Experienced teacher with tutoring experience, passionate about boosting children's progress

I am an experienced primary school teacher, having worked in the profession for the last 8 years as a KS2 teacher. I am an ambitious and self-motivated individual, passionate about bringing my creative approach to the teaching and learning of all students. I try to encourage a love of learning within my pupils, being a life-long learner myself. My number one aim is to teach the skills and knowledge needed while instilling self-belief and confidence to succeed within children. As an experienced teacher, and tutor, I have an excellent knowledge of the National Curriculum, and enjoy planning and teaching active, engaging lessons using many different teaching strategies. My roles within schools have included being Head of Maths, Science, Music and Computing, alongside being Head of Year 6. Much of this has involved helping children prepare for SATs, 11+ and secondary school entrance exams. Alongside working as a teacher, I have years of experience working as an independent 1:1 tutor, helping prepare for internal school exams, KS1 and KS2 SATs, the 7+ and the 11+ independent exams. Alongside exam focussed tutoring, I also provide specific subject tuition and support in order to teach children particular subjects within the curriculum which they may struggle with, or need additional support. I have a great success rate, with children making excellent progress and achieving high level 11+ results, which has led to places being offered at all schools applied for, including St Paul`s School, City of London School, University College School, City of London School for Girls, Alleyn`s School and Highgate Senior School. I also have years of experience teaching children with SEND (including those with autism, Down`s Syndrome, global delay, ODD, ADHD and SLCN) and ensure that the needs of all children are met and that they are supported in the best possible way, while maintaining high expectations.