Gavin McCay - The Chemistry Tutor

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Gavin McCay - The Chemistry Tutor 25 years A-Level Chemistry & GCSE teaching/private tutoring experience.
23 years A-level Chemistry & GCSE marking experience for CCEA.

Former Head of Chemistry in a grammar school.

No resting Sundays here 💪 Tracker assessment tests 📈 are underway in schools 📚 and today I did a quick 1:1 Video 🎥 call...
04/10/2026

No resting Sundays here 💪
Tracker assessment tests 📈 are underway in schools 📚 and today I did a quick 1:1 Video 🎥 call to assist an AS student then answered a question on WhatsApp 📲 for an A2 student.
When thinking 🧐 of what support I can offer along with my weekly 90 min classes I always think back to when I was doing my own A-levels. What would I have liked?

05/09/2026

Earlier today I filled the last place in my A-level classes for the coming year 👨‍🏫. Perfect timing ⏰ as we kick off this Monday.

Over the next 10 months I will do everything I can to help these students reach the next stage of their journey. 🚗

We go again 💪.

Some more great news this morning 🙏“I love it when a plan comes together” as Hannibal 🚐 loved to say (IYKYK 👨🏻‍🦳😂)This g...
02/09/2026

Some more great news this morning 🙏

“I love it when a plan comes together” as Hannibal 🚐 loved to say (IYKYK 👨🏻‍🦳😂)

This girls path was far from easy. Always wanted to be a vet. 🐶🐷

Went to a High school who didn’t offer A- level Chem. 😣

So had to change schools which brought lots of upheaval and was far from easy 😏 for her. After a few wobbles she stayed. 💪

Got B overall in Chemistry but never gave up. I had an idea she would get there as seen from my interaction with her mum.

Just goes to show there is more than 1 way to skin a cat 😸and hopefully in a few years she will know how to do just that lol. (I am not endorsing cruelty to animals) 🤣

31/08/2026

As the saying goes ‘better late than never’. Just got this message from a student: 😁🙏

“Yes Gavin, thought I’d let u know that I got an offer to study medicine at Queens yesterday. And a massive part of that was down to u. Thanks again sir 🙏”

🥳🥳🥳

Had no offer and had planned a year out. But once Queens saw his grades (including A* in Chemistry) they soon changed their minds 😂

31/08/2026

I posted this last year. But it still applies!!!

Update on this wee Armagh superstar. Overall grade = AAnd now off to uni to pursue a Masters degree in Chemistry. A prop...
16/08/2026

Update on this wee Armagh superstar.
Overall grade = A
And now off to uni to pursue a Masters degree in Chemistry.
A proper success story and living proof of how hard work pays. 💪

16/08/2026

A message for students who have just received AS level results. ✅ ❌

The football ⚽️ season is about to start up again so lets use a football analogy.

If a team is 1-0 down at half time they don’t give up. 😢 They don’t be totally despondent and throw the toys out of the pram 😡. Instead, they reflect on the first half, (here is the really important part) ADAPT TO BRING ABOUT THE REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT ⬆️ in the second half 💪.

If a team is 1-0 up at half time they don’t start partying 🥳 and crack open the ch*****ne 🍾. They reflect on what went well and prepare for the second half.

If the AS result you got is not as good as you had hoped for remember its only half time!!

Also if you did well remember, its only half time.

Lots to play for in the second half. 💪💪💪

2026. Just over halfway through but what a year so far!!World cup ⚽️🥅Solar eclipse 🌓 (though my wife 👰‍♀️says this was t...
14/08/2026

2026.

Just over halfway through but what a year so far!!

World cup ⚽️🥅

Solar eclipse 🌓 (though my wife 👰‍♀️says this was the biggest disappointment 😢 since our wedding night).

And my best year ever for A-level Chemistry results . 🥳🥳🥳.

The results are in and I am so pleased 😁 for every one of my outgoing students!!

From medicine 🩺 to pharmacy 💊 to accountancy 🔢 and beyond I wish them all the best 💪😁.

A* to A: 56% (NI average 45%)
A* to B: 83% (NI average 73%)
A* to C: 100% (NI average 90%)

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