Cambridge 9990 · Edexcel IAL
Live 1-on-1 online psychology tutoring for Cambridge, Edexcel and IB students worldwide. Students who love Psychology often underperform because they write like they are having a conversation, not answering an exam question. We teach the essay structures, evaluation language, and research detail that examiners reward.
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Quick answer: Velocity Tuition Academy provides online 1-on-1 Psychology tutoring for A-Level and IB students, covering Cambridge International A-Level Psychology (9990), Edexcel International A-Level Psychology and IB Psychology at Higher and Standard Level. Tutors focus on research methods, approaches, evaluation and essay structure under timed conditions, and every student starts with a free diagnostic.
Our Psychology teachers are experienced A-Level and IB specialists who teach the subject with the precision it requires. They know the exact level of research detail, evaluation language, and essay structure that each mark band demands.
Psychology marks are lost to essays that describe studies without evaluating them, responses covering the wrong number of points for the mark allocation, and evaluations that repeat the same limitation multiple times. We address all of these.
Sessions combine content teaching with structured essay practice. Every response is reviewed against the mark scheme in detail so the student understands exactly what improved and what still needs attention.
Psychology is not offered at IGCSE, so it usually starts at A Level or in the IB Diploma. The IB introduced a new Psychology guide for students first examined in 2027, and we teach that current course at SL and HL.
AS Level is Papers 1 and 2 (50% each).
From A-Level 9990 to IB Psychology, the tutor teaches from your child's exact syllabus and paper format.
Psychology is one of the subjects where targeted feedback on essay structure produces rapid, visible improvement. Students who understand the content but cannot translate it into mark-winning responses often see significant change within a few weeks.
Psychology is one of the subjects where targeted feedback on essay structure produces rapid, visible improvement. Students who understand the content but cannot translate it into mark-winning responses often see significant change within a few weeks.
My child wrote four paragraphs on the biological approach. Each one described a study accurately. None of them evaluated. The question asked for two strengths and two limitations. They received 6 out of 16 marks on content that deserved 12.
We teach the exact structure for each mark value. For a 16-mark essay question: two well-developed AO1 paragraphs and four evaluative AO3 points with elaboration. Practised consistently, this structure becomes reliable.
How a Psychology course runs, in four stages.
A free Psychology trial covering studies, evaluation and essay skills, then a parent briefing.
Psychology tutors specialise in Cambridge, Edexcel or IB and know how evaluation, studies and essays are marked.
Psychology topics are taught in sequence with key studies, evaluation practice and short written answers, plus a monthly parent report.
Exam preparation covers timed Psychology papers, study recall and essays that reach the top evaluation bands.
Psychology has many studies to recall, so starting early makes revision far easier.
Sitting Psychology this session? Essay technique can still improve if lessons start now.
Discuss Timeline →Beginning now for May/June 2027 gives time to cover the Psychology syllabus, practise essays and revise steadily.
Start Planning →Starting well ahead lets Psychology students learn studies thoroughly and practise extended answers.
Plan Ahead →The IB released a new Diploma Programme Psychology guide for first assessment in 2027, so students starting DP Psychology now are on a restructured course. It is built around three approaches to behaviour (biological, cognitive and sociocultural) plus research methodology, studied through four contexts: health and well-being, human development, human relationships, and learning and cognition. Six concepts run through the whole course: bias, causality, change, measurement, perspective and responsibility.
The internal assessment has also changed. Instead of running and reporting a full experiment, SL and HL students now write a research proposal for a real-life problem, using one of the methods practised in class. Our IB Psychology tutoring covers the approaches and contexts, extended-response technique for the exam papers, and step-by-step support on the IA proposal. Lessons are 1-on-1 and online.
Source: IB Psychology guide, first assessment 2027. See also how to score a 7 in IB Psychology and our IB Diploma tutoring page.
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Psychology is not offered at IGCSE by either board, so it usually starts at AS or A Level. The two routes are structured quite differently.
Cambridge 9990 runs across four papers. AS Level covers Papers 1 and 2, Approaches, Issues and Debates and Research Methods (60 marks each). Full A Level adds Paper 3, Specialist Options: Approaches, Issues and Debates, and Paper 4, Specialist Options: Application and Research Methods, worth 60 marks each, where candidates study two specialist options of their choosing. Research methodology from AS is assumed at A Level, and the papers include distinctive “plan a study” questions that ask candidates to design a replicable piece of research.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Psychology is 100% externally assessed across four units — two IAS units and two IA2 units (WPS01–WPS04) — with both January and June assessment opportunities. Topics are fixed rather than chosen, questions are frequently built on stimulus material, and calculators are permitted.
Two practical consequences. Cambridge candidates must choose specialist options well and rehearse study design; Edexcel candidates get a modular structure with two sittings a year, which changes how a resit or a staged entry can be planned.
Psychology pairs naturally with Biology for the physiological content and with Sociology for the essay technique — both reward the same command-term discipline. For the IB route see how to score a 7 in IB Psychology.
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