Learn Chemistry from a former pharmacist
and former Principal.

Mr M Khan

Chemistry Lead

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Former pharmacist
• Former Principal and Assistant Headteacher
• Examiner experience
• 11 years’ teaching experience
• Masters in Cancer Biology
• Bachelors in Pharmacology

Mr M Khan came to Chemistry through medicine. A former pharmacist with degrees in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, he has taught for 11 years across five schools, serving as an Assistant Headteacher and then a Principal. He brings examiner experience and real clarity to every GCSE lesson.

Thirty-five marks. That is all a grade 9 in Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chemistry left room to drop this summer, out of 200 across both Higher papers. Most marks are won or lost in one place: exam practice. And exam practice is the one thing the school year never has enough time for.

I know this because I still teach in a school, one ranked among the top 100 in the world. The Chemistry specification is enormous, and your teacher has to get through all of it: bonding, quantitative chemistry, rates, organic chemistry, core practicals. By the time the content is finished, there are often only a few weeks left to practise answering the questions themselves. That is not your teacher’s fault. It is simply how the school calendar works, whether you are in Year 10 or Year 11.

My programme gives you that time back. We meet for two live lessons a week, following the Pearson Edexcel GCSE specification, alongside your school lessons rather than instead of them. We cover the full specification, but every topic ends the same way: on real exam questions, marked against the mark scheme, so you can see exactly which words earn marks and which ones lose them. Every lesson is recorded, so the night before a test you can watch the explanation again.

It works. In 2024–25, two thirds of my A-Level Chemistry class achieved an A* or A, more than double the national rate of 32.6%, and a third achieved an A*, against 9.5% nationally.

I also bring something most Chemistry teachers can’t. My background is in the chemistry of medicine: I have worked as a pharmacist, and I hold a degree in Pharmacology and a Masters in Cancer Biology. If you are heading towards medicine, pharmacy or dentistry, I can show you where the Chemistry you are learning actually turns up in the real world. Having led schools as an Assistant Headteacher and a Principal, and now running my own tuition centre in Dubai, I also know which habits separate a grade 7 from a grade 9, and how to build them.

Keep learning from your teacher at school, and come and practise with me. If you are aiming for a grade 9, and Chemistry is part of where you want to go next, I would love to help you get there.

Mr M Khan

Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chemistry (1CH0) Higher tier grade boundaries, June 2026: grade 9 at 165/200.