Private biology tutoring
One-to-one GCSE and A-level biology, online, with a fully qualified teacher.
I teach because I love the subject, and the best bit is when something clicks: a topic that felt impossible five minutes ago suddenly makes sense.
I'm not above a bad joke if it makes something stick, and I'd much rather a session felt engaging than serious and solemn.
A lot of what I do is confidence building. I want you comfortable enough to try something and get it wrong in front of me, because that is where the learning actually happens: a wrong answer shows us both exactly which bit needs work, and it is far more useful to me than a nervous silence. Nobody gets made to feel small in my sessions for not knowing something yet.
Plenty of students arrive convinced they're just not a science person. Usually they've hit one topic that never quite landed, and everything after it wobbled. We find that topic, fix it properly, and the rest stops feeling impossible.
I've taught in state and independent schools, in the UK and abroad, and worked with students of every background and starting point. I particularly enjoy working with neurodivergent learners, and I'll adapt how a session runs to suit you: the pace, how much structure there is, how much gets written down, how we use the screen. Tell me what helps you and we'll work that way.
- MSci Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, specialising in Biochemistry
- PGCE Science with Merit, University of Oxford
- Qualified Teacher Status, seven years in secondary science
- Currently Teacher of Biology at an independent school in Sheffield
- Ten years tutoring biology, over 1,000 hours taught
- Oxbridge applicants supported at three schools
- Taught internationally, in Budapest and Saudi Arabia
- State school educated
- Enhanced DBS checked
What to expect from our sessions
- No two sessions are the same. I adapt to what you need that week.
- Continuous, personalised feedback, to plug the gaps in your knowledge and skills.
- All revision resources provided: notes, exam questions, mark schemes.
- A shared Google Drive folder that I keep topping up, so you have plenty to work through on your own between sessions.
- No boring, lecture-style teaching.
- No interrogation-style tuition, where you're bombarded with questions for an hour. I want you comfortable enough to ask and answer freely, not feeling like you're on trial.
- No death by PowerPoint. I annotate exam questions and draw diagrams on a tablet with a stylus as we go, and you keep the annotated copy.
What people say
“Few teachers make you love a subject and make you excited to go to class every day. Having you as a science teacher really changed my grades: from an 80% to a 96% is a huge improvement, and that achievement makes me so happy, proud, and thankful that you taught me.”
C., Year 9
“Thanks to you, I could find Biology interesting. I might have dropped the subject already if you weren’t there. Your explanations were clear and easy to understand. I was able to improve a lot, not only academically, but also personally.”
L., Year 12
“Flora’s support has been fantastic! With her help J has achieved top grades in all three sciences. Would highly recommend!”
Client from Sheffield, 2023
“In the beginning of the year I wasn’t sure what to expect, but from the very first day you held my hand and helped me through it all. I really appreciated your one-on-one care, especially through the hectic exam period.”
T., Year 12
“It was such a pleasure having you as our science teacher. You always kept us motivated and positive. My grades improved hugely since you started teaching us.”
T., Year 9
“… got a 9/8 in science trilogy. Thank you for all your support. You are an awesome teacher xx”
Client from Hampshire, 2022–2024
“Flora is a highly experienced Biology teacher … we have used her for many of our tutees in the past and students really warm and respond to her. She gains fantastic results.”
Tutoring agency, 2021
Rates
I teach three specifications, and only these three, because they're the ones I know inside out:
- AQA A-level Biology
- AQA GCSE Biology
- Edexcel International GCSE Biology
Sessions are usually 55 minutes, weekly, online over Google Meet. I can be flexible on length if something else suits you better.
Enquire about tutoring
Tell me the specification, the year group and roughly what you're after, and I'll come back to you about times. This form comes straight to me.
Prefer email? Reach me at brightfieldadmissions@gmail.com.
Applying to Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial?
Admissions support is separate work: the ESAT, the personal statement and the interview. Some students do both, and if you'd like tutoring alongside it, just say so and we'll sort it out. Admissions prices are here.