Devizes & Wiltshire

A-Level Business Tutors in Devizes

One-to-one online lessons with a qualified A-Level Business Tutor in Devizes who knows your son or daughter’s exam board, and exactly what the examiner rewards.

Business degree, PGCE/PGDE and QTS
Edexcel, AQA and OCR specialists
70% beat their predicted grade
Live on Google Meet, no travel

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No commitment. Just a conversation about your school or college, exam board and target grade.

100%of our tutees achieved or exceeded their predicted grade

70%exceeded their predicted grade by at least 1 grade

48%exceeded their predicted grade by 2 grades or more

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Where do you need help?

Tutoring Built Around Your Son or Daughter’s Situation

Devizes families come to us for different reasons. Choose the one that sounds most like yours to see how we’d help.

They know it, but lose marks in the exam

Answer structure, timing and command words for your board.

Exam technique

They’re aiming for an A or A*

Sharper analysis and evaluation for the top grade boundaries.

Aiming for a higher grade

They’ve missed lessons or topics

Illness, staff changes or a rushed topic, rebuilt one-to-one.

Catching up on missed lessons

They’re resitting

A focused plan for a second attempt, built on where marks were lost.

Resitting exams

They’re studying independently

The whole specification taught from scratch for private candidates.

Self-studying students

Not sure yet?

Tell us what’s happening at school or college and we’ll suggest where to start.

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How the marks work

Knowing the Content Is Only a Quarter of the Grade

Every 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.

Find out where marks are being lost

AO1“What is it?”

Knowledge & Understanding

Precise definitions, formulas and calculations, with gaps found from test scores and rebuilt.

AO2“What does it mean for this business?”

Application

Using the case study’s evidence and data, not just naming the business.

AO3“What happens next, and why?”

Analysis

Building complete chains of reasoning with no gaps between cause and effect.

AO4“So what should the business do?”

Evaluation

Reaching a clear, supported judgement instead of repeating the argument.

How it works

From First Call to Weekly Lessons

Free 15-minute intro
Tell us about their school or college, exam board, recent results and target grade. Ask the tutor anything.
A plan built on their gaps
We review test scores, reports and teacher feedback, then target the weakest topics and skills first.
Weekly 1-to-1 lessons
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.

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Why families choose us

Qualified Teachers, Not Enthusiasts

Many people know the subject; our tutors know how to teach it, and how each exam board awards marks.

Degree in BusinessDeep subject knowledge, not learnt on the job.
PGCE / PGDE and Qualified Teacher StatusTrained to explain difficult ideas clearly.
State-school teaching experienceOur team includes a Head of Department at a London school.

Rated 5 stars on Google

20 five-star reviews praising clear explanations and the confidence students gain.

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Hear it from our students

Students explain in their own words how one-to-one lessons changed their results.

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Every result, published

Predicted and achieved grades for our tutees, year by year.

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Business in Devizes

Lessons Planned Around Devizes’s Schools and Colleges

Lessons are online, but they’re planned around the colleges, exam boards and local businesses Devizes students actually meet.

Nearby schools & colleges offering Business: 3
Boards we teach: AQA · Edexcel · OCR
Lesson format: 1-to-1 · online

Where Business is taught in and around Devizes

We didn’t find an A-level Business course at Devizes School, which lists Business only as a BTEC. According to their own published course information, Business is offered at:

Devizes School
BTEC Level 3Edexcel
In Devizes. Its course page lists Business only as a Pearson Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Certificate or Extended Certificate, asking for grade 4 in English and maths, and its course list doesn’t include an A-level in Business. The page is undated.
The John of Gaunt School
A-level
In Trowbridge, about 11 miles from Devizes according to Wikipedia. Its sixth form pages list Business Studies A-level. For September 2027 it asks for grade 5 in GCSE Business Studies and maths, or grade 5 in maths and English if the student hasn’t taken Business. It doesn’t name an exam board on the pages we read. We haven’t checked travel from Devizes.
Corsham School
A-levelEdexcel
In Corsham. Its Business Studies & Economics page lists Edexcel A Level Business, and the page is undated. A third-party summary gives five GCSEs at grade 5 for general sixth form entry, and we didn’t find a Business-specific requirement. We haven’t checked travel from Devizes.

Other 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.

Pearson Edexcel

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.

AQA

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

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? Devizes School lists a BTEC, Corsham School lists Edexcel and The John of Gaunt School doesn’t name a board on the pages we read, so boards can differ, and schools and colleges 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.

Local case studies

Devizes Businesses as Lesson Case Studies

Every exam question is set in a business context, so our tutors use businesses your son or daughter already knows to make theory stick.

Pricing

Wiltshire Museum

The museum’s website showed its 2024 summer season at £7.50 for an adult, or £8.00 with Gift Aid, £6.50 for a concession, and free entry for under-18s. Its report for the year to 31 March 2024 shows income of £560,646 against £361,146, mainly from grants for its Devizes Assize Court project, with National Lottery Heritage Fund development funding of just over £300,000. Those prices are from 2024, so please check current ones.

Why might a museum add Gift Aid to its adult price, and what does free entry for under-18s achieve? Practise this in AO2 Application.

Interpreting accounts

Wadworth & Co

Beer Today reported on 23 June 2026 that Wadworth’s turnover for the year to 3 January 2026 was £42,184k against £41,318k, up about 2% by our arithmetic. EBITDA was £5,590k against £5,417k, and pre-tax profit £1,247k against £923k, with minimum wage and employer National Insurance costs cited. Catering Today had reported a £3.5m profit for the previous year, which doesn’t match the £923k, so the sources conflict and we haven’t checked Companies House.

Why might two reports of the same company’s profit disagree, and how would you check? Step by step in AO3 Analysis.

Charity finance

The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust

The Charity Commission register shows the trust, based in Devizes, with income of £445.70k and spending of £506.27k in the year to 31 December 2023, a deficit of about £60.6k. It has about 400 volunteers and 10 trustees, and its aims include conserving the canal, towpath and historic buildings and promoting recreation. We haven’t confirmed how closely its work is tied to Devizes Wharf.

How should a volunteer-led charity with a £60,000 deficit decide what to cut? A real judgement for AO4 Evaluation.

Devizes’s economy in the classroom

Wikipedia gives Devizes 16,834 residents in its civil parish at the 2021 census, and notes that about 1,200 houses of the built-up area are in the neighbouring parish of Bishops Cannings, so the parish figure is below the built-up area. A museum, a brewer and a canal charity give students real contexts for pricing, accounts and priorities. We tie these themes to topics on the specification.

Devizes theme	Specification topic	How we use it in lessons
Gift Aid pricing	Pricing; charities	How a charity raises more from the same ticket
Free under-18 entry	Marketing; objectives	Why a museum gives away some tickets
Conflicting profit figures	Interpreting accounts	How to question numbers before you use them
Rising labour costs	Costs; external factors	How wage and tax changes hit a pub operator
A volunteer-led charity	Objectives; stakeholders	How a charity balances income, volunteers and aims

Sources: Wikipedia, Devizes; Wiltshire Museum website (2024 season) and annual report to 31 March 2024; Beer Today, 23 June 2026; Catering Today (undated); Charity Commission, Kennet & Avon Canal Trust; provider course pages. The 2% rise and the £60.6k deficit are our arithmetic, and Wadworth’s sources conflict.

After Business Studies

Next Steps From Devizes

Sixth form & college
A BTEC in Business at Devizes School, and A-level Business at The John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge and at Corsham School. Check each prospectus.
University
The University of Bath and Bath Spa University are the closest we know of, though we haven’t checked travel times.
Apprenticeships
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.

FAQs

Questions Devizes Parents Ask

Do you offer in-person Business tutoring in Devizes?

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 Devizes after school or college. Lessons run from a shared Google Doc, so nothing is lost compared with sitting side by side.

My child’s college uses Edexcel. Do you know the pre-released Paper 3 context?

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.

Do you know which exam board my child’s Devizes school or college uses?

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.

Are you connected to any Devizes schools or colleges?

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.

My child is taking a vocational Level 3 Business course. Can you help?

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.

How many lessons will my son or daughter need?

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.

Start With a Free 15-Minute Introductory Meeting

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.

Book your free intro Meet our tutors

Book a free 15-minute intro

A-Level Business Tutors in Devizes

Tutoring Built Around Your Son or Daughter’s Situation

They know it, but lose marks in the exam

They’re aiming for an A or A*

They’ve missed lessons or topics

They’re resitting

They’re studying independently

Not sure yet?

Knowing the Content Is Only a Quarter of the Grade

Knowledge & Understanding

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

From First Call to Weekly Lessons

Free 15-minute intro

A plan built on their gaps

Weekly 1-to-1 lessons

Qualified Teachers, Not Enthusiasts

Rated 5 stars on Google

Hear it from our students

Every result, published

Lessons Planned Around Devizes’s Schools and Colleges

Where Business is taught in and around Devizes

Devizes School

The John of Gaunt School

Corsham School

Pearson Edexcel

AQA

OCR

Devizes Businesses as Lesson Case Studies

Wiltshire Museum

Wadworth & Co

The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust

Devizes’s economy in the classroom

Next Steps From Devizes

Sixth form & college

University

Apprenticeships

Questions Devizes Parents Ask

Start With a Free 15-Minute Introductory Meeting

Revision

Product Differentiation

New Product Development

Extension Strategy