Best IGCSE Physics Teacher in the UAE
Nobody publishes a ranking of IGCSE physics teachers in the UAE, so the honest question is not who is number one but what you should actually check before you hand over a term of your child's physics. This page gives that checklist, with the parts that are specific to the UAE, and then puts the record of Eng. Ahmed Sherif against it.
Eng. Ahmed Sherif (Shefo) has taught IGCSE and O Level physics since 2019, to more than 2,000 students, with around 90 percent finishing with an A* or an A. He teaches Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain students live online, on Dubai time, UTC+4, and every class is recorded.
See the resultsAbout the teacherThe UAE school week breaks most tutoring timetables
The UAE moved to a Monday to Friday working week on 1 January 2022, with a Saturday and Sunday weekend. Every other country in the Gulf still runs Sunday to Thursday. That single fact quietly ruins a lot of regional tutoring, because a group class built for Riyadh puts its heaviest session on a Sunday evening, which is the last night of a UAE student's weekend and the night before school.
UAE students are therefore scheduled separately rather than folded into a Saudi or Qatari group. Dubai and Abu Dhabi also sit an hour ahead of Riyadh, Doha, Manama and Kuwait City, so a class that starts at 7pm in Riyadh starts at 8pm in Dubai. Ask any prospective teacher what that means for your week before you book.
Six things to check before you choose
If the answer is that you will join the Gulf class, check which night it falls on. A Sunday evening class is a Monday morning problem in Dubai and not in Riyadh.
British curriculum schools in the UAE sit Cambridge 0625 or Edexcel 4PH1. Many schools do not state it publicly, so check your own entry code. The two exams have different papers and different mark schemes.
Several sites that rank at the top for physics tutors in Dubai are agencies that will pass you to whichever tutor is free. That is a booking service, not a teacher. Ask who is actually teaching and look them up.
The practical paper is where UAE students who are good at physics still lose grades, because school lab time rarely matches what the exam asks for in writing.
British curriculum schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi run mock seasons that do not line up with each other. Recorded lessons and a movable slot matter more here than almost anywhere.
They should cost nothing. The full Cambridge and Edexcel archive is free on this site with no account.
Where UAE students lose the most marks
These are the places marks go missing most often, taken from marking student scripts rather than from a textbook contents page. Each one is a specific habit, not a topic to revise again.
Pressure times volume equals a constant only at constant temperature, and the temperature in any gas equation must be in kelvin. Add 273 first, as a separate written step, before touching the calculator.
Students apply E equals m c delta T to a change of state, where the temperature is not changing at all. If the substance is melting or boiling, it is E equals m L and delta T is zero.
Paper 6 asks what you would measure, with what instrument, and how you would make it reliable. Naming the equipment is one mark; saying how you keep the other variables the same is the mark most students miss.
Series and parallel are decided by whether the current has one path or a choice of paths, not by how the diagram is drawn. Redraw the circuit before calculating anything.
On a distance time graph the gradient is speed; on a speed time graph the gradient is acceleration and the area is distance. Students who memorise this without drawing it lose the interpretation marks.
Evaporation happens at all temperatures from the surface, boiling happens throughout at one temperature. The cooling comes from the fastest particles leaving, which lowers the average energy of those left behind. That sentence is the mark.
Resistance increases with length and decreases with cross-sectional area. Students state one and forget the other, or say a thicker wire has more resistance because it is bigger. Write both relationships down before answering.
The width of each arrow is proportional to the energy, so the arrows must be drawn to scale and must add up. Marks are for the scale and the labelled values, not for neatness.
Which exam you are actually sitting
This is the question most students in the UAE get wrong, and it is worth settling in five minutes. British curriculum schools across the Gulf enter students for one of two different physics exams, and many schools do not publish which one on their website. Check your entry code with your school office.
- Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625. Core students sit Paper 1, Paper 3 and a practical paper; Extended students sit Paper 2, Paper 4 and a practical paper. The practical is either Paper 5, a real lab exam, or Paper 6, the written alternative to practical.
- Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Physics 4PH1. Two written papers, Paper 1P and Paper 2P. The modular route uses 4WPH1 and 4WPH2.
- Cambridge IGCSE Combined Science 0653, where physics is one third of a single award.
- Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics 9702, for students carrying on after IGCSE.
- Cambridge IGCSE 9-1 Physics 0972 is the same syllabus as 0625 with a 9 to 1 grade scale, and is offered in the UK administrative zone rather than the Gulf. If your school enters you for it, the 0625 past papers are the right practice papers.
Dates that matter for the UAE students
- Cambridge June 2026 IGCSE and O Level results were released at 05:00 UTC on 18 August 2026, which is 9am in Dubai.
- The Cambridge November 2026 exams run from late September to mid November, with IGCSE and O Level results on 14 January 2027.
- Edexcel International GCSE Physics 4PH1 Paper 1P is on 11 November 2026 and Paper 2P is on 18 November 2026.
- Cambridge June 2026 AS and A Level results were released on 11 August 2026.
British curriculum schools in the UAE
The UAE has one of the largest British curriculum school sectors in the world, including schools like these. Shefo Squad is independent and is not affiliated with any of them.
- The British School Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi
- Jumeirah College, Dubai
- Dubai British School Emirates Hills
- GEMS Metropole School, Dubai
The record
- One teacher, not an agency: Eng. Ahmed Sherif has taught physics since 2019.
- More than 2,000 students taught, with around 90 percent reaching an A* or an A.
- A student scored all seven marks on the Paper 6 plan an experiment question after one session on it.
- UAE students are timetabled around the Monday to Friday school week rather than the Gulf one.
- Every Cambridge and Edexcel past paper and mark scheme on this site is free.
- Currently teaching Cambridge IGCSE Physics at Saint Fatima School in Suez, Egypt, and IGCSE and A Level Physics at Coursatee Education Center in New Cairo and Madinaty.
- BSc in Mechatronics Engineering, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, 2022.
Real results slips and messages
Questions from the UAE
Yes. Classes are live online on Dubai time and recorded, with UAE students scheduled around the Monday to Friday school week rather than the Sunday to Thursday one used elsewhere in the Gulf.
Evenings, Dubai time. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are one hour ahead of Riyadh, Doha, Manama and Kuwait City, so a Gulf class at 7pm Riyadh is 8pm in the UAE.
Both are used across UAE British curriculum schools and many schools do not publish which. Check your entry code: Cambridge Physics is 0625, Edexcel International GCSE Physics is 4PH1. Both are taught here, separately.
Cambridge released June 2026 IGCSE and O Level results at 05:00 UTC on 18 August 2026, which is 9am in Dubai. Edexcel International GCSE results went to candidates on 20 August 2026.
No. Shefo Squad is one teacher, Eng. Ahmed Sherif, with a team supporting the classes. You are not passed to whoever is available.
The past paper library, the topic pages and the worked answers are free. Class access is requested through the site.
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