A Level Psychology Tutoring
Build a scientific understanding of human behaviour. Our expert tutors help you write high-scoring evaluation answers and master research methods.
Whether you're working through social influence and memory in Year 12, tackling biopsychology and research methods in Year 13, or building evaluation technique for 16-mark questions, our tutors provide structured support tailored to your exam board and goals.
What You Get with A Level Psychology Tutoring
Comprehensive support designed to help you achieve your target grade
Exam Mastery
- 16-mark essay structure: AO1 description, AO3 evaluation, clear conclusion
- AO1/AO2/AO3 breakdown - understanding what each assessment objective asks for
- Application questions: applying psychological concepts to novel scenarios
- Past paper practice with mark scheme analysis and examiner tips
Research Methods
- Research design: experimental, observational, correlational, case studies
- Statistical tests: chi-squared, Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Spearman's rank
- Evaluating methodology: validity, reliability, sampling, ethics
- Mathematical skills: mean, median, mode, standard deviation, percentages
Concept Building
- Core topics: social influence, memory, attachment, psychopathology
- Approaches: biological, behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanistic
- Biopsychology: nervous system, localisation, neurotransmitters, brain scanning
- Regular progress tracking and personalised study plans
Students Improving Their Psychology Grades
"My 16-mark essays were all description and no evaluation. My tutor showed me how to build genuine AO3 arguments and my Paper 1 score went up by 18 marks."
Sadia K.
A Level Psychology, AQA, Summer 2024
"Research methods was the section I dreaded most. My tutor made statistical tests feel logical rather than arbitrary and I started getting near-perfect marks."
Jack M.
A Level Psychology, AQA, Summer 2024
"Biopsychology felt overwhelming - so much to memorise. My tutor helped me build a logical structure for the nervous system and I stopped confusing everything."
Ella F.
A Level Psychology, OCR, Summer 2023
How It Works
Simple steps to get started with A Level Psychology tutoring
Buy a Bundle
Choose 3 to 100 hours based on your needs. Split across subjects if needed.
Complete Onboarding
Tell us your exam board, year group, weak areas, goals, and scheduling preferences.
Get Matched & Start
Matched within 24 hours. Schedule your first session immediately.
AS Level vs Full A Level: What's the Difference?
We support students at both stages - here's how they compare
A Level Psychology Syllabus Coverage
Our tutors are experienced with all major A Level Psychology exam boards - AQA (the most widely taught), OCR, and Edexcel. Whether you're struggling with the working memory model or evaluating Milgram's agency theory, we provide targeted support exactly where you need it.
1Social Influence
- Conformity: Asch's research, types and explanations (NSI & ISI)
- Obedience: Milgram, situational variables, dispositional factors
- Resistance to social influence: locus of control, minority influence
- Social change: historical and contemporary examples
- +1 more
2Memory
- Multi-store model: sensory register, STM, LTM
- Working memory model: central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad
- Types of LTM: episodic, semantic, procedural
- Eyewitness testimony: misleading information, anxiety, age
- +1 more
3Attachment
- Bowlby's theory of attachment: evolution, monotropy, critical period
- Ainsworth's Strange Situation and attachment types (secure, insecure)
- Cultural variations in attachment
- The effects of institutionalisation (Rutter, Romanian orphans)
- +1 more
4Psychopathology & Treatments
- Definitions of abnormality: statistical, deviation from norms, failure to function
- OCD: characteristics, biological and psychological explanations, treatments
- Phobias: characteristics, two-process model, systematic desensitisation, flooding
- Depression: characteristics, cognitive explanation, Beck's triad, CBT
- +1 more
5Biopsychology & Approaches
- The nervous system: CNS, PNS, neurons and synaptic transmission
- Localisation of function: Broca's area, Wernicke's area, hemispheric lateralisation
- Neuroimaging: fMRI, EEG, ERP, post-mortem studies
- Biological rhythms and sleep: circadian, ultradian, infradian
- +1 more
6Research Methods
- Research designs: experiments, observations, surveys, case studies, correlations
- Sampling methods: random, opportunity, stratified, snowball
- Ethical issues: informed consent, deception, protection from harm, debriefing
- Statistical tests: chi-squared, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, Spearman's rank, sign test
- +1 more
A Level Psychology Assessment Structure
Understand exactly how you'll be assessed and prepare strategically for each component
Paper 1 - Introductory Topics
Written ExamSocial influence, memory, attachment, and psychopathology
Paper 2 - Psychology in Context
Written ExamApproaches to psychology, biopsychology, and research methods
Paper 3 - Issues and Options
Written ExamIssues and debates in psychology, plus one optional applied topic
Grade Boundaries (Summer 2024)
Grade boundaries shift each session. These are indicative based on recent exam-board data.
Key Assessment Notes
- All three papers are sat at the end of Year 13 - A Level Psychology is linear (not modular)
- Research methods questions appear in Papers 1, 2, and 3 - it is the most heavily tested skill across all papers
- 16-mark essays require AO1 (knowledge) and AO3 (evaluation) in roughly equal measure - practise the balance
- Grade boundaries shift each year based on overall cohort performance
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about A Level Psychology tutoring