Edexcel A-Level Physics tutor
International AS & A-Level (IAL) · All six units · Abu Dhabi & online
Dr Mohamed Desouky teaches Edexcel International AS and A-Level Physics, often called IAS and IAL. In-person lessons are available in Khalidiya, near Abu Dhabi Corniche, with live online classes for students across the UAE and Gulf.
AS covers the first three units, while the A2 stage completes the six-unit International A-Level. Lessons build understanding, calculation skills and exam technique across the course. Online groups cost AED 150 per 90-minute session; contact Dr Desouky for in-person arrangements and fees.
WPH11/01 Mechanics and Materials and WPH12/01 Waves and Electricity are each 1 hour 30 minutes and 80 marks. WPH13/01 Practical Skills in Physics I is a 1-hour-20-minute, 50-mark written examination. Together these three units form the IAS qualification XPH11.
The first two papers require knowledge, calculation and application in unfamiliar contexts. Unit 3 tests experimental procedures and techniques developed through Units 1 and 2, including planning, measurements, data processing, conclusions and evaluation.
WPH14/01 Further Mechanics, Fields and Particles and WPH15/01 Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations and Cosmology are each 1 hour 45 minutes and 90 marks. WPH16/01 Practical Skills in Physics II is a 1-hour-20-minute, 50-mark written examination.
Adding WPH14–WPH16 to the IAS units completes the six-unit IAL qualification YPH11. Later units expect students to use earlier mechanics, waves, electricity and practical reasoning, so the teaching plan includes deliberate retrieval rather than waiting for a final full-course revision.
Students usually meet three problems at once: mathematics that must be physically interpreted, explanations that must use exact relationships, and questions that move a familiar principle into an unfamiliar setting. Memorising a worked solution does not survive that change of context.
Lessons rebuild each result from the physical model, make assumptions visible and train the complete written argument. Past-paper work is selected by skill—modelling, graphs, derivation, estimation or evaluation—not only by topic name.
Units 3 and 6 are written practical-skills papers, not laboratory examinations. Candidates may need to plan an investigation, identify controls, process uncertain data, use graphs, discuss measurement quality and evaluate a method they have not seen in exactly that form.
Preparation connects practical reasoning to the content units that generate it. This prevents the common mistake of learning stock evaluation phrases without being able to explain which measurement is limited, why it matters and how a proposed change improves the result.
Live online group sessions last 90 minutes and cost AED 150. Schedules are agreed with students and groups, with the sequence matched to their current unit and examination plan.
Weekly homework is checked individually, regular exams test both the current unit and retained prerequisites, and direct WhatsApp access lets students take specific questions to Dr Desouky between sessions. The course teaches Pearson Edexcel International Physics; Dr Desouky does not teach Cambridge A-Level Physics.
The course is for students entered for XPH11, YPH11 or individual WPH11–WPH16 units. It supports first teaching, unit resits, a move from IAS into IA2, and students whose school knowledge needs to become more reliable under Pearson's calculation, explanation and practical-skill questions.
Students should share their exact unit code and intended sitting before joining. WPH11 and WPH14 may both involve mechanics, for example, but their mathematical depth, assumptions and assessment demands are not the same.
Questions
Yes. Dr Desouky offers in-person physics lessons in Khalidiya, near Abu Dhabi Corniche, and live online groups for students across the UAE and Gulf. Online groups cost AED 150 for 90 minutes; message him to confirm the exact location, availability and fees for in-person lessons.
XPH11 is the International AS qualification formed by WPH11, WPH12 and WPH13. YPH11 is the full International A Level: those three IAS units plus WPH14, WPH15 and WPH16, making six units in total.
All six: WPH11 Mechanics and Materials, WPH12 Waves and Electricity, WPH13 Practical Skills I, WPH14 Further Mechanics, Fields and Particles, WPH15 Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations and Cosmology, and WPH16 Practical Skills II.
No. Both are externally assessed written examinations lasting 1 hour 20 minutes and worth 50 marks. They test understanding of experimental procedures, planning, measurements, data, graphs, conclusions and evaluation.
Yes. Teaching can be aligned to the student's current unit, but prerequisite knowledge is checked because later units deliberately build on IAS mechanics, waves, electricity and practical skills.
No. His A-Level Physics teaching is for Pearson Edexcel International AS and A Level, XPH11 and YPH11. Cambridge A-Level Physics is not offered.
AED 150 per 90-minute live online group session. Schedules are agreed with students and groups, with individually checked weekly homework, regular exams and direct WhatsApp access.
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