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Dr. Mahnoor Ashraf

Tuitional Certified Tutor · Biology & Chemistry Specialist — MBBS, Professor of Physiology

13+ years experience • Flexible scheduling

GCSEIGCSEA-LevelIB DiplomaBiologyChemistry
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About the tutor

Dr. Mahnoor Ashraf is an MBBS-qualified doctor who currently teaches as a Professor of Physiology at college level, alongside 13+ years of combined clinical and teaching experience. She has logged over 25,000 hours and led more than 30 student batches.

She teaches Biology and Chemistry across five exam boards. The clinical background means she can explain what a process does and why it matters, which is the difference between reliable recall and rote learning. Teaching senior school students alongside her college post keeps her close to both ends of the syllabus, and she carries a doctor's habit of precision into every lesson: exact terminology, exact reasoning, nothing left vague.

Subjects & levels taught

  • Biology

    LevelExam boardsSyllabus code
    GCSEAQA, Edexcel, OCR8461, 1BI0, J247
    IGCSECAIE, Edexcel0610, 4BI1
    A-LevelEdexcel, AQA, OCR9BI0, 7402, H420
    IB DiplomaIBSL / HL
  • Chemistry

    LevelExam boardsSyllabus code
    GCSEAQA, Edexcel, OCR8462, 1CH0, J248
    IGCSECAIE, Edexcel0620, 4CH1
    A-LevelEdexcel, AQA, OCR9CH0, 7405, H432
    IB DiplomaIBSL / HL

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Education

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), a fully qualified medical degree, and currently an active Professor of Physiology at collegiate level with ongoing clinical and academic teaching.

Teaching style

Dr. Mahnoor teaches for conceptual clarity first, then trains the specific mechanics of scoring in the exam.

  • Understanding before technique

    Students learn what a process does and why before any exam method is layered on, so recall under pressure holds.

  • Command-word precision

    Describe, explain, suggest and evaluate each demand something different, and answers are structured to match.

  • Clinical examples as application

    Real medical examples build the applied-knowledge marks that separate an A* answer from textbook repetition.

  • Diagram and data handling

    Every required diagram, graph interpretation and calculation across both syllabuses is drilled until exam-ready.

  • Past papers marked live

    Structured sessions with live marking against official mark schemes show exactly where marks are gained and lost.

  • Extended-response scaffolding

    A step-by-step structure for six-mark and essay questions produces logically sequenced, evaluative answers.

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