Online 1-to-1 IGCSE Physics tutoring for Oxford families. Specialist tutors aligned to your child's exam board, school scheme of work and the United Kingdom academic calendar.
94%
achieve target grade or higher
+1.8
average grade improvement
10+
years average tutor experience
Free
first trial lesson
From GBP 45/hour · First lesson free · cancel anytime
Cambridge CAIE
Edexcel
AQA
IB Diploma
OCR
IGCSE
A Levels
O Levels
SAT
ACT
IELTS
TOEFLCambridge CAIEEdexcelAQAIB DiplomaOCRIGCSEA LevelsO LevelsSATACTIELTSTOEFLWhy Oxford students
Oxford IGCSE Physics candidates sit in one of the most competitive academic ecosystems in the UK. Magdalen College School (MCS) runs AQA and OCR alongside CIE in selected sciences; Headington School and d'Overbroeck's offer AQA IGCSE feeding directly into their IB Diploma; Oxford High School (GDST) uses AQA across the board; Abingdon School pairs AQA with selective CIE. At MCS, IGCSE Physics is the launch pad to Oxbridge — Year 11 grade boundaries dictate Sixth-Form A-Level set placement and ultimately MAT, PAT, BMAT and TSA preparation eligibility two years later, well before the November admissions tests and December Oxford college interviews even appear on the family calendar. Our Oxford IGCSE Physics tutors are matched by exact board (AQA, OCR, CIE or Edexcel) and school scheme of work, with sessions back-planned around the December MCS/Headington/St Edward's mock week and the May/June final sittings — the same rhythm that defines every Oxford independent sixth-form entrance race.
Exam boards we cover
Used across Oxford independent schools including Magdalen College School (MCS) in selected sciences, d'Overbroeck's, and as a feeder into Headington and St Edward's IB Diploma programmes. Extended tier is required for any student progressing to A-Level Physics.
Used by Edexcel-aligned British curriculum schools in and around Oxford. Higher tier broadly comparable to Cambridge Extended, with slightly different question phrasing.
A smaller cohort of Oxford students sit Oxford AQA International GCSE — particularly those moving between UK and United Kingdom schools mid-cycle.
Syllabus coverage
Our IGCSE Physics tutors cover the full specification with extra depth on the topics where Oxford students most consistently lose marks.
Newton's laws, momentum, motion graphs and resultant forces.
Work, energy stores, efficiency, GPE and KE calculations.
Reflection, refraction, sound, EM spectrum and ray diagrams.
Current, voltage, resistance, series and parallel circuits.
Magnetic fields, motor effect, transformers and induction.
Specific heat capacity, latent heat, kinetic theory and gas laws.
Radioactivity, half-life, fission and fusion calculations.
Practical and lab-based assessment varies by school; we focus tutoring on written paper performance and required-practical writeups.
We work with students at leading IGCSE institutions across Oxford.
What we fix
How we fix it:Oxford's October UCAS deadline, November admissions tests (MAT, PAT, BMAT, TSA, HAT, LNAT) and December college interviews collide with Christmas mocks. We back-plan Physics sessions across August-November for test prep and run mock interview sessions through December.
How we fix it:Magdalen College School, St Edward's and Headington run intensive mock weeks in late November / early December that determine Sixth-Form set placement and predicted grades. We align Physics prep to each school's exact mock paper format and marking rubric.
How we fix it:IB Diploma students at St Edward's, Headington and d'Overbroeck's face Internal Assessment and Extended Essay deadlines in Y12 Term 3 and Y13 Term 1 — directly overlapping with the Oxford admissions test window. We schedule Physics IA drafting and EE supervision around those deadlines.
How we fix it:State sixth-formers at Cheney School and The Oxford Academy compete for the same Oxford and Russell Group places as MCS and Abingdon candidates, but with fewer dedicated admissions-test mentors. We give state-school Physics students the same examiner-grade preparation at GBP 45/hour.
How we fix it:Greene's College Oxford and Cherwell College Oxford specialise in compressed and resit A-Level cohorts. We provide Physics tuition timed against January and June resit windows, mapped to the exact paper structure students are re-sitting.
Why ComboTutors
Our Oxford Physics tutors include MAT, PAT, BMAT and TSA specialists — many are Oxford graduates or current postdocs who sat the same papers. We run dedicated prep blocks from August through the November test window and December interview cycle, mapped to the specific Oxford college a student is targeting.
We match Oxford IB DP Physics students to tutors who know the St Edward's, Headington and d'Overbroeck's IB programmes from the inside — HL/SL pacing, IA mark bands, EE supervision, and the double-load of running an IB Diploma whilst preparing for Oxford admissions tests in the same term.
Oxford has the highest density of PhD and postdoc tutors in the world — Mansfield, Cherwell and Greene's networks charge GBP 80-150/hour for personal Oxford fellows. Our online 1-to-1 Physics lessons deliver examiner-grade depth (and explicit Greene's / Cherwell retake-pathway support) at GBP 45/hour.
June 2026
My son needed PAT preparation alongside his MCS Year 13 mocks. His ComboTutors Physics tutor — an Oxford physics postdoc — built a weekly plan from September to...
June 2026
My daughter is at Headington on the IB Diploma. Her HL Physics IA needed serious restructuring three weeks before deadline, whilst she was also prepping TSA for...
June 2026
I sat MAT for Maths at Oxford after retaking Physics A-Level at Cherwell College. ComboTutors was a third of what local Mansfield-network tutors quoted, and my ...
June 2026
My daughter was struggling with IB Mathematics HL and had almost given up hope of getting a 7. After just two months of weekly sessions with her ComboTutors tut...
June 2026
My son started tutoring for A-Level Physics about three months before his exams. His tutor was incredibly patient and broke down complex topics like electromagn...
June 2026
We needed help with GCSE Science for my son who found chemistry particularly challenging. His tutor made the sessions engaging and relatable—using real-world ex...
Join 3,000+ families
Book your free trial today.
98%
Student Improvement Rate
4.97
Average Rating
1,200+
Families Supported
Since 2020
Academic Excellence
IGCSE Physics in Oxford
Magdalen College School (MCS) primarily uses AQA and OCR for IGCSE Physics, with selective CIE in further mathematics and some sciences. We match every MCS Physics student to a tutor who has examined or tutored the exact board their year group sits, and align sessions to the MCS late-November mock week schedule.
Yes. St Edward's School ('Teddies') and Headington School both offer the IB Diploma alongside A-Level, with d'Overbroeck's running IB DP as their flagship pathway. Our Oxford IB DP Physics tutors are matched specifically to St Edward's, Headington or d'Overbroeck's HL/SL syllabus tracks, IA mark bands and Extended Essay supervision — including the dual workload when students are also preparing for MAT/PAT/BMAT/TSA.
Our Oxford admissions test specialists run dedicated MAT, PAT, BMAT, TSA, HAT, CAT, MLAT, OLAT and LNAT prep blocks for IGCSE Physics students from August through November, with mock interview sessions across December — all using past papers from the relevant Oxford college. Several of our tutors are Oxford graduates who sat the same tests, and we coordinate prep against the student's UCAS October deadline and December college interview slot.
Yes. d'Overbroeck's runs IB Diploma, A-Level and IGCSE in parallel — common for international and re-entry families. Our d'Overbroeck's Physics tutors are matched to the exact pathway (IB DP HL/SL, AQA A-Level, or AQA/CIE IGCSE) and the d'Overbroeck's internal mock schedule. We also support d'Overbroeck's students self-studying AP papers for US university applications.
Absolutely. Cheney School Sixth Form and The Oxford Academy state students compete with MCS, Abingdon and St Edward's candidates for the same Oxford and Russell Group offers — but with less in-school admissions-test support. We give state-sixth-form Physics students the same examiner-grade preparation, MAT/PAT/BMAT/TSA coverage and mock interview practice at GBP 45/hour.
Yes. Greene's College Oxford and Cherwell College Oxford specialise in compressed and resit A-Level cohorts. We provide IGCSE Physics tuition timed against the January and June resit windows, mapped to the exact paper structure students are re-sitting, with a focus on the mark-scheme command words where retake candidates most commonly lose marks.
Book a free trial lesson with a specialist tutor who understands Oxford's schools and the IGCSE Physics exam.
