Dr Khan Tuition teaches GCSE biology, chemistry and physics at 36 High Street, Burnham, whichever science route their school has chosen. Each student starts with a diagnostic and follows a personalised weekly plan, with exam technique built in and 1-to-1 lessons available. To arrange a free 30-minute consultation, ring 01753 378222.
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GCSE science is a lot of content, three subjects' worth of vocabulary and a surprising amount of maths. Students rarely struggle with all of it. Usually it's a handful of topics, a type of calculation or the long written answers, and once we know which, lessons can go straight to them.
Every session follows a structured plan targeting your child's specific knowledge gaps, not random revision.
Individual 1-to-1 tuition is available. Your child gets real, focused attention, not lost in a classroom of 30.
Parents receive weekly progress updates. You always know exactly where your child stands.
Schools decide which route each student follows, so this isn't a question of which is better. It helps to know what each one involves, though.
| Combined science | Separate (triple) sciences | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifications | One double award, worth two GCSEs | Three GCSEs: biology, chemistry and physics |
| Grades | Two equal or adjacent grades, from 9-9 down to 1-1 | Three separate grades from 9 to 1 |
| Content | Biology, chemistry and physics in one course, with at least 30% of the content from each | The full content of each science |
| Tiers | Foundation (1-1 to 5-5) or Higher (4-4 to 9-9) | Foundation (grades 1 to 5) or Higher (grades 4 to 9) |
Both routes lead on to A-Level science. Whichever your child is taking, we'll plan around the topics and papers their school has entered them for.
Chemistry is where many students first meet calculations that don't look like maths lessons. Moles, concentrations and percentage yield all need a calm, step-by-step method. We also cover bonding and structure, rates of reaction, energy changes and organic chemistry. Showing working clearly matters, because method marks can still be earned when a final answer slips. Marks are most often lost on multi-step calculations and on six-mark answers that describe rather than explain. If you're looking for a GCSE chemistry tutor near me, lessons start by finding which of those is costing your child marks.
Physics rewards students who are comfortable with equations. We work on energy, electricity, forces, waves and the particle model, and spend time on recalling equations, rearranging them and handling units. Students who need help with GCSE physics usually find that once the maths feels routine, the physics makes much more sense. That's why a GCSE physics tutor near me search often turns out to be a maths question in disguise.
Biology looks like the most "learnable" science, but the exam tests more than recall. We cover cell biology, organisation, infection and response, homeostasis, inheritance and ecology, and practise the extended answers and data questions where students lose marks. For families looking for a GCSE biology tutor near me, the focus is precise vocabulary and answers built around the command word.
Students must complete at least eight specified practicals in each separate science, or 16 for combined science. AQA's Combined Science: Trilogy specification lists 21 required practicals. These aren't just classroom tasks: 15% of the marks in the written exams assess practical skills and understanding.
Practical questions ask about method, variables, results, errors and how an experiment could be improved. In lessons we revise each required practical so students can explain it clearly and answer the evaluation questions that follow.
A good share of science marks test maths skills. At least 10% of the marks in biology, 20% in chemistry and 30% in physics assess maths, and in combined science it's at least 20%, spread across the three sciences in a 1:2:3 ratio. We teach graphs, rearranging, standard form and significant figures in a science context, and students who need more support can add GCSE maths tuition for the underlying skills.
As an example, AQA's papers look like this:
| AQA | Combined Science: Trilogy | Biology, chemistry or physics (separate) |
|---|---|---|
| Papers | Six papers, two per science | Two papers per science |
| Length | 1 hour 15 minutes each | 1 hour 45 minutes each |
| Marks | 70 marks per paper | 100 marks per paper |
Edexcel and OCR papers are structured differently. We'll check your child's board and specification at the consultation and plan from there.
With three subjects to cover, revision can easily turn into rereading notes. We help students build a realistic weekly routine instead: short retrieval practice on key facts, a few exam questions in each science, and one topic at a time worked through properly. Past-paper questions are marked against the mark scheme, so students see exactly where marks were won and lost. We also keep a running list of each student's weakest topics, which becomes the focus of the next few lessons. Little and often works far better than a burst of revision before school tests, and it leaves time for the subjects outside science that also matter.
Both 1-to-1 lessons and online sessions are options. Our GCSE tuition page explains how science fits with maths and English, and the A-Level science page shows the next step for students who want to carry on. Younger students can build foundations through KS3 tuition.
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Local to Burnham
Our centre is on Burnham High Street, a short walk from Burnham Grammar School (0.3 miles). Beechwood School (1.6 miles), The Westgate School (1.9 miles) and Herschel Grammar (2.3 miles) are also nearby. We name them only as local schools, not as schools we work with. By road, Britwell is about 1.8 miles away, Cippenham about 2.3, Taplow about 2.7, Slough town centre about 3.5, and Maidenhead town centre about 3.9.
Getting started
Three simple steps to begin your child's journey.
A free 30-minute session to understand your child's current level.
Within 48 hours, you receive a structured plan showing exactly what your child needs to work on.
Weekly classes begin. You receive progress updates every step of the way.
Common questions
Sources: Ofqual: GCSE reform, regulations for science; Ofqual blog: grading the new GCSE science qualifications; DfE: GCSE combined science subject content; DfE: GCSE single science subject content; AQA Combined Science: Trilogy 8464, specification at a glance; AQA Biology 8461, Chemistry 8462 and Physics 8463, specification at a glance. Last checked: Oct 2026.
Bring along any recent school reports, and we'll talk through which sciences, tier and topics need attention. The consultation takes 30 minutes and costs nothing.
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