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AQA IGCSE online classes
10 AQA IGCSE subjects, each taught directly from the official specification — the same syllabus codes, papers and mark schemes your child's school follows.
How AQA IGCSE works
One thing to be straight about first: AQA does not publish a separate IGCSE. What AQA schools teach at this stage is the UK GCSE specification, and that is what we teach.
IBCC treats it as IGCSE-equivalent, and if your child’s school says "AQA", the UK GCSE syllabus codes are what they mean. With that settled, the most important thing about AQA at this level is the tier.
Both papers in a subject are sat at one tier or the other, and the tier decides the grades available before your child writes a word. Foundation awards grades 1 to 5. Higher awards 4 to 9, with an allowed grade 3 for a near miss. There is no route from a Foundation entry to a grade 6. That matters more for Pakistani families than it does in the UK: a student heading for A Level sciences, or for an IBCC equivalence that will sit alongside a medical or engineering application, needs the top of the range open to them. Schools sometimes enter borderline students at Foundation to protect a pass — defensible for the school, often wrong for the child. Ask early which tier your child is on, because entries can usually still be changed.
AQA sciences specify a set of required practicals which are examined in writing rather than performed in the exam. Your child is asked what the method was, why a step was included and what could have gone wrong — which is genuinely good news for students learning online, because the marks depend on understanding the investigations rather than on how well-equipped a laboratory is.
AQA IGCSE subjects
Every course below is a live, small-group or 1-to-1 class. Pick a subject to see its syllabus code, paper structure and full topic list.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an AQA IGCSE?
Not as such. AQA does not publish an IGCSE syllabus — what AQA schools teach at this stage is the UK GCSE specification, and IBCC treats it as IGCSE-equivalent. If your child’s school says "AQA", that is the syllabus they mean.
What is the difference between Foundation and Higher tier?
The tier sets the grades available before the exam is written. Foundation awards grades 1 to 5; Higher awards 4 to 9, with an allowed grade 3 for a student who narrowly misses. A child entered at Foundation cannot be awarded a 6 however well they perform. If they are heading for A Level sciences, Higher needs to be the target — and entries can usually still be changed if you raise it early.
Do the required practicals need a school laboratory?
Not for the exam. AQA specifies a set of required practicals and examines them in writing — students are asked about the method, the results and the sources of error, never asked to perform an experiment in the exam hall. We work through each investigation in class using real past-paper questions.
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