Edexcel A-Level Tuition Online in Malaysia (International Advanced Level)
Pearson Edexcel IAL classes planned unit by unit, for students sitting units across the January, June and October series.
Founder & Head of School, Afterkelas
Afterkelas teaches the Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level (IAL) online to pre-university students in Malaysia. Tutors matched to the units on the student's entry, from Pure Mathematics P1 to the Physics practical units, teach live in English, 1-to-1 or in small groups.
Edexcel A-Level subjects we teach
Each linked subject has its own page with the units listed in the order students usually sit them, the topics each unit tests and a worked question. The class plan starts from the unit codes on the student's entry for the coming series.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Mathematics unit by unit: Pure Mathematics P1 to P4 with Mechanics, Statistics or Decision units, planned around the series each unit is sat.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Further Mathematics: Further Pure FP1 to FP3 and the applied units that sit beyond the Mathematics award.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Physics across all six units, including the two practical skills units, planned around the series each unit is sat.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Chemistry across all six units, from bonding and organic chemistry to transition metals, including both practical skills units.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Biology across all six units, from molecules and transport to gene technology, including both practical skills units.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Economics across all four units: markets, macroeconomic policy, business behaviour and the global economy.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Accounting across both units: the accounting system and costing, then corporate and management accounting.
Pearson Edexcel IAL Business across all four units, with answers applied to the business in the question and decisions that are justified.
Units, resits and when to sit them
An International A Level is built from units rather than from a single set of final papers. Mathematics, for example, takes four Pure units and two applied units, while the sciences take six units, two of them practical-skills papers sat in writing. Students choose which units to sit in each of the three series, so two classmates can be at different points in the same course.
Any unit can be resat and the better result counts, which is useful and also a trap. A student who plans to "fix it later" can end up resitting first-year units in the same series as their hardest second-year ones. Tutors lay out the whole sequence at the start, so a resit is a choice rather than a rescue.
Where IAL marks are lost
Pure Mathematics units reward clear, complete working, and the later parts of a question build on the earlier ones. A student who loses the thread in part (a) usually loses part (b) as well. The practical-skills units in the sciences are written exams about experiments, so they test whether the student can describe a method, process data and evaluate it, not whether they enjoyed the laboratory.
In the sciences, definitions and standard explanations carry steady marks, and the mark schemes expect particular wording. Students who learn those phrasings early stop leaking marks on questions they understand.
How Edexcel IAL classes are planned
The advisor asks for the subjects, the units already sat with their results, and the units planned for the next series. The tutor then plans backwards from the exam dates, teaching each unit to Pearson's specification and practising with its past papers and mark schemes.
A question, worked through
A question in the style of IAL Chemistry Unit 1 on empirical and molecular formulae. A table keeps the arithmetic honest.
Question
A compound contains 40.0% carbon, 6.7% hydrogen and 53.3% oxygen by mass. Its relative molecular mass is 60. Find its empirical and molecular formulae. (Ar: C = 12.0, H = 1.0, O = 16.0)
- Assume 100 g, so the masses are 40.0 g C, 6.7 g H and 53.3 g O.
- Divide each by its relative atomic mass: C = 40.0 ÷ 12.0 = 3.33 mol, H = 6.7 ÷ 1.0 = 6.7 mol, O = 53.3 ÷ 16.0 = 3.33 mol.
- Divide by the smallest value, 3.33: C = 1, H = 2, O = 1. The empirical formula is CH₂O.
- The empirical formula mass is 12.0 + 2.0 + 16.0 = 30. Since 60 ÷ 30 = 2, double every subscript.
Answer Empirical formula CH₂O; molecular formula C₂H₄O₂.
Frequently asked questions
How is Edexcel IAL different from Cambridge A Level?
Edexcel IAL is built from units that can be sat in January, June or October and resat with the best result counting. Cambridge sets whole papers under a syllabus code, sat in June or November. The content overlaps, but the tutor plans against the papers the student will actually sit.
Can a student resit units to improve the grade?
Yes, any unit can be resat and the higher result is used. The catch is time: a resit has to share the series with new units, so the plan should decide early which units, if any, are worth sitting again.
Which mathematics units should my child choose?
All students take the four Pure units. The applied units are a choice between Mechanics, Statistics and Decision Mathematics in pairs the specification allows, and the right pair depends on the degree the student is aiming for. Engineering and Physics applicants usually want Mechanics; economics and business applicants often prefer Statistics.
Do you cover the practical-skills units?
Yes. They are written papers about experimental work, so they can be practised like any other unit, with past papers and the mark schemes beside them.
How much does Edexcel A-Level tuition cost?
The fee depends on the format (1-to-1 or a small group), how many classes a week and the tutor, so there is no single figure. Send an academic advisor the subjects, the units planned and the exam series on WhatsApp, and you will get the current packages and a quote, usually within one working day.