Areas We Cover
Online GCSE Tutoring in Ealing
One-to-one lessons for Year 10, Year 11 and resit students, £30 per lesson
Online GCSE tutoring in Ealing across every subject we teach and every major exam board. Ealing publishes some of the better GCSE results in London, which is genuinely good news and not much comfort if your own child is the one struggling.
Lessons are one-to-one over video and run at times that suit the household, including later evenings for families where somebody is commuting back from town.
The first session is free and it is a real lesson. If the tutor thinks weekly tutoring is not what your child needs, they will say so.
What Ealing families ask about
- One weak subject in an otherwise strong report.
- Maths and English before the Year 11 mocks.
- Triple Science taught by three specialists.
- Resit support after a grade 3 in August.
- Evening slots that fit a commute.
What do Ealing’s GCSE results actually tell you?
That the borough is doing well and that averages hide individuals. Both are true and only one of them is about your child.
Ealing Council reported that in 2025 83.9% of its pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and 78.2% did the same in maths, with 74.4% clearing grade 4 in both. Set against Department for Education data for 2024/25, which puts 70.5% of London pupils and 64.8% across England at grades 9 to 4 in both subjects, Ealing is comfortably ahead.
That is a real achievement by the borough’s schools and it deserves saying. It is also, from a parent’s side of the table, almost useless information. A borough average does not predict one student, and it is not much help at nine o’clock on a Sunday when the Chemistry homework has not started.
The number worth holding onto is the other one. Roughly a quarter of Ealing pupils did not clear grade 4 in both subjects. In a borough of this size that is thousands of teenagers a year, each of whom now has maths or English following them into sixth form.
Our explainer on what GCSE grades from 9 to 1 mean is worth reading with a teenager rather than at one.
Grade 4 or above in both English and maths
- Ealing, 2025: 74.4%, as reported by Ealing Council.
- London, 2024/25: 70.5%.
- England, 2024/25: 64.8%.
Ealing figures published by the council. London and England figures from Department for Education key stage 4 performance data.
Why does Ealing break up later than the boroughs next door?
Because each authority sets its own calendar, and Ealing’s summer term runs a few days longer than its western neighbours. It is a small thing that ruins a lot of August plans.
Ealing publishes term dates for its community primary, high and special schools. For 2026/27 the summer term runs from Monday 12 April to Tuesday 27 July 2027. Hillingdon, immediately west, finishes on Thursday 22 July. That is three school days of difference at exactly the point families are trying to book something.
It matters more than it sounds because so many households straddle the boundary, with one child at a school in Ealing and a sibling or cousin in Hillingdon or Hounslow. The last week of the summer term simply does not line up.
Then there is the second layer. The council is explicit that these dates apply to community schools only, and that "academies, foundation schools and voluntary aided schools set their own term dates, so these may be different". A large share of Ealing secondaries fall into those categories.
The practical answer is to check the individual school rather than the borough. The government term dates finder lists them one at a time. Send us what it gives you and we will schedule to that.
End of summer term 2027
| Borough | Community schools finish |
|---|---|
| Ealing | Tuesday 27 July 2027 |
| Hillingdon | Thursday 22 July 2027 |
| Hounslow | Thursday 22 July 2027 |
Academies and voluntary aided schools set their own dates in all three boroughs.
Which GCSE subjects can your child get help with?
All of them from this one page. Book a second subject and you get a second specialist rather than the first tutor stretched into something they do not teach.
Maths
Foundation and Higher tier, with algebra and multi-step problems deciding most grade moves. See GCSE Maths tutoring.
English Language and Literature
Reading questions, structured writing and the set texts, taught as argument. See GCSE English tutoring.
Combined and Triple Science
Biology, Chemistry and Physics as three strands with three specialists. See GCSE Science tutoring.
Computer Science
Programming, algorithms and the written paper that catches confident coders out. See GCSE Computer Science tutoring.
Business Studies
Case studies, calculations and evaluation answers. See GCSE Business Studies tutoring.
Humanities
History, Geography and Religious Studies, when a specialist is free.
What happens to the quarter who miss grade 4?
The subject follows them. It is a funding condition rather than a school preference, and it surprises families every August.
The 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding, updated by government in July 2026, keeps maths and English on the timetable for any 16 to 19 year old on a study programme who does not already hold grade 4 in them. A grade 3 commits them to a GCSE. Grade 2 or below allows Functional Skills at level 2 instead.
Locally, West London College runs adult GCSE English and maths at its Ealing Green college, daytime and evening, listed as free for eligible adults aged 19 and over who do not already hold a grade 4. For 16 to 18 year olds, the subject is normally timetabled alongside the main study programme wherever they enrol.
| Series | Subjects | Honest assessment |
|---|---|---|
| November | Maths and English Language only | About ten weeks from results day. Moves a near miss, does not rebuild a subject. |
| Following summer | Every GCSE subject | The main series, and the right choice when there is real ground to cover. |
Our GCSE resit tutoring page covers both, and the deadlines sit on the exam dates page.
How does an online lesson run?
Video, a shared whiteboard, and a pen and pad on the desk. Writing by hand against the clock is the thing the exam actually measures.
Tell us the actual problem
Subject, year group, exam board, and what specifically keeps going wrong.
Free one-to-one session
A real lesson, no card details, then an honest report.
Match and schedule
A tutor confirmed and a weekly slot agreed around school and work.
Weekly lessons with a target
One focus per lesson, practice after, papers early.
Feedback you can act on
What moved and what did not. Wrong fit, different tutor.
The full process is on how it works, and our online versus in-person guide is fair about the trade-offs.
How much does a GCSE tutor in Ealing cost?
£30 per lesson, one to one. No registration fee, no agency margin and no package to buy before you have met anybody.
Rates around W5 climb quickly once an agency is taking a cut from the family and the tutor at the same time. Publishing one number means a parent comparing four options can do it in half a minute.
Ask us how long a lesson runs, so that an hourly rate quoted elsewhere can be judged against it properly. Our guide to GCSE tutoring costs covers the wider market.
What £30 covers
- A full one-to-one lesson with a subject specialist.
- Planning against your child’s exam board and tier.
- Past paper work marked against the real mark scheme.
- Feedback to the parent, not only the student.
- A tutor change if the match is wrong.
Tell us what is going wrong
Specific beats polite. We reply during the day, usually within a few hours.
- Year group and subject.
- School, and exam board if you know it.
- Current grade and target grade.
- The topics that keep coming back.
- Days and times that work at home.
Rather talk than type? WhatsApp us, or use the contact page.
Send an enquiry
Frequently asked questions
Ealing schools do well. Why would my child need a tutor?
Because an average is not a prediction for one child. Ealing Council reported 74.4% of pupils clearing grade 4 in both English and maths in 2025, which is strong. It also means roughly one in four did not, and a borough this size turns that quarter into thousands of teenagers.
How do Ealing results compare with London and nationally?
Favourably. The council reported 83.9% at grade 4 or above in English and 78.2% in maths for 2025. Department for Education data for 2024/25 puts 70.5% of London pupils and 64.8% across England at grades 9 to 4 in both subjects.
Our school breaks up later than my sister’s in Hillingdon. Is that right?
Yes, and it catches families out every July. Ealing’s community-school summer term ends on Tuesday 27 July 2027, while Hillingdon and Hounslow finish on Thursday 22 July. If you have children either side of a borough boundary, the last week of term does not line up.
Which GCSE subjects do you cover?
Maths, both English GCSEs, Science as Combined or Triple, the three sciences on their own, Computer Science and Business Studies. Humanities run when a specialist is free.
Do you have a tuition centre in Ealing?
No. Every lesson is online and the business is registered in Feltham. Schools and colleges are named as local context only and we have no connection to any of them.
How much does it cost?
£30 for a one-to-one lesson, with no registration fee and nothing to buy before you have met the tutor. The price is identical in every area we cover.
Is there an adult GCSE option in Ealing?
Yes. West London College runs adult GCSE English and maths at its Ealing Green college, in the daytime and in the evening, and lists it as free for eligible adults aged 19 and over who do not already hold a grade 4.
Can lessons run after 6pm?
Yes. Later slots suit households where a parent gets home from central London after six and wants to be in the house while the lesson runs.
Book a free GCSE session for your child in Ealing
One free one-to-one session, no card details and no obligation to book a second. An hour is usually enough to tell whether this particular tutor and your child are going to get on.