One-to-one online lessons with a qualified A-Level Business Tutor in Dorking who knows your son or daughter’s exam board, and exactly what the examiner rewards.
No commitment. Just a conversation about your school or college, exam board and target grade.
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Answer structure, timing and command words for your board.
Exam techniqueSharper analysis and evaluation for the top grade boundaries.
Aiming for a higher gradeIllness, staff changes or a rushed topic, rebuilt one-to-one.
Catching up on missed lessonsA focused plan for a second attempt, built on where marks were lost.
Resitting examsThe whole specification taught from scratch for private candidates.
Self-studying studentsTell us what’s happening at school or college and we’ll suggest where to start.
Book a free 15-minute introEvery A-Level Business exam, whichever board, is marked against four assessment objectives. Hard-working students often lose most of their marks on the last three, because nobody has shown them what the examiner is looking for.
In lessons, your tutor marks answers against all four, shows exactly which skill is holding the grade back, and practises that skill until it becomes a habit.
Precise definitions, formulas and calculations, with gaps found from test scores and rebuilt.
AO2“What does it mean for this business?”Using the case study’s evidence and data, not just naming the business.
AO3“What happens next, and why?”Building complete chains of reasoning with no gaps between cause and effect.
AO4“So what should the business do?”Reaching a clear, supported judgement instead of repeating the argument.
Tell us about their school or college, exam board, recent results and target grade. Ask the tutor anything.
We review test scores, reports and teacher feedback, then target the weakest topics and skills first.
Usually one 60-minute lesson a week on Google Meet, from a shared Google Doc that becomes their revision notes. More before exams.
Most families book the intro, meet the tutor, and decide from there.
Book a free 15-minute introMany people know the subject; our tutors know how to teach it, and how each exam board awards marks.
20 five-star reviews praising clear explanations and the confidence students gain.
Read the reviewsStudents explain in their own words how one-to-one lessons changed their results.
Watch the videosLessons are online, but they’re planned around the colleges, exam boards and local businesses Dorking students actually meet.
According to their own published course information, Business is currently offered at:
Its sixth form lists Business among its subjects.
Other Dorking-area schools and colleges may also offer Business, so check each one’s current prospectus.
Business Tutor is independent and isn’t affiliated with any of these colleges. Whichever one your son or daughter attends, lessons follow their specification and complement what they’re learning in class.
Three two-hour papers of data-response questions, each ending in an extended answer. Paper 3 is based on a context the exam board releases in advance, usually a whole industry or market.
We practise working quickly through unfamiliar data, and build lessons around each year’s pre-released context, so students walk into Paper 3 already fluent in that industry. That fluency makes Application much easier to earn.
Three written papers, each mixing short-answer questions with case-study and extended-response questions.
With AQA students we sharpen multiple-choice and calculation accuracy, where marks are quick to win or lose, then practise the evaluation that the long answers reward.
OCR assesses A-level Business through three written papers, so students need to be ready for different question styles across the course.
We map every lesson to the OCR specification and past papers, and drill the command words that decide whether an answer stays descriptive or reaches analysis.
Not sure which board your child sits? The Ashcombe School’s sixth form pages we checked don’t name the board for A-level Business, and schools sometimes change board. Just send it to us before the first lesson (it’s on the exam timetable, textbook or a mock paper) and we’ll plan every lesson around that specification.
Every exam question is set in a business context, so our tutors use businesses your son or daughter already knows to make theory stick.
In November 2018, Denbies announced a £4 million investment to turn its bed and breakfast into a 17-bedroom vineyard hotel, described as a UK first, with a £1 million financing package from HSBC UK. The estate said it attracted about 350,000 visitors a year and was building on its position in English wine tourism.
Why might a successful business add a new product, and how should it fund it? Practise this in AO2 Application.
A 2018 Surrey Chambers profile described Dorking as having an independent side to its business, with boutiques, galleries, vintage shops and antique dealers on West Street. It also introduced the newly established Dorking Town Partnership, a Business Improvement District intended to drive footfall through shared investment and marketing. The Partnership now promotes the town’s businesses, culture and community.
How can small firms gain from acting together, and who pays? Step by step in AO3 Analysis.
In 2018, estate agent Jackson-Stops ranked Dorking second among top commuter hotspots, citing housing that was more affordable than London, close access to the capital and good schools. That brings spending power to local shops and cafes, but also raises questions about housing costs for the staff who work in them.
Does a commuter population help or harm a local high street? A real judgement for AO4 Evaluation.
Dorking mixes a market town of independents, a destination vineyard and a commuter population. That gives students contexts for diversification, finance and the role of local business groups. We tie these themes to topics on the specification.
| Dorking theme | Specification topic | How we use it in lessons |
|---|---|---|
| Wine tourism | Product development; growth | How a business extends its offer and what the risks of expansion are |
| Financing a new venture | Sources of finance; investment | How a firm weighs its own funds against a bank loan for a large project |
| Independent shops | Marketing mix; competitiveness | How small firms stand out from chains and online rivals |
| The Town Partnership | Stakeholders; cooperation | How a business group raises money and decides how to spend it |
| A commuter town near London | Costs; labour market | How housing costs affect where firms locate and who they can hire |
Sources: Morning Advertiser, Surrey wine estate to develop UK’s first vineyard hotel (November 2018); Surrey Chambers of Commerce, Dorking in business (April 2018); Surrey Hills Enterprises, Dorking Town Partnership; The Ashcombe School sixth form information.
A-level Business at The Ashcombe School’s sixth form. Other nearby schools and colleges may offer it too, so check each prospectus.
The University of Surrey in Guildford teaches business and management and is within reach of Dorking, which gives students a university to aim for.
Business, finance and administration apprenticeships are listed on GOV.UK’s Find an apprenticeship service, alongside employers across the south east.
A strong Business grade helps with every route, and the analysis and evaluation skills students build with us carry straight into personal statements, interviews and assessment centres.
All our lessons are one-to-one and online, via Google Meet. That means your son or daughter can work with a fully qualified Business teacher rather than whoever happens to live nearby, and there’s no travel across Dorking after school or college. Lessons run from a shared Google Doc, so nothing is lost compared with sitting side by side.
Yes. Edexcel publishes a new Paper 3 context each year, and we build lessons around it so students are comfortable with that industry well before the exam.
Where a school publishes its specification, we’ll already know it. Local providers don’t always publish their A-level Business board online, so if that applies to yours, send us the exam board before the first lesson and we’ll plan around it.
No. Business Tutor is independent. We support students from any school or college, and our lessons are designed to complement what’s taught in class, not replace it.
Yes. We support BTEC Level 2 and Level 3 Business students, including preparation for externally assessed units. We don’t currently support International Baccalaureate (IB) Business Management.
Most students have one 60-minute lesson a week. Early in Year 12, once a fortnight can work; after February half-term in Year 13, two or three a week is common for the final push.
There’s no commitment. Tell a tutor about your school or college, your exam board and the grade you’re aiming for, and find out whether we’re the right fit.
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