- 07 Sep, 2026
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Cambridge IGCSE Biology Tutor
Cambridge IGCSE Biology Tutor
Apex Academic Centre is looking for Cambridge Biology tutors to take IGCSE learners through Core and Extended, online across South Africa and internationally. You set your own hours, we bring you the learners.
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This is an ongoing opening. Apex places Cambridge Biology learners throughout the year, so we keep a standing pool of verified IGCSE Biology tutors and match you when a learner in your subject and your available hours comes in.
About the role
Cambridge IGCSE Biology learners reach us from Cambridge schools across South Africa and from families schooling internationally, usually in Years 10 and 11. Biology looks like the approachable science and then catches learners out, because it rewards precise terminology and structured explanation rather than the general understanding that gets them through class.
You would teach one to one, online, on Apex’s own platform. Lessons are booked through MyAPEX and you accept the requests that fit your diary. There is no minimum number of hours and no fixed timetable.
What you would be doing
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Teaching Cambridge IGCSE Biology one to one, across cells and organisation, movement into and out of cells, biological molecules and enzymes, plant and human nutrition, transport, respiration, coordination, reproduction, inheritance and ecology.
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Teaching terminology as content, not vocabulary. Marks at this level turn on using the right word in the right place, and a learner who says the plant makes food loses what a learner who describes photosynthesis correctly keeps.
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Building structured explanation, particularly the multi-mark questions where a learner must sequence a process rather than name it.
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Teaching the experimental work, including method, controls, variables and the reasoning Cambridge expects about reliability.
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Setting and marking work between lessons, through the app, so parents can see what was set and what came back.
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Keeping communication on the platform. All lesson communication and homework runs through MyAPEX, which is how Apex keeps a record for the parent and the learner.
What we need from you
A relevant qualification, typically a BEd, a PGCE, or a degree with a strong biological sciences component.
Demonstrable Cambridge experience. You have taught or tutored IGCSE Biology and you know the Core and Extended split, the paper structure and the practical assessment.
An advantage, not a requirement: SACE registration. Many of the strongest tutors are graduates, postgraduates or subject specialists rather than registered schoolteachers. Where you do hold SACE registration, Apex verifies it and shows it on your profile, and parents do look for it.
A police clearance certificate if you tutor in person. Apex requires one for in-person tutoring. It is not required to tutor online, and you can add it later if you decide to teach face to face.
A laptop or desktop, a webcam, a stable internet connection and a quiet room to teach from. Apex checks all four.
An eye for the difference between a learner who does not know the content and one who knows it but cannot write it down. They need very different lessons.
Helpful but not required: Cambridge AS and A Level Biology, and experience with learners moving across from CAPS Life Sciences.
What Apex verifies before your first lesson
Verification is a condition of engagement
Apex verifies who you are and what you are qualified to teach before you take a booking. A self-declaration is not enough, which is why we ask for documents rather than assurances. What is checked depends on how you teach: in-person tutoring carries one additional requirement, because the lesson happens face to face.
- Identity. Your ID or passport, and that the name on it matches your qualifications
- Qualifications. The certificates behind the subjects and levels you want to teach
- Police clearance. Required for in-person tutoring
- SACE and other credentials. Verified and shown on your profile where you hold them, as an advantage rather than a requirement
- Equipment. Machine, camera, connection and teaching room
Screening is a continuing condition, not a once-off. The detail sits in clause 4 of the Tutor Terms and Conditions, and there is a full walkthrough in What it means to be a verified Apex tutor.
How the work reaches you
Learners come to you
You are matched on subject, curriculum and the hours you have actually marked as available. You accept or decline each request.
Paid on the 2nd
Tutor fees are paid monthly, on the 2nd of the month, per lesson actually delivered. If a date falls on a weekend or public holiday, it moves to the next business day.
You set the hours
No minimum, no fixed timetable. You tutor as an independent contractor and you decide how much work you take.
Questions tutors ask before applying
No. Applications are made through MyAPEX, where you build a tutor profile once: your subjects, your curricula, your qualifications and your availability. Apex no longer accepts CVs or applications by email, because the profile is what parents read when they choose a tutor.
Apex tutors are independent contractors, not employees. You set your own hours, you accept the bookings you want, and you are responsible for your own tax and statutory obligations. This is set out in the Tutor Terms and Conditions you accept when you register.
It is a strong start but it is not the same syllabus, and Cambridge assesses differently. If you have taught Life Sciences well and are willing to work through the Cambridge syllabus and past papers before you take a learner, say so on your profile. Do not claim Cambridge experience you do not have, because parents ask.
Yes. You list every subject and curriculum you can teach on your MyAPEX profile and you are matched against all of them.
You complete your profile on MyAPEX and upload your documents. Apex verifies them, and once you are cleared your profile goes live and you start receiving matched requests in your subjects. You are not charged anything to apply or to be listed.
Ready to join the Apex tutor team?
Apply through our MyAPEX platform. Create your tutor profile once and we will match you with learners in your subjects as new jobs come in. We no longer accept CVs or applications by email.