too abstract.”
Tutoring can use diagrams, linked examples and carefully sequenced questions to make abstract ideas concrete before moving into exam application.
“Practical and uncertainty questions are consistently losing marks.”
A tutor can support variables, measurements, gradients, uncertainties, significant figures, data analysis and evaluation in line with the student’s specification.
“They spend too long on calculations and do not finish the paper.”
Timed practice shows where working becomes inefficient. Tutors help students organise calculations, show methods clearly and decide quickly when a question is unfamiliar.
Subject Coverage

What Does A-Level Physics Tutoring Cover?

Specifications differ by exam board, so lessons are matched to the student’s course and current topics.

Mechanics & Materials
Motion, forces, momentum, energy and materials
KinematicsDynamicsMomentumEnergyMaterials
Electricity
Circuits, charge, resistance, power and capacitance
CurrentResistancePowerInternal resistanceCapacitance
Waves & Optics
Superposition, diffraction and refraction
SuperpositionDiffractionRefractionStanding wavesOptics
Fields
Gravitational, electric and magnetic fields
PotentialOrbitsForcesFluxInduction
Particles & Nuclear Physics
Matter, radiation, decay and interactions
ParticlesQuarksRadioactivityDecayNuclear energy
Practical & Maths Skills
Graphs, gradients, uncertainty, units and calculations
GraphsGradientsUncertaintyUnitsSignificant figures
Real Questions

How Specialist A-Level Physics Support Helps

Why is A-Level Physics so mathematically demanding?

The mathematics is often manageable in isolation. The difficulty is translating a physical situation into a model, identifying the relevant quantities, choosing a relationship and using units consistently. One-to-one tutoring practises that translation across exam-style questions.

Can online tutoring work for diagrams and calculations?

Yes. Screen sharing and digital whiteboards let the tutor build force diagrams, circuit diagrams, ray paths, graphs and calculations step by step, see the student’s method and correct misconceptions in real time.

One-to-One A-Level Tuition
A-Level Physics Tutoring
✓Mechanics, electricity, waves, fields and particle Physics supported
✓Equation selection and rearrangement taught systematically
✓Live diagrams and step-by-step calculations
✓Practical, graph and uncertainty skills built into lessons
✓Exam board specific past paper and mark scheme practice
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A-Level Physics tutoring is one-to-one only

Every lesson is one student with one tutor. A-Level SEND support is also available for students who need an adapted approach. View SEND tutoring

How It Works

From Enquiry to the First A-Level Physics Lesson

We match tutors using the student’s exam board, current topics, learning needs and availability.

✓No scrolling through tutor profiles: we do the matching
✓Live online lessons with shared documents and annotation
✓DBS-checked tutors and safeguarding-led standards
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Tell Us the Physics Course and Priorities
Share the year group, exam board, current topics, recent assessments and the areas causing difficulty.
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We Find a Suitable Tutor
We look for a tutor with A-Level Physics experience for that specification, who is free when the student is.
3
Start With the First Lesson
The tutor reviews current work and sets the priorities.
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Continue With Weekly 1:1 Lessons
Lessons carry on each week, with priorities reviewed as mocks and exams approach. After the 14-day cooling-off period, cancellation requires 4 weeks’ written notice.
Experience and Trust

A-Level Physics Support Backed by NLG Experience

Every tutor is DBS checked and matched to the student’s exam board, current topics and learning priorities.

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265K+
lessons delivered by NLG tutors
9,000+
students supported across NLG
DBS
checked tutors and safeguarding-led standards
5
major UK exam boards covered
Every Question Answered

A-Level Physics Tutor FAQs

Answers about topic coverage, tutor matching, practical support and one-to-one lessons.

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Support can include mechanics, materials, electricity, waves, optics, gravitational and electric fields, magnetism, particle and nuclear Physics, practical work and mathematical skills, matched to the student’s specification.

Yes. Tutors help students model the situation, identify quantities, select and rearrange equations, manage units and check whether an answer is physically reasonable.

Yes. Sessions can support variables, graph construction, gradients, percentage uncertainty, significant figures, data analysis and evaluation.

NLG can support major UK exam boards including AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas, subject to the student’s course and suitable tutor availability.

No. A-Level Physics tutoring at NLG is one-to-one only.

There is no single best start date. Students can begin in Year 12 or Year 13 depending on conceptual gaps, mathematical confidence, mocks and upcoming assessments.

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Exam Support
A-Level Exam Preparation
Revision planning, past papers and exam technique across A-Level subjects.
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Tutor matching is subject to suitable tutor availability. After the 14-day cooling-off period, cancellation requires 4 weeks’ written notice.