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About Solar Tuition

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Online Tuition in GCSE & A-Level Physics, Chemistry & Maths.

Get 8/9s or A/A*s in tests, predicted grades and exams. Get into your 1st choice school or university.

I’ve been a full-time tutor for over nine years, and I’ve taught over 10,000 one-to-one lessons. This vast experience means I am an expert at making difficult topics easy. I’ve helped hundreds of pupils across the world achieve amazing exam results. I’m incredibly passionate and enthusiastic, but know how important it is to make you feel relaxed and comfortable. My lessons are fun, uplifting and engaging, whilst still quickly developing skills and confidence. Most of my lessons are online, but face to face lessons at my home are also possible (see FAQ).

As well as helping you get top exam results, I can also help with predicted grades, university interviews and entrance exams such as for Oxford and Cambridge. I cover all major exam boards such as AQA, OCR, Edexcel, international Edexcel and Cambridge. My tuition will be specific to your exam board.

I have 11 years of full-time higher education experience. This makes me unique in that I am both a physicist and a chemist to PhD level, with exceptional knowledge of physics, chemistry and maths. During these 11 years I gained:

  • A full degree and masters in Physics from Cambridge University
  • A 2nd degree and masters in Chemistry from Newcastle University
  • A PhD in Computational Chemistry/Physics from Newcastle University.
  • I’ve been accepted as a full member of the Institute of Physics (IOP), and into the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A tutor worth his weight in gold!

I cannot rate Dr Lawson highly enough! I contacted him out of the blue as a potential Chemistry tutor for my daughter who is currently sitting AS Levels and who aspires to study medicine. Although he had not supported a student living in NI before and studying the CCEA syllabus, he was more than willing and quick to research the exam board's requirements and to purchase any additional material required to aid him when supporting his new student. This man goes above and beyond. He is always punctual, enthusiastic and very approachable. He has made Chemistry fun and more accessible in a short period of time. After three sessions, my daughter commented on how she now 'understands Chemistry' and has stated that she has found his support to be invaluable. She is approaching her exams with confidence, increased knowledge and enhanced understanding.

Thank you, Dr Lawson!

20 May 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Legend

Dr Lawson is simply the best. Straight to the point, extremely helpful and always happy to give both academic and moral support. When I was struggling he made me feel like I could do so much more than I believed and it's helped me see an improvement myself - his revision and exam techniques are top! Made it so now when I try questions I don't feel so helpless. Couldn't have asked for a more amazing tutor and better person to help me through A level Chemistry, truly!

18 May 2024
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Reply from Solar Tuition

What a lovely review, thanks for taking time to share your experience. You've been a great pupil and a pleasure to teach. Take care!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing tutor

Amazing tutor, would definitely recommend!!

28 March 2024
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Thanks for taking time to leave feedback, and I'm glad you are having a great experience. Not long to go and you get 2 months of post-exam freedom! Keep up the effort just a bit longer 👍🏻

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This man is a genius

Dr Lawson to me is less of a tutor and more of a academic bestfriend. He has been with me since year 9 and I am currently only 2 months away from sitting my A levels. Dr Lawson is a NO BS tutor who kind of works like a doctor. You describe to him what you struggle with and he 'diagnoses' you and gives you the correct treatment every time. Whatever he says, do because I started believing in his philosophy a bit too late and it cost me a lot of effort and time but I can see now exactly why he enforces his ways so heavily, because they work like magic. However as he says, it is never ever too late. Best tutor I have ever had for my subjects and I will always continue to recommend him to others for as long as he is in this job.

28 March 2024
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Wow - thanks for the amazing review. I love the doctor analogies, they are great! But the best bits are hearing my methods have worked for you. You've really put so much effort in the last year, especially the last few months and you should be really proud. And we still have 7.5 weeks to make more progress. Let's do it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Andrew made A-level physics so much…

Andrew made A-level physics so much more enjoyable for me and made it make sense ! Was always happy to add extra sessions and made me a lot more comfortable and confident for my exams. Would go above and beyond for his students

3 July 2022
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Great teaching you, great feedback, and I hope you're having a great time whatever you're up to.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My personal experience has been…

My personal experience has been wonderful as solar tuition provides me with all the resources I need. I also feel at ease when talking with the tutor almost as if he is my age.

9 January 2023
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Apologies for the late reply, and thanks for the awesome feedback. Take care 'guitar shredder'! I'll keep your real identity safe 😉

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really great tutor

Really great tutor! He goes through everything from scratch to unsure you understand the topic and can always provide you with extra knowledge outside the syllabus to put things in context and make it a littl emore interesting. The lessons are lead by you too, so they are taylored to exactly what you need.

17 January 2023
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Really appreciate you leaving me such a positive review, and outlining what you like about working with me. Thanks Austen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best tutor!

I started having tutoring from Andrew when I failed my Chemistry foundation course and needed to resit the exam within only a few months. Andrew was adaptable, patient and supportive. He managed to fit around my schedule and although I was on a short time period for my resit exam he made sure we had enough time to cover everything we needed to without it feeling too overwhelming. In just two months I went from a fail to getting a 1st class result in my chemistry - all thanks to Andrew.

11 July 2022
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Thanks for telling your story here Penny. It is a great one, and thanks for letting me be a part of it. You did yourself proud. Hope things are still going well for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Teaching style different to any school teacher I have met

As someone sitting their GCSEs and a few other maths and physics competitions this year, Andrew's super unique teaching style really helped to up my confidence, and I got the highest marks in my year for my maths (95%) and physics (90%) mock exams. He really focuses on using knowledge and understanding, not just memorising and parroting facts from the textbook: would definitely recommend for anyone struggling to understand the core concepts in chem, maths or physics.

6 January 2023
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Those results speak for themselves - look at you go! You deserve most of the credit here, but a huge thanks for the review. Your questions are always ones I look forward to (for anyone reading this they are hard! 🙂)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dr Lawson's Tuition

Dr Lawson's method of teaching not only allowed me to learn the content I need for my exams but also helped me to answer questions on content I had not seen before by thoroughly engaging the puzzle solving aspect of my brain, I highly recommend him as a tutor!

23 December 2022
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Reply from Solar Tuition

Hi Meharpal! Thanks for your review, it's greatly appreciated.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great tutor

Andrew is a great tutor who has helped me with Chemistry A level for the past 5 months. With his help, I have gone from getting a B overall in my end-of-year 12 exams to an A* in a recent exam.
His method of tutoring is interactive and encourages you to use knowledge rather than memorisation techniques.

17 December 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Andrew has really helped my daughter…

Andrew has really helped my daughter get her confidence back and start enjoying Chemistry again. He thoroughly explains every topic and goes through exam questions after she feels she is confident in her understanding of the material. He also encourages her to use her knowledge to work out the answers to questions (rather than what she has memorised) and he gives great exam advice and tips. He also asks very challenging questions in order to gauge what she can and can`t do in order to tackle her weaknesses from the start and work on building up missing skills. We will be going back for more lessons as the exams approach.

9 June 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Andrew is a fantastic tutor

Andrew is a fantastic tutor - he was great at supporting my daughter with science and maths in the lead up to her GCSEs and helped her achieve excellent grades.

10 September 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome tutor!!

Andrew taught me for five years, throughout iGCSE and ALevel. With his assistance, I obtained eleven 9s (iGCSE), four A*s (A Level) and a place at Cambridge for physical natural sciences. Andrew has helped me immensely, for instance, my A Level further maths result jumped from 78% to 90% - which is the actual result of my A Level exam -. Beyond that, Andrew also inspired me a lot, he has sparked my interest in physics and motivated me to apply for Physics at Cambridge. Absolutely awesome tutor!!!

8 September 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10 Tutor!

Andrew has tutored me for nearly 6 years! His method of tutoring is unique and effective. His main objective is to ensure you completely understand your subject. Not only enabling you to gain high marks in exams but also to feel confident.
Without him I would have never been able to achieve all 9s in my science GCSEs! I even achieved top the year consecutively in my chemistry year exams.

3 September 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have been a client for about half a…

Have been a client for about half a year and have been very satisfied with the lesson. The lessons are very flexible and the content is covered thoroughly and methodology behind content is explained excellently.

2 September 2022
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