Private A-Level Philosophy tutors

A-Level Philosophy tutoring with an academic tutor starts from $60 USD (£45) per hour. Packages save 5–15%, or pay as you go, invoiced after each lesson, with no lock-in contracts. Add essay practice anytime. Professional tutors (qualified teachers and examiners) cost from $85 USD (£64) per hour. See pricing.

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 Philosophy, and our professional tutors are qualified teachers or examiners with 5+ years' experience. Only the top 5% of applicants are accepted. Every Philosophy tutor works to AQA's specification and knows the set-text arguments, from Descartes and Hume to Zagzebski. Meet our tutors.

Tutoring is one-to-one and online, with a tutor matched to Philosophy, AQA and your target grade. Lessons target weak topics using AQA past paper questions and mark schemes. In Philosophy we tighten definitions and arguments until no step is missing, and rewrite essays that describe positions until they argue for one, weighing objections and responses. Read how it works or apply now.

It is demanding in an unusual way. There is less to memorise than in most essay subjects, but far more precision is expected: a definition missing one condition, or an argument with a premise out of place, loses marks. Set texts by philosophers such as Descartes, Hume and Kant use unfamiliar language, and the four topics, from knowledge to the mind, need very different thinking. Long essays must argue for a position, not describe several. See how our tutoring helps.

In summer 2026, 5.6% of UK A-Level Philosophy entries achieved an A*, and 23.0% achieved A* or A (JCQ), from 3,348 entries. The A* is earned through precision: definitions with every condition in place, arguments set out in the correct logical form, and essays that defend one clear position against the strongest objections rather than surveying views. Accurate use of technical terms such as valid, sound and a priori matters on every question.

Grade boundaries are set after each exam series and move every year, depending on how the papers performed. In June 2026, AQA's A* boundary for A-level Philosophy was 156 out of 200 (78%), across the two 100-mark papers. Because AQA is the only board offering the full A-Level, there is no other board's figure to compare. You can check every subject's figures in AQA's official grade boundaries.

No. A-Level Philosophy has no coursework, non-exam assessment or practical endorsement, so your whole grade comes from AQA's two 3-hour papers. The skills coursework would test in other subjects, such as building a sustained argument, are examined in timed essays instead. You also need to know the arguments in the set texts listed for each topic well enough to explain and evaluate them under exam conditions. The set texts are listed in the AQA specification.

A-Level Philosophy is assessed by two written exams at the end of the course, and AQA is the only board offering it as a full A-Level. Each paper lasts 3 hours, carries 100 marks and is worth 50% of the A-level. Paper 1 covers epistemology and moral philosophy, and Paper 2 covers the metaphysics of God and the metaphysics of mind. Each paper sets five questions per topic, so all four topics are examined every year and none can be dropped. Full details are in AQA's A-level Philosophy specification.