A Level Religious Studies Tutoring
Explore the deepest questions about God, ethics, and meaning. Our expert tutors help you build philosophical rigour and write essays that score at the top.
Whether you're working through arguments for God's existence in Year 12, tackling religious language and ethical theories in Year 13, or building evaluative essay skills for 40-mark questions, our tutors provide structured support tailored to your exam board and chosen tradition.
What You Get with A Level Religious Studies Tutoring
Comprehensive support designed to help you achieve your target grade
Exam Mastery
- 40-mark essay structure: developed argument, scholarly engagement, and critical evaluation
- Distinguishing description (AO1) from evaluation (AO2) - where most marks are won
- Using scholars and thinkers as tools in an argument, not just decoration
- Past paper practice with mark scheme analysis and examiner tips
Scholarly Engagement
- Key thinkers across philosophy, ethics, and religious thought
- Using scholars' arguments to develop your line of reasoning
- Understanding historiographical debates within theology and ethics
- Building a bank of scholarly views for all major topics
Concept Building
- Philosophy of religion: classical arguments, problem of evil, religious experience
- Ethics: natural law, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism, situation ethics, applied issues
- Religious thought: Christian doctrine, secularism, feminist theology, liberation theology
- Regular progress tracking and personalised study plans
Students Improving Their Religious Studies Grades
"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."
Sarah B.
A Level Religious Studies, OCR, Summer 2024
"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."
Marcus L.
A Level Religious Studies, AQA, Summer 2024
"Religious language was completely incomprehensible to me. Two sessions with my tutor clarifying Wittgenstein and analogy and the whole component clicked into place."
Zoe T.
A Level Religious Studies, OCR, Summer 2023
How It Works
Simple steps to get started with A Level Religious Studies tutoring
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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.
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A Level Religious Studies Syllabus Coverage
Our tutors are experienced with all major A Level Religious Studies exam boards - OCR, AQA, and Edexcel. Whether you're studying Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or another tradition, and whether your focus is philosophy, ethics, or religious thought, we provide targeted support exactly where you need it.
1Philosophy of Religion
- Cosmological argument: Aquinas' Five Ways, Leibniz, Copleston-Russell debate
- Ontological argument: Anselm, Descartes, Kant's objection, Malcolm's revival
- Teleological argument: Aquinas, Paley, Hume's criticisms, evolutionary objections
- God's attributes: omnipotence, omniscience, omnibenevolence, eternity vs everlastingness
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2The Problem of Evil
- Logical problem of evil: J.L. Mackie and the inconsistent triad
- Evidential problem of evil: Rowe's argument
- Augustinian theodicy: original sin, Fall, restoration
- Irenaean theodicy: soul-making, epistemic distance, eschatological resolution
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3Religious Language
- Via negativa (apophatic theology): Pseudo-Dionysius, Maimonides
- Analogical language: Aquinas' analogy of attribution and proportion
- Symbolic language: Paul Tillich and ultimate concerns
- Verification and falsification: Ayer, Flew, Hare's bliks, Mitchell's partisan
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4Ethics
- Natural law: Aquinas, primary and secondary precepts, the double effect
- Situation ethics: Joseph Fletcher, agape, six propositions
- Kantian deontological ethics: categorical and hypothetical imperatives, universalisability
- Utilitarianism: Bentham's act utilitarianism, Mill's rule utilitarianism, preference utilitarianism
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5Developments in Christian Thought
- Sources of authority: scripture, tradition, reason, experience
- Jesus Christ: historical Jesus, Son of God, the atonement
- Human nature: sin, grace, salvation - Augustinian and Pelagian views
- Secular approaches: Nietzsche's death of God, Freud's critique, Marxism and religion
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6Atheism & Secularism
- The New Atheism: Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris - arguments and responses
- Challenges to religion from science: evolution, cosmology, neuroscience
- Religious responses to secularism: apologetics, reformed epistemology (Plantinga)
- Postmodern approaches to religion
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A Level Religious Studies Assessment Structure
Understand exactly how you'll be assessed and prepare strategically for each component
Component 1 - Philosophy of Religion
Written ExamArguments for God's existence, the problem of evil, religious experience, and religious language
Component 2 - Religion and Ethics
Written ExamNormative ethical theories and their application to contemporary moral issues
Component 3 - Developments in Religious Thought
Written ExamChristian thought: sources of authority, human nature, secularism, liberation theology, feminist theology
Grade Boundaries (Summer 2024)
Grade boundaries shift each session. These are indicative based on recent exam-board data.
Key Assessment Notes
- All three components are sat at the end of Year 13 - A Level Religious Studies is linear
- 40-mark essays require approximately equal AO1 (knowledge) and AO2 (evaluation) - both must be genuinely developed
- The specific religious tradition studied (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc.) varies by school specification
- Grade boundaries shift each year based on overall cohort performance
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about A Level Religious Studies tutoring