Dubai, UAE
Dubai · IGCSE Accounting
AED 55/hour · Free 30-minute trial
Your child can state the rule and still get the entry wrong under time pressure. One wrong side carries through the trial balance, the adjustments and every figure in the financial statements. We match them with a one-to-one online tutor for their exact course: Cambridge 0452 and 0985, Edexcel 4AC1 or OxfordAQA 9215. Each board weights its papers differently, so revision follows the paper your child actually sits. Lessons start with a free diagnostic, build a plan back from the exam entry, then work through past papers marked to the official mark scheme, online on UAE time after school and at weekends. No card. No contract.
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IGCSE Accounting is not one exam. Cambridge puts 70% of the grade on one structured paper, Edexcel 66.6% on a bookkeeping paper and a third on financial statements, and OxfordAQA weights its two papers evenly. Before choosing what to drill, a tutor should confirm the board, syllabus code, exam series, current grade and target grade.
Tutor standards
Subject knowledge is the baseline. Every tutor is also checked for how clearly they teach.
Qualified in their subject area (degrees, certifications, or equivalent experience)
Experienced with their curriculum specialisation (IB, A-Levels, IGCSE, GCSE)
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Trained in online teaching best practices
Required to maintain 4.5+ ratings from students
Exam boards we cover
Two papers, no Core or Extended tiers. Paper 1 is multiple choice (1 h 15, 35 marks, 30%). Paper 2 is structured written (1 h 45, 100 marks, 70%) with five 20-mark questions covering cash books, ledger accounts, journals and financial statements. 0452 is graded A*–G and 0985 on the 9–1 scale. From 2027, Paper 1 becomes 1 h 30 and 40 marks (40 questions); Paper 2 is unchanged.
Graded 9–1, single tier. Paper 1 Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting is 2 hours and 100 marks, worth 66.6%. Paper 2 Financial Statements is 1 h 15 and 50 marks, worth 33.3%. Sat in the January and June series.
Graded 9–1, first examined in May/June 2026. Two papers of 1 h 45 and 75 marks each, evenly weighted: Introduction to Book-keeping and Financial Accounting, then Financial Statements. Each opens with multiple choice and short answers before three structured questions.
Students sitting Cambridge IGCSE Accounting from 2027 follow an updated syllabus, so revising from older notes can mean revising topics that have moved. Cambridge has added or updated:
The multiple-choice paper also grows from 35 questions in 1 h 15 to 40 questions in 1 h 30, while the structured paper stays at 1 h 45 and 100 marks. That changes which past papers are still safe to use and which ratio practice is current, so we confirm your child's exam year before choosing any resource. Check the official Cambridge IGCSE Accounting 0452 syllabus for the current requirements.
0452, 4AC1 or 9215? We confirm your child's exact course in the free trial.
Free 30-Minute TrialSyllabus coverage
Topics follow the seven sections of the Cambridge 0452 syllabus; Edexcel 4AC1 and OxfordAQA 9215 cover the same accounting across their own paper splits.
Our tutors cover the accounting equation, the purpose of accounting and the distinction between book-keeping and accounting.
We go through source documents, books of prime entry, the double-entry system, ledger accounts and the cash book.
We work on the trial balance, correction of errors, suspense accounts, bank reconciliation statements and control accounts.
Lessons cover capital and revenue expenditure, depreciation, accruals and prepayments, irrecoverable debts and provisions.
Our tutors cover income statements and statements of financial position for sole traders and for service businesses.
We go through partnership appropriation accounts, limited company accounts, manufacturing accounts and club receipts and payments.
We work on profitability and liquidity ratios, working capital, and what each ratio says about the business.
Lessons cover matching, prudence, consistency and going concern, and how they justify the treatment chosen.
Areas we cover
Lessons are live online, so IGCSE Accounting students anywhere in Dubai can book on UAE time. Area names describe the families served and do not imply a physical teaching centre.
What we fix
One wrong side carries through every figure that follows in the structured paper.
How tutoring helps:Rehearse the debit and credit rule on real past-paper transactions until it holds at speed.
Accruals, prepayments, depreciation and provisions land in the wrong place, so the financial statements are built on a bad base.
How tutoring helps:Drill the adjustments as a fixed routine, so each one lands in the right account before the statements are built.
The number earns little. What it says about profitability or liquidity, and what the business should do, carries the marks.
How tutoring helps:Practise writing the sentence after the number every time a ratio is calculated.
Five 20-mark questions in 1 h 45 for Cambridge, or two hours on Edexcel Paper 1, leave little room for slow starts.
How tutoring helps:Work to the clock on full papers, so pacing is settled before the exam.
Losing marks on adjustments or ratio answers? Start with a free trial.
Book Free DemoA student who has lost confidence does not need more full past papers. They need the steps in order.
Each topic moves through six steps:
Most students who are stuck are trying to do step 6 without step 1. We start where the gap actually is.
Students carrying Accounting into Sixth Form move from bookkeeping and sole-trader statements into company accounts, costing, budgeting and management accounting. Our A-Level Accounting tutors in Dubai pick up exactly where IGCSE stops.
How it works
Share the board, syllabus code and exam series. The tutor checks double entry, adjustments and interpretation on a short past-paper section.
A topic-by-topic plan timed to school mocks and the exam series, with Ramadan timetables allowed for.
Live online lessons on UAE time, built on past papers marked against the official mark scheme.
A short written update after sessions, so parents can see what has improved.
Pricing
One-to-one online
AED 55/hour
Free 30-minute trial · UAE time (GMT+4)
Academy-wide reported figures: +1.8 average grade improvement and 94% student success rate.*
*Performance figures are based on Combo Tutors Academy’s internal analysis of data received from more than 200 students. These are academy-wide figures, not results specific to this subject or Dubai. Individual results vary; no grade improvement is guaranteed.
Reviews from Dubai IGCSE Accounting students and parents.
Aisha R.
Parent of IGCSE Student · Jumeirah, Dubai
My daughter was finding IGCSE Accounting difficult, especially double-entry bookkeeping and preparing financial statements. Her tutor explained each topic step by step and used past-paper questions regularly. Within a few weeks, she became much more confident and started making fewer mistakes in her school assessments.
Yusuf M.
IGCSE Student · Dubai Marina, Dubai
I needed help with IGCSE Accounting before my exams, particularly with trial balances, depreciation and income statements. The tutor was very patient and focused on the areas I was struggling with instead of just going through the textbook. My understanding and exam technique improved a lot.
IGCSE Accounting in Dubai
Tutor matching covers Cambridge IGCSE Accounting 0452 and its 9–1 version 0985, Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Accounting 4AC1 and OxfordAQA International GCSE Accounting 9215. Share the school and syllabus code when you book. To compare boards first, read our guide to online IGCSE tutoring in the UAE.
No. Unlike Cambridge sciences, Accounting 0452 has no Core or Extended split: every candidate sits the same two papers. 0985 is the same subject content graded on the 9–1 scale, and your child's school chooses which to enter.
Cambridge puts 70% of the grade on one 1 h 45 structured paper, with a multiple-choice paper alongside. Edexcel puts 66.6% on a two-hour Paper 1 and 33.3% on a shorter financial statements paper. OxfordAQA weights its two 75-mark papers evenly. Revision priorities differ accordingly.
Yes. Lesson planning and resources follow your child's actual exam year, not whichever syllabus the textbook was printed for.
The arithmetic is basic: addition, subtraction and percentages. The real difficulty is logic, knowing why a transaction is a debit here and a credit there, and what an adjustment does to the final accounts. Students who struggle in maths often do well once that logic clicks.
That depends on where the marks are going: bookkeeping accuracy, adjustments, financial statements, interpretation or timing. The free trial identifies which, and lessons target that rather than re-teaching the course.
It depends on the board. Edexcel sits in January as well as June, so an Edexcel candidate's exam can land just as Term 2 begins in early January. Cambridge sits June or November, and OxfordAQA from May/June 2026. We plan backwards from the entry, and re-pace lessons around Ramadan, when Dubai schools often shorten the day.
Lessons are live one-to-one online on UAE time, so students in any Dubai area can join after school or at weekends. The same applies across our other online tutors in Dubai.
Book a free trial lesson with a specialist tutor who understands Dubai's schools and the IGCSE Accounting exam.
