IGCSE · Grades 9–10
IGCSE tuition for both boards, taught as two different exams.
The content across Cambridge and Edexcel is broadly the same. The paper structures, question styles and mark-scheme language are not. Tell us which board your child’s school uses and we will teach to that one.
In short. Arche Academy International teaches IGCSE Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Combined Science for Cambridge (CIE) and Pearson Edexcel. Groups of five near Kovan MRT, Singapore are from S$125 per 2-hour lesson; one-to-one lessons on Zoom for students overseas, including in Hong Kong and the UAE, are from US$140.
Sitting the exams without a school? See IGCSE private candidates. Moving on to the Diploma? See IB tuition.
Subjects
Mathematics and the sciences.
| Subject | Tiers and boards |
|---|---|
| Mathematics | Core and Extended · Cambridge CIE and Pearson Edexcel |
| Chemistry | Cambridge CIE and Pearson Edexcel |
| Physics | Cambridge CIE and Pearson Edexcel |
| Biology | Cambridge CIE and Pearson Edexcel |
| Combined Science | Science Double Award · Cambridge CIE and Pearson Edexcel |
| Private candidates | All of the above — see the programme |
Two of the results on our results page are Science Double Award entries, including a 239/330 at Pearson Edexcel.
Cambridge or Edexcel
Why the board matters.
Most Singapore international schools use Cambridge (CIE); a number use Pearson Edexcel. A student who has revised from the wrong board’s past papers has practised the right chemistry in the wrong format, and it costs them.
We ask which board at enrolment and align every worksheet, past paper and technique session to it. If your child’s school uses a board we do not currently cover, we will say so rather than improvise.
Combined or separate sciences
Which route your child is on changes the teaching.
Combined Science (Science Double Award) covers biology, chemistry and physics across two grades. Separate sciences go deeper in each and are usually required for Higher Level sciences at IB.
The two are examined differently and revised differently. Tell us which your child is registered for and we teach to it — a student revising separate-science past papers for a Double Award exam is doing the wrong work.
Why it matters
IGCSE is not the easy year.
At competitive international schools, IGCSE is not measured pass or fail. It is measured in A*s and 9s, because those grades determine IB subject selection, Higher Level eligibility and, eventually, what a university reference can say.
A student who scrapes a B in IGCSE Chemistry and then takes Chemistry HL is starting the hardest two years of their school life from behind. Our programme is built to move students between grade bands, not to get them over the line.
| Coverage | Full syllabus to the correct board and tier |
| Foundation | Repair first — most IGCSE science problems are unresolved mathematics |
| Technique | Command terms and mark-scheme language, taught explicitly |
| Practicals | Practical and data-handling papers, which students routinely under-prepare |
| Past papers | Recent series, marked with written feedback |
| Class size | Five students in Kovan; one to one online for students overseas |
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