IGCSE Economics Tutoring & Prep Course
Short answer
The IGCSE Economics course is one-to-one tutoring, taught live online: every lesson is 90 minutes.
A private group is for 3 or more friends who sign up together (the group programme is 30 hours per subject); there are no published start dates, and we agree the start date and lesson times with you.
In one-to-one tutoring, packages are from €85 a lesson.
IGCSE Economics tutoring for Cambridge 0455/0987 and Edexcel 4EC1: micro and macro principles, the international economy and data-response technique.
One-to-one and small groups · Live online · Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel syllabuses
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About the subject
IGCSE Economics: what it covers and who it suits
IGCSE Economics tutoring at TestPrep Europe covers Cambridge International (0455 / 0987) and Pearson Edexcel (4EC1) specifications. Structure may vary by board and syllabus code. We teach micro and macro principles, the international economy, and exam-paper technique — including data-response and structured-essay style — with explicit command-term discipline.
- Cambridge 0455/0987 and Edexcel 4EC1 specifications mapped explicitly
- Diagram discipline (axes, equilibrium, shifts) practised on every micro topic
- Data-response questions drilled for source-grounded answers
Exam
IGCSE Economics exam format
Multiple-choice paper
Definitions, diagrams, and short application across all six syllabus strands.
Structured / data-response paper
Source-based analysis: extracting data, applying theory, evaluating policy. — Evaluation marks ('to what extent...') are where most candidates plateau between Grade 6 and Grade 8.
Paper structure by board
From 2027 Cambridge 0455 / 0987 is a 1-hour, 40-question multiple-choice paper (30%) plus a 2-hour structured-questions paper (70%) with a compulsory data-response question and three questions from a choice of four. Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 is two 1 hour 30 minute papers (50% each), each with four compulsory questions.
One-to-one IGCSE tutoring
IGCSE Economics Private Tutoring
Private IGCSE lessons planned around your syllabus code, your tier where the syllabus has one, and the grade you are aiming for. Every lesson is live and online, with a tutor who teaches this subject.
- A lesson plan built around your syllabus and target grade
- Past-paper questions worked through with the board's mark schemes
- Exam technique for each paper, from command words to timing
- Lesson times that fit around your school week
How it works
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Tell us your goal
We start from your school syllabus, your exam date and the result you are aiming for.
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Your own plan
We map out the lessons you need, unit by unit.
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Live one-to-one lessons
Meet your tutor online at times that suit your week.
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Regular progress checks
Homework and a short check after each lesson show how you are getting on.
Start one-to-one IGCSE Economics
Right for you if you want a plan built around your syllabus, flexible lesson times and a tutor's full attention.
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Practice built into your IGCSE Economics lessons
Every topic you cover in IGCSE Economics is reinforced with question sets your tutor puts together for you. This programme has no separately sold question bank or practice test.
Mock exams included in the programme- Targeted questions on every topic
- Practice sets built around your weak areas
- Exam-style practice with past papers and mark schemes
- Worked solutions and feedback on every question
Syllabus
IGCSE Economics topics
1The basic economic problem
- Scarcity, opportunity cost, factors of production, production possibility curves.
2The allocation of resources
- Demand and supply, price determination, elasticity, market and mixed economies.
3Microeconomic decision makers
- Households, workers, trade unions, firms, economies and diseconomies of scale.
4Government and the macroeconomy
- Macro objectives, fiscal and monetary policy, supply-side policy, inflation, unemployment, GDP.
- Policy evaluation is needed for the top marks on Paper 2.
5Economic development
- Living standards, HDI, poverty, population, sustainability.
6International trade and globalisation
- Specialisation, exchange rates, balance of payments, protectionism, globalisation impacts.
Topic groups as we teach them; your exam board's syllabus may name and order them differently.
Approach
How we teach IGCSE Economics
Study plan
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Phase 1 — Microeconomics
Markets and price
- Demand, supply, equilibrium
- Elasticity and price controls
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Phase 2 — Producers + market failure
Firms and intervention
- Costs and revenue
- Externalities and policy responses
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Phase 3 — Macro + international
National + global
- Macro objectives and policy
- International trade and exchange rates
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Phase 4 — Data-response + mock
Past-paper technique
- Past-paper data-response sets
- Structured-essay timed practice
How lessons work
Diagram-first habits
Every micro and macro answer is built around a labelled diagram — analysis without diagram is incomplete.
Command-term scaffolds
Each command term has a structural template so students don't mismatch shape and prompt.
Source-grounded data response
We drill the habit of citing source data inside the argument, not as a separate paragraph.
Advice
IGCSE Economics: common mistakes and study tips
MistakeDiagrams without proper axis labels.
FixBoth boards reward fully labelled axes, equilibrium points and shift labels. Hasty diagrams under-score.
MistakeConfusing 'analyse' and 'discuss'.
FixAnalyse builds an argument; discuss requires balanced evaluation. Mismatch is a predictable loss.
MistakeMacroeconomic answers without specific policy mention.
FixTop bands name explicit fiscal or monetary policy moves with effects, not generic 'government action'.
MistakeDefinitions written from memory without subject precision.
FixDefinitions should be written using the exact economic vocabulary mark schemes test for.
MistakeData-response answers that ignore the source data.
FixData-response marks reward integrating the figures into the argument. Generic answers under-score.
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Other subjects
Related and other IGCSE / GCSE subjects
Often taken alongside this subject
- IGCSE Business StudiesCommon IGCSE pairing — overlapping content on markets and firms.
- IB EconomicsNatural IGCSE → IB progression.
- AP MicroeconomicsComparable rigour with a US-style multiple-choice + FRQ format.
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IGCSE Economics Prep — Frequently Asked Questions
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