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Economics Cambridge A‑level Economics 9708 Tuition
Cambridge A-level
Four papers spanning multiple choice, data-response and essays - where analysis and evaluation, not recall, decide the grade. We tutor the exact 9708 combination your child is entered for, AS and A-level.
How we teach Cambridge A‑level Economics at Tuition Highway
A simple four-step approach designed to build confidence, close gaps and improve exam performance.
Find the gaps
A diagnostic against the syllabus topics tells us what's secure and what isn't, so we teach the gaps rather than the whole book.
Teach weekly, one to one
The same tutor teaches each week around school. Concepts build step by step, with the school's pace kept in view.
Practise like the exam
Past-paper questions begin early, followed by full timed papers marked against the published mark scheme.
Matched with a tutor who knows this syllabus
Expert, vetted Cambridge A-level Economics tutors who have taught the 9708 specification. Past-paper work is reviewed against published mark schemes, so your child can see where marks are awarded and where they are being lost. UK-qualified teachers are available on request as a premium option.
Taught 9708
Not "cambridge A-level economics in general" - this syllabus, this tier and these papers.
Reviews work against the mark scheme
Your child learns where the marks actually are, not where they feel they should be.
Built for online teaching
Shared whiteboard, worked solutions and lesson materials saved to review after the session.
Consistent across the term
The same tutor every week - and if that changes, we tell you first.
The 9708 papers your child actually sits
Cambridge A-level Economics is assessed across four externally-marked papers. AS Level uses Papers 1 and 2; the full A-level adds Papers 3 and 4, with AS content assumed knowledge throughout.
PAPER
WHAT IT TESTS
DETAILS
HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
AS LEVEL - PAPERS 1 & 21
AS Multiple ChoiceAS
Core AS micro and macro concepts
1h
30 marks / 17%
Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
2
AS Data Response & EssaysAS
Source-based reasoning, analysis and essay structure
2h60 marks / 33%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
A-level - PAPERS 3 & 43
A-level Multiple ChoiceA-level
Higher-level application with AS knowledge assumed
1h 15m30 marks / 17%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
4
A-level Data Response & EssaysA-level
Levels-marked data-response and unstructured essays
2h60 marks / 33%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Papers 2 and 4 each have a compulsory data-response plus one microeconomics essay and one macroeconomics essay from a choice of two.
Figures shown for 0580 and 0980 syllabuses for 2025-2027.
AS LEVELPAPERS 1 & 2AS Multiple Choice
AS
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Core AS micro and macro concepts
- DETAILS
- 1h30 marks / 17%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
AS Data Response & Essays
AS
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Source-based reasoning, analysis and essay structure
- DETAILS
- 2h60 marks / 33%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
A-levelPAPERS 3 & 4A-level Multiple Choice
A-level
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Higher-level application with AS knowledge assumed
- DETAILS
- 1h 15m30 marks / 17%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
A-level Data Response & Essays
A-level
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Levels-marked data-response and unstructured essays
- DETAILS
- 2h60 marks / 33%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Papers 2 and 4 each have a compulsory data-response plus one microeconomics essay and one macroeconomics essay from a choice of two.
Grades are A*-E at A-level and a-e at AS. Exams run June and November, with March available in India. Calculators are allowed; formulae are not given.
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2025 - 2027- A-level papers
- 4 (Papers 1-4)
- AS papers
- Papers 1 & 2
- Formats
- MCQ + data-response + essays
- Grading
- A*-E (AS: a-e)
- Assessment
- 100% external
- Calculator
- Allowed - no formulae given
Syllabus for 2026-2028. AS content is assumed knowledge in Papers 3 and 4, so revision has to stay cumulative.
What the Economics syllabus covers
These are the main syllabus strands your child is expected to cover. We teach all of them, starting with the gaps that are costing marks first.
Tuition stays aligned to the exact paper or unit structure, so revision time goes where the marks actually move.
Scarcity, choice & opportunity cost
Demand, supply & elasticity
Government microeconomic intervention
The macroeconomy (AS)
Macroeconomic policy (AS)
International economic issues (AS)
Utility, indifference curves & budget lines
Market failure & externalities
Costs, revenue & profit
Market structures
Growth & survival of firms
The multiplier, money & banking
Macro policy conflicts
Development & globalisation
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Questions parents ask about Cambridge A‑level Economics
Which papers does my child sit for Cambridge A-level Economics?+-
Four: Paper 1 (AS MCQ), Paper 2 (AS data-response and essays), Paper 3 (A-level MCQ) and Paper 4 (A-level data-response and essays). AS Level uses Papers 1 and 2 only.
Is Cambridge A-level Economics modular like Edexcel?+-
No. The A-level papers are normally sat together, and there is no banking of individual papers across sessions the way Edexcel's International A-level allows - though AS can be certificated first and carried forward.
How is it graded?+-
A* to E at A-level, and a to e at AS Level.
When are the exams?+-
June and November series, with an additional March series in India.
Can my child use a calculator?+-
Yes, in all papers. Note that formulae are not printed in the papers, so key formulae must be learned.
Do you cover essay and evaluation technique?+-
Yes - the essays and data-response are marked on levels, and evaluation (AO3) is where the top grades are won. We drill developed argument and supported judgement.
What if the tutor isn't the right fit?+-
We replace them - free, and with no argument - and hand over the syllabus progress and known concerns so the new tutor continues seamlessly.
Can you help us choose between Cambridge and Edexcel Economics?+-
Yes. The economics overlaps heavily; the difference is structure - Cambridge's papers-together model versus Edexcel's bankable, resittable units. The free assessment maps which suits your child.