Private A-Level Classical Studies tutors

An academic tutor for A-Level Classical Studies costs from $60 USD (£45) per hour. Packages save 5 to 15%, or pay as you go, invoiced after each lesson, with no lock-in contracts. November exam planning included. Professional tutors (qualified teachers and examiners) cost from $85 USD (£64) per hour.

Late cancellations and no-shows are charged at half the lesson fee. That applies if you cancel less than one hour before the start time, or don't turn up. You can still change a session time whenever you need to, as long as you give your tutor notice.

Our academic tutors achieved an A* or A in A-Level Classical Studies, and our professional tutors are qualified teachers or examiners with 5+ years' experience. We accept only the top 5% of applicants. Your tutor is matched to the Cambridge syllabus and comfortable with literature, history and material culture, from Greek vase painting to Roman architecture. Meet our tutors or see how we select tutors.

Tutoring is one-to-one and online, with a tutor matched to Cambridge 9274, your chosen topics and your target grade. Lessons use Cambridge past paper questions, so source answers are built from the passage or image given and essays reach a supported judgement. Because exams are in November, we plan revision backwards from that series and keep all four topics moving, from Augustus or the Aeneid to Greek Tragedy. Read how it works or apply for a tutor.

It is demanding because one course covers history, literature, art and architecture from Greece and Rome, each needing a different way of reading. A student who writes well about Homer can struggle with a vase painting or a Roman building, and the compulsory source question on every paper means you cannot dodge your weakest skill. Marks also slip when essays retell rather than analyse. Our online A-Level tutoring balances preparation across all four topics.

JCQ does not publish a figure for Classical Studies, because this Cambridge International qualification sits outside JCQ's UK A-Level results. The A* depends on consistency across four different kinds of material. Source answers must be built from the passage or object in front of you, essays must analyse rather than retell a text or describe an artefact, and every judgement needs specific evidence. With each paper worth 25%, one weak topic is hard to hide. See Cambridge's thresholds.

Cambridge sets grade thresholds after each series, and they change every time. Because 9274 is examined only in November, the latest figures are from November 2025: the A* threshold was 163 out of 200 (82%), and the A threshold was 141, for one standard paper combination. Other combinations needed 165 for an A* and 143 for an A. See Cambridge's November 2025 threshold table.

No. Cambridge Classical Studies has no coursework and no practical component; every mark comes from the four exam papers. Instead, each paper opens with a compulsory source-based question, worth 25 marks on the AS papers and 20 marks on the A Level papers. You then write one essay from a choice of two, worth 25 marks at AS and 30 marks at A Level. See the Cambridge syllabus for set topics.

Cambridge Classical Studies (9274) is assessed entirely by written exams, offered only in the November series. Full A Level candidates sit four papers: Greek Civilisation, Roman Civilisation, Classical History and Greek Literature. Each is a 1 hour 30 minute, 50-mark paper worth 25% of the A Level. You can take Papers 1 and 2 as the AS first and complete the A Level in a later series, or sit all four together. See the official Cambridge syllabus page.