Steven

Hello, I'm Steven and I focus all my skills, time and energy on improving the grades and confidence of the students I tutor. Why should you consider me to tutor for you? Because I can help your child get better grades! Here are the reasons why:

1) Fully qualified professional teacher.

2) Independent proof that I improve my students grades - please see reviews at bottom of page as evidence of this.

3) Highly experienced - with nearly 20 years teaching.

4) I mark REAL GCSE exam papers for the biggest UK exam board - and use what I learn to improve my students grades!

5) I have MSc and BSc university degrees - and so deep subject knowledge.

6) I concentrate ALL of my time, skills and enthusiasm on GCSE Science and Maths only (no KS3, no A level etc) - so that I can provide my GCSE students with the very best possible help !

I mark 700+ real GCSE exam papers for the biggest UK exam board each summer. I use what I learn (common errors, misconceptions, poor exam technique, poor scientific vocab) to help my student to get more marks and improve their grades !

I offer the following:

£16 small group class lessons 1 hour online - highly effective & great value!

£125 one-to-one 1 hour online lessons.

£175 one-to-one at your home (if travel distance allows).

The following is information on my small group 1 hour Skype classes:

Suitable for all year 9, 10 and 11 GCSE students studying with the major exam boards.

Each lesson is self contained – join any time.

Mini classes averaging 4 to 5 students, and only nine students if they ever become full *1

The small group class days and times are:

Monday & Friday - classes are FULL.

There are vacancies in the mini classes below, contact me now before they are full:

BIOLOGY:
Wednesday at 5:45pm
OR
Wednesday at 6:55pm

CHEMISTRY:
Tuesday at 5:30pm
OR
Tuesdays at 8pm
OR
Thursday at 7:55pm

PHYSICS:
Tuesday at 6:45pm
OR
Thursday at 5:30pm
OR
Thursday at 6:45pm

MATHS:
Wednesday at 4:30pm
OR
Same day at 8:05pm

Tutoring Experience

I mark real GCSE exam papers for the UK's biggest exam board so I know what the examiners are looking for in students answers - because I am one ! I use that critical knowledge to help my students.

I have been deputy head of science and head of A level Physics.

I have taught in several different schools and across all secondary material, from KS3 through GCSE up to and including A level.

I am an experienced tutor who has helped many students make significant progress and improve their grades.

I am very familiar with the AQA, Edexcel, Edexcel IGCSE, Cambridge IGCSE, and OCR exam board specifications. I do not teach WJEC and CCEA as I'm not familiar with them.

Tutoring Approach

I'm patient, honest and helpful and I believe that Science and Maths are fun, and learning them should be engaging and interesting too. When tutoring, I seek to identify the weaknesses of my students and then help them to improve whilst enjoying the process of learning.

Being a professional teacher means that I have a deep understanding of:
* The subject.
* Exactly what needs to be learnt for your exam and what does not (the specification/curriculum).
* Different teaching and learning techniques to help young people learn.

Many tutors are not qualified teachers and cannot provide ALL of the above - there is a big difference between understanding the subject and being able to teach it effectively...

Thank you for taking the time to read my profile and I hope to be working with you soon!

*1 - these classes are allowed to grow in size at 2 points during the year, however most classes do not actually grow:
From July and across the summer holidays so that when we restart in September after the summer holiday and a few students who are not committed to improving their grades drop out in the first weeks of classes the classes are still a reasonable size. From March onwards so that when all the year 11's stop attending in mid June (because they have finished their real GCSE exams) the classes will still be a reasonable size.