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One-to-one A Level Religious Studies tutoring for OCR, AQA, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas: philosophy of religion, ethics and your chosen religion, with essay technique for your board's papers.

A Level Religious Studies (RS, often taught as philosophy and ethics) is offered by OCR (H573), AQA (7062), Pearson Edexcel (9RS0) and WJEC Eduqas (A120QS). All four combine philosophy of religion, ethics and the study of a religion, and all are assessed by written exams with no coursework. The papers are built very differently, from OCR's 40-mark essays to AQA's 10 and 15-mark question pairs, so your tutor trains you for the exact questions your board sets.

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What You Get with A Level Religious Studies Tutoring

Comprehensive support designed to help you achieve your target grade

Essay Technique

  • OCR: planning and writing three 40-mark essays in each 2-hour paper
  • AQA: separating 10-mark knowledge (AO1) answers from 15-mark evaluation (AO2) answers, plus 25-mark synoptic dialogue questions
  • Edexcel: two-part essays on anthology extracts printed in the paper
  • Conclusions that reach a clear, justified judgement

Philosophy and Ethics

  • Arguments about the existence of God and their key critics
  • The problem of evil, religious experience and religious language
  • Ethical theories: natural law, situation ethics, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism and, for Edexcel, virtue ethics
  • Applied ethics, meta-ethics, conscience, free will and sexual ethics, depending on your board

Study of Religion

  • Your chosen religion: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism or Sikhism, depending on your board
  • Sources of authority, beliefs, practices and religious identity
  • Religion and society: secularisation, pluralism, gender and science
  • Using scholars as evidence in an argument, not as a list of names
Real student results

Students Improving Their Religious Studies Grades

C → A
"I kept writing essays that described positions without evaluating them. My tutor helped me understand what critical engagement actually looks like in RS and my 40-mark answers transformed."
S

Sarah B.

A Level Religious Studies, OCR, Summer 2024

B → A*
"The problem of evil was the topic I kept getting tangled in. My tutor broke down each theodicy and its weaknesses so clearly that I could argue any position confidently."
M

Marcus L.

A Level Religious Studies, AQA, Summer 2024

D → C
"Religious language was completely incomprehensible to me. Two sessions with my tutor clarifying Wittgenstein and analogy and the whole component clicked into place."
Z

Zoe T.

A Level Religious Studies, OCR, Summer 2023

How It Works

Simple steps to get started with A Level Religious Studies tutoring

1

Buy a Bundle

Choose 3 to 100 hours based on your needs. Split across subjects if needed.

2

Complete Onboarding

Tell us your exam board, year group, weak areas, goals, and scheduling preferences.

3

Get Matched & Start

Matched within 24 hours. Schedule your first session immediately.

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AS Level vs Full A Level: What's the Difference?

We support students at both stages - here's how they compare

Area
AS Level (Year 12)
A Level (Year 12–13)
Qualification
A standalone AS: the result does not count towards the A Level
A linear A Level: all papers are sat at the end of the course
Availability
AS Religious Studies is still offered by AQA (7061), OCR (H173), Edexcel and Eduqas (B120QS)
A Level from all four boards, assessed 100% by exam
Teaching
AS content overlaps with the first year of the A Level, so AS and A Level students are often taught together
The A Level completes the full content for every paper

A Level Religious Studies Syllabus Coverage

We support OCR H573, AQA 7062, Pearson Edexcel 9RS0 and WJEC Eduqas A120QS. The philosophy and ethics content overlaps across boards, but the religion options, scholars and question styles do not. Tell us your board, your religion option and the topics your school has chosen during onboarding and we match you with a tutor who knows that specification.

1
Philosophy of Religion

  • Arguments about the existence of God: cosmological, teleological and ontological
  • The problem of evil and suffering, and responses to it
  • Religious experience
  • Religious language
  • +1 more

2
Ethics

  • Normative theories: natural law, situation ethics, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism
  • Virtue ethics and deontology (Edexcel)
  • Applied issues such as euthanasia, business ethics, sexual ethics and medical ethics, depending on board
  • Meta-ethics and ethical language
  • +1 more

3
Study of a Religion

  • OCR Developments in religious thought: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism or Hinduism
  • AQA Study of religion: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism
  • Edexcel: Paper 4 Study of Religion (six options including Sikhism) or Paper 3 New Testament Studies
  • Eduqas A Study of Religion: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism or Sikhism
  • +1 more

4
AQA Dialogues (Component 2)

  • Section B: the dialogue between philosophy of religion and your chosen religion (25 marks)
  • Section C: the dialogue between ethical studies and your chosen religion (25 marks)
  • Synoptic answers that connect topics across both papers
  • Religion, gender and sexuality; religion and science
  • +1 more

5
Edexcel Anthology Work

  • Section B of each paper: a two-part essay on an extract from the Religious Studies Anthology
  • The extract is printed in the exam paper, so you do not take the anthology in
  • From first assessment in 2028, Paper 2 Extract 4 and Paper 4D (Islam) Extract 2 are replaced
  • Linking the extract to wider scholarship
  • +1 more

6
Scholars and Evaluation

  • Using a scholar's argument as a step in your own reasoning
  • Weighing counter-arguments fairly
  • Reaching a judgement and defending it
  • OCR weights AO1 (knowledge) at 40% and AO2 (analysis and evaluation) at 60%
  • +1 more
Assessment breakdown

A Level Religious Studies Assessment Structure

Understand exactly how you'll be assessed and prepare strategically for each component

Exam boards covered:OCRAQAPearson EdexcelWJEC Eduqas

OCR H573/01: Philosophy of religion

Written Exam
Weighting
33.3%

Ancient philosophical influences, soul, mind and body, arguments about God, religious experience, the problem of evil, the nature of God and religious language

2 hours
Answer three of four essay questions, 40 marks each
Questions can come from any part of the content, so every topic must be revised

OCR H573/02: Religion and ethics

Written Exam
Weighting
33.3%

Normative ethical theories applied to two contemporary issues, ethical language and thought, conscience and sexual ethics

2 hours
Answer three of four essay questions, 40 marks each
Each essay tests both AO1 and AO2

OCR H573/03-07: Developments in religious thought

Written Exam
Weighting
33.3%

One religion: Christianity (03), Islam (04), Judaism (05), Buddhism (06) or Hinduism (07)

2 hours
Answer three of four essay questions, 40 marks each
Beliefs, sources of authority, practices, social and historical developments, religion and society

AQA 7062 Component 1: Philosophy of religion and ethics

Written Exam
Weighting
50%

Section A philosophy of religion; Section B ethics and religion

3 hours
In each section, two compulsory two-part questions worth 10 marks (AO1) and 15 marks (AO2)
Arguments for God, evil and suffering, religious experience, religious language, miracles, self and life after death; ethical theories, meta-ethics, free will, conscience, Bentham and Kant

AQA 7062 Component 2: Study of religion and dialogues

Written Exam
Weighting
50%

Your chosen religion plus two synoptic dialogue questions

3 hours
Section A: two two-part questions (10 + 15 marks) | Section B: philosophy dialogue (25) | Section C: ethics dialogue (25)
Religion options: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism

Grade Boundaries (AQA 7062, June 2026)

Grade
Min. %
A*
85%+
A
72%+
B
59%+
C
46%+
D
33%+
E
20%+

Grade boundaries shift each session. These are indicative based on recent exam-board data.

Key Assessment Notes

  • Pearson Edexcel 9RS0: three papers from a choice of four (Philosophy of Religion, Religion and Ethics, New Testament Studies, Study of Religion), each 2 hours, 80 marks and 33.33%
  • WJEC Eduqas A120QS: A Study of Religion, Philosophy of Religion, and Religion and Ethics, each 2 hours, 100 marks and a third of the A Level
  • Edexcel replaces two anthology extracts for first assessment in 2028, Paper 2 Extract 4 and Paper 4D (Islam) Extract 2, so check which extracts apply to your exam year
  • There is no coursework on any board: every mark comes from the written exams
  • Grade boundaries shown are AQA 7062's overall boundaries for June 2026 as a percentage of the 200-mark total; other boards publish their own

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about A Level Religious Studies tutoring

We support OCR H573, AQA 7062, Pearson Edexcel 9RS0 and WJEC Eduqas A120QS. The philosophy and ethics topics overlap, but the papers do not: OCR sets three 2-hour papers of 40-mark essays, AQA two 3-hour papers of shorter question pairs and dialogue essays, Edexcel and Eduqas three 2-hour papers with their own formats. Tell us your board and religion option and we match you with a tutor who knows them.

A typical session takes one topic, such as the problem of evil or situation ethics, checks your understanding of the key arguments and scholars, then turns it into an exam answer. You plan an essay together, write part of it, and your tutor marks it against your board's levels, showing exactly where knowledge (AO1) or evaluation (AO2) fell short. Between sessions you write timed answers for feedback.

Each OCR paper asks you to answer three of four essay questions in 2 hours, so you have about 40 minutes per essay. Your tutor teaches you to plan in five minutes, open with a clear line of argument, use scholars to support or challenge each step, and finish with a justified judgement. Because questions can come from any part of the content, we also make sure no topic is left unrevised.

AQA has two 3-hour papers worth 50% each. Component 1 covers philosophy of religion and ethics through two-part questions worth 10 marks (knowledge) and 15 marks (evaluation). Component 2 covers your chosen religion plus two 25-mark synoptic dialogue questions linking it to philosophy and ethics. OCR instead sets three 2-hour papers of 40-mark essays. The skills overlap, but the timing and planning are quite different.

Yes. Philosophy of religion and ethics make up most of every board's A Level Religious Studies, which is why the course is often called philosophy and ethics. Your tutor can focus on whichever paper is weakest. If you are taking A Level Philosophy rather than Religious Studies, that is a separate qualification and we tutor it too, so tell us which course you are on.

There is no fixed number. No board rewards a list of names; marks come from using a scholar's argument accurately to move your own argument forward and then evaluating it. For each topic, your tutor helps you build a short bank of scholars you understand well, with the strongest objection to each, so you can use them flexibly in any question.

Yes. Tell us your board and religion option during onboarding. OCR offers Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism or Hinduism; AQA offers Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism; Edexcel and Eduqas add Sikhism; and Edexcel also offers New Testament Studies. We match you with a tutor who knows that religion and how your board examines it.

No. The course is academic: it rewards clear reasoning, accurate knowledge and careful evaluation, not personal belief. Students with any view, religious or not, can do well. What matters is representing positions fairly, including ones you disagree with, and then reaching your own justified judgement.

Matching usually happens within 24 hours and sessions are online. If your exams are close, your tutor will prioritise the topics most likely to cost you marks and the essay technique for your board, and set timed answers for feedback between sessions.

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