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A-level Economics tutoring
Micro, macro and the synoptic paper, taught to your exam board and target grade. I got an A* in Economics, including 96% in Paper 3 of Edexcel A, so I know what a top-mark answer looks like.
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- DBS checked
- Unused sessions refunded
Topics
What we'll cover
Sessions follow your exam board's specification and your target grade. These are the main areas.
Theme 1: Markets and market failure
- How markets work: supply, demand and elasticity
- Market failure
- Government intervention
Theme 2: The UK economy
- Measures of economic performance
- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
- Economic growth
- Macroeconomic objectives and policies
Theme 3: Business behaviour and the labour market
- Business growth and objectives
- Revenues, costs and profits
- Market structures
- The labour market
Theme 4: A global perspective
- International economics
- Poverty and inequality
- Emerging and developing economies
- The financial sector and the role of the state
Themes shown are for Edexcel A, the specification I sat. AQA and OCR group the same ideas differently, so we follow your board's structure.
The exams
How the exams work
Edexcel A has three papers. Paper 1 is Markets and business behaviour (Themes 1 and 3), Paper 2 is The national and global economy (Themes 2 and 4), and Paper 3 is Microeconomics and macroeconomics: the synoptic paper, drawing on all four themes.
Across all of them, marks go to diagrams that are explained, chains of reasoning, quantitative skills and evaluation.
Exam technique
Where marks are usually lost
- Describing a point without developing it into a chain of reasoning
- Evaluation that could apply to any case, rather than the context given
- Diagrams that are drawn but not explained
- Data-response answers that don't use the extract
Results
Taught by someone who sat the papers
I sat these papers recently, so the specifications and mark schemes I teach from are the current ones.
| A-level Economics | A* |
|---|---|
| Paper 3, Edexcel A | 96% |
FAQ
A-level Economics: common questions
I'm on AQA or OCR, not Edexcel. Can you still help?
Yes. Sessions are tailored to whichever board your school sits. Edexcel A is the specification I sat myself.
What is Paper 3?
On Edexcel A, Paper 3 is the synoptic paper, bringing together micro and macro across all four themes. I scored 96% in it.
Do I need to be good at maths for Economics?
Some quantitative skills are examined (elasticity, the multiplier, real versus nominal figures), but they're a small part of the course. We cover them as they come up.
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