GCSE syllabus
Every GCSE English Language skill maps to a topic in the syllabus, so sessions cover what the exams test.
GCSE English Language
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Pioneered by Stanford AI researchers and learning scientists, Aristotle is the world's first voice-based AI tutor. Built for the GCSE English Language syllabus and exams.
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Fits your child's GCSE English Language class
Aligned to the GCSE syllabus
Your child's school
Share your teacher's syllabus, textbook, or pacing guide and sessions follow your child's actual class.
Your exam goal
Aiming for a 9? Aristotle plans review back from your child's target grade and exam date.
Exam prep
How does Aristotle help with GCSE English Language exam prep?
Aristotle tracks 75 GCSE English Language skills, finds the ones costing your child points, and plans review back from exam day.
Unit-by-unit review
Follows the syllabus, unit by unit.
Exam-style practice
Your child talks it through. Aristotle coaches from the step that went wrong.
Help on demand
Any time before the exam. No booking.
A parent view
See what's mastered and what's left.
Features
All the tools of a great tutor.
Talk things through, work side by side, and come back next time to a tutor who remembers where you left off.
Learn out loud
Ask questions out loud, hear explanations in Aristotle’s voice, and interrupt whenever you need to.
An interactive whiteboard
Aristotle draws steps, diagrams, and images to help you learn visually.
Practice built for you
Get practice problems tailored to the exact topics you’re struggling with.
65 subjects and counting
From middle-school math to AP exams to SAT/ACT prep. We also build custom plans matched to state standards and specific courses.
Review with ease
Revisit session summaries, session whiteboards, and uploads in one place.
Upload your own materials
Aristotle can read and navigate any PDFs and images with the learner. That includes textbooks with hundreds of pages!
Personalized tracking
We break all subjects down into granular skills, then track mistakes and mastery on each one. Parents can see the whole picture at a glance.
A tutor that knows you
Aristotle remembers every session: what you’ve covered, where you got stuck, how you like things explained. It picks up right where you left off.
The curriculum
75 GCSE English Language skills, personalized to your child
Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.
Sample curriculum
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Reading skills the papers assess
Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives
Writing craft and technical accuracy
Spoken language endorsement
Working the papers
GCSE English Language tutoring curriculum75 skills across 6 units
Reading skills the papers assess
The five reading skills the two papers award marks for. Topics: Retrieving and inferring, Analysing language, Analysing structure, Evaluating a text critically, Comparing ideas and perspectives.
Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks, 50% of the GCSE. Topics: Section A: reading a fiction source, Section B: descriptive and narrative writing.
Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives
1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks, 50% of the GCSE. Topics: Section A: two linked non-fiction sources, Section B: writing to present a viewpoint.
Writing craft and technical accuracy
Writing is half the qualification: AO5 is 30% and AO6 20%, and each paper's Section B carries 40 marks split 24 for content and organisation and 16 for technical accuracy. Topics: Shaping a piece of writing, Sentences, punctuation and spelling.
Spoken language endorsement
A teacher-set, teacher-marked presentation reported separately from the grade and carrying 0% of the qualification mark. Topics: Presenting and responding.
Working the papers
How to spend 1 hour 45 minutes on 80 marks twice over: time, tariffs, question focus and recovery. Topics: Timing, tariffs and reading the question.
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Common questions about online GCSE English Language tutoring
A few things you might wonder before getting started.
What does Aristotle's GCSE English Language course cover?
Aristotle's GCSE English Language course tracks 75 skills across 6 units, mapped to the GCSE specification, including Reading skills the papers assess, Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing, and Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of GCSE English Language your child has mastered and what to teach next.
Does Aristotle follow the GCSE English Language syllabus?
What does a GCSE English Language tutoring session look like?
Does Aristotle follow my child's GCSE English Language class?
Can Aristotle help if my child is struggling with GCSE English Language?
How much does GCSE English Language tutoring with Aristotle cost?
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