Our Tutors

I have been a qualified teacher for ten years and completed a Master’s degree in Chemistry at Imperial College London, gaining a First Class Honors degree. I have taught Chemistry at a top independent boys’ school for four years and previously at an independent girls` school for two and a half years. I have both a Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), working in various state schools during this time to gain experience. In addition, I studied Physics and Mathematics as my ancillary subjects at Imperial College London.

I have a passion to help students achieve their ambitions and true potential. I encourage students to develop their intellectual curiosity beyond the confines of the syllabus and strive to excellence in whichever field they chose to pursue. I believe in a balanced approach where academic study,physical health and dedicated time to help learning consolidation can co-exist.

I attended secondary school as a boarder in Reading School, Berkshire, where I completed my GCSEs (8A*, 4A) in 2007 and A Levels in Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A) and History (A) in 2009.

I have tutored numerous students for the past ten years with over 12,000 hours experience. In all cases I have improved their exam performances to help them achieve their goals. Each student has a unique learning style, and it is our duty at Precision Tutoring to find out what that is and adapt lessons accordingly.

In addition, we are offering courses to help tutors gain a teacher’s perspective in order to improve their practice. These courses are open to individuals and tutoring agencies. Furthermore, we offer advice and help on school entrance examinations and University applications. This can be found at our Educational Consultancy page.

I have been teaching for over 16 years after graduating from the University of Warwick with a master’s degree in physics and from the Institute of Education with my PGCE in teaching science. Since then, I have been teaching science, mathematics and computer science at all levels to students aged between 11 and 18. I have taught Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Physics up to A level, Biology, Chemistry and Computer Science up to GCSE.

In my career I have worked in outstanding state schools as both Head of Physics and Head of Science, prepared students for their Oxbridge interviews through mock interview practice and worked as an examiner for AQA which I continue to do today. For the last 6 years I was Head of Physics at an exceptional independent school before switching to my new role as a full-time tutor.

I teach all my lessons remotely through Zoom and use a shared OneNote notebook to create an exercise book of the work we do in our lessons, homework and feedback. The most important aspect of my lessons is to build confidence in my students; getting questions wrong is not a problem, they learn not to fear having a go. In my subjects, being willing to make mistakes and to learn from them is possibly the most important skill of all; Elon Musk’s SpaceX is currently building a platform to take humans back to the Moon and beyond through a rocket program whose very public and expensive ‘mistakes’ are the means by which it has made extraordinary progress.

I have extensive experience in Teaching Maths GCSE and A-level in the UK for over 20 years since 2001. I offer one – to – one or group lessons online . I am highly motivated and always try to infuse my pupils with self–confidence and enthusiasm for the subject. As I have a very friendly approach and always try to use my students’ full potential I find that they usually make quick progress and achieve excellent grades. I am very proud of my students’ high success rate. The majority of my students achieve A*/A or they get higher than their predicted grade. From the reviews you can see that most of my students are studying or have graduated from Russell Group Universities (top 20 Universities in the UK).

I teach the following Maths levels/modules:

A –level:

• Edexcel exam board
• OCR exam board
• OCR – MEI exam board

GCSE:

• Edexcel grading 9-1 (new GCSE from 2015)
• AQA
• OCR

I’ve been tutoring for over 8 years and have tutored more than 60 students across a wide range of ages and abilities. I’m also a qualified teacher; I earned my PGCE in Physics and Mathematics from King’s College London in 2018 and worked in London as a secondary school Physics teacher for three years after that (one year in an inner city comprehensive and two years at a leading independent day school). Between teaching and tutoring, I have taught students at the KS3, KS4 and post-16 level (including A level, IB, AP, Pre-U, BPhO and university students). I’ve also supported students with university applications, including personal statement feedback, mock interviews and guidance for admissions such as the PAT (for Physics and Engineering admissions to Oxford) and ECAA (for Economics admissions to Cambridge). In addition, I have helped prepare students for scholarship examinations at top independent schools such as Eton and Westminster.

I believe students learn best when they feel comfortable asking questions, so I try to create a calm environment where they feel they can speak freely and make mistakes without consequence. The structure of my lessons varies depending on the strengths and goals of the student, but generally speaking I try to frame the teaching segments as “conversations” and the practice segments as “expositions” given by the student (rather than me) in which they explain their thinking out loud, and students tend to find this approach helpful. The teaching segments typically involve a lot of questioning and back-and-forth to tease out and correct misconceptions. Once the student has a good grasp of whatever we’re covering, we’ll turn to some external resource (e.g. homework, textbook questions or exam questions) to validate this. I ask students to ‘think out loud’ when we’re working through questions and I’ve found this helps them to think more clearly and, over the long term, leads to improvements in their confidence (both personal and academic) and oracy.

Whilst I loved teaching and still do, I left the profession in 2021 to pursue a PhD in physics. My research focuses on simulating turbulence in hot, magnetised plasmas (the sort that will be found in future magnetically-confined fusion reactors). The promise of nuclear fusion as an energy resource is very exciting — an intrinsically safe means of meeting the grid’s base load, with fuel reserves to last for thousands of years and no long-lived nuclear waste — and I’d be more than happy to discuss it with any interested students!

Qualifications wise, I have an MSci in Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London and an MSc in Fusion Energy from the University of York. I’m currently based at the University of York for my PhD.

I am Head of Economics and Business at a leading independent London school. I’ve been teaching for 13 years since leaving a 19 year career spent in various marketing and sales roles for consumer branded companies. I combine strong theoretical knowledge with real world experience that makes these subjects so topical and interesting.

Those I have tutored in A Level and GCSE Economics and Business have greater self-belief and confidence when approaching exams. This is achieved through identifying then focusing on their specific needs and developing the exam skills needed to improve attainment. Whether you are struggling with understanding the core content or need to demonstrate A* evaluation I believe I have the skills, tools and experience to help.

I have been an Economics Teacher for nine years and during this time have taught Economics and Business at all Levels including A-Level, GCSE, IB & BTEC. I am familiar with the topics and requirements of all major examination boards and therefore able to guide my students to seek their true potential. My teaching style is personalised, anecdotal and exam orientated.

Before my teaching experience I worked in the City as a trader in the Energy Trading industry. As a result, I have a lot of real-world experience which I successfully bring to my teaching practice. This allows be to inspire my students to study Economics and Business at University and am able to guide them through their application process.

I am academically qualified to teach the subject as I have a BA in Economics, an MBA in Finance, a PGCE in Economics and Business and a most recent MA in Education and International Development.

Finally, I also have a broad experience in University application both in the UK and US and able to guide my students to an optimal decision regarding their higher education needs.

I have been a teacher all of my working life; starting off with a year as an “assistante de langue” in France as part of my Languages undergraduate degree at The University of Leeds, then teaching English as a foreign language in Spain, France, and Argentina. On my return, I qualified as a French and Spanish teacher at the Institute of Education in London and started my career in a successful state school in East London. Whilst raising a family, I gave private lessons, helped develop a languages revision app, and worked as a translator. I have spent the last five years teaching French and Spanish at a top independent boys’ school in London.

My passion for languages has afforded me a great many things in life, and I hope to pass that on to as many young people as I can, whilst also working to address the barriers that impede effective learning and building confidence. This is achieved through maintaining high expectations of my students, employing a wide range of pedagogical techniques to best suit the individual learner, and regular retrieval practice to recall prior learning. I have experience in AQA, Edexcel, and C.I.E at (I)GCSE, and AQA at A-Level. I have also supported younger children and adults in language acquisition.

I completed my studies at Imperial College London with a First Class Honors BSc in Biochemistry. I have tutored ages 12-18 in Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology throughout my University studies. One of my proudest moments was when I managed to help a student at GCSE grades 3 and 4 in Chemistry and Biology achieve grades 8 and 9 respectively. In GCSE I achieved 11A*.

I am very enthusiastic about helping students realise their potential through far more efficient thinking than is taught at school. In terms of my interests, I am a black belt in Karate, having competed internationally for England. Furthermore I was Imperial’s first team Water Polo Captain (we placed 5th in the top UK league). I will be studying a Master’s in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at ETH Zürich next year.

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and I am currently completing a Master’s at King’s College London. In A Level, I received 3A* and 1A and in GCSE, 8A*and 2A. I received a perfect score, 800, in both the Mathematics and Physics SAT level 2 subject tests. I am also an elite Judo player having won the National Championships on multiple occasions. Furthermore, I compete on the Judo world tour for the US team and I am working to qualify for the Olympics. I believe the key to success in both Mathematics and Judo comes from working hard and smart.

I have plenty of tutoring experience, including tutoring undergraduates with their calculus classes. I can teach A Level and GCSE including all the syllabi and in addition I can prepare you for the Mathematics sections for American University entrance exams such as the ACT, SAT and SAT subject tests.

I graduated from Cambridge University achieving a Master’s in Chemical Engineering in a four year course. I intend to continue exploring my passion for academia by tutoring more often and sharing the techniques that helped me succeed in exams throughout my high school and university career. In addition to my strong academic background I have tutored throughout my four year course and helped students achieve their goals in GCSE and A Level examinations. In addition, I studied the International Bachelorette (IB) programme, where I was awarded the President’s award for academic excellence when I was younger, so I am very familiar with the course content. Being a successful Cambridge graduate, I am also able to help with Oxbridge applications and interviews.

My approach to tutoring involves understanding my client’s specific needs and tailoring my content delivery to match these. Having only recently gone through so many examinations, I have up to date knowledge and the ability to share my own effective revision techniques, so that my clients can adapt them. I believe learning should be enjoyable in order to be effective long-term and I always display my passion for the subjects when tutoring.