Experienced GCSE and A-level Maths Tutor

I graduated from the University of Birmingham in the summer of 2010 with a first-class degree in Mathematics with honours, having previously achieved grade A in Maths, Further Maths, and Physics A levels in 2007. I’ve been working as a full-time maths tutor ever since. I’ve always enjoyed maths (even if I didn’t always want to admit it!), and I’ve long felt that I possess the key traits that make for a great teacher: patience, affability, enthusiasm, and an ability to explain things clearly. The feedback I’ve received from students and parents over the past fifteen years has reinforced this belief — though I’m aware there’s always more to learn and always room to improve. Since leaving university, I’ve been fortunate to have worked with hundreds of students of all age ranges and ability levels - from primary school students, to GCSE and A level students, all the way to mature students who are either looking to brush up on their maths for fun or who need help with a qualification they’re working through as part of their career path - all of whom had a wide range of targets and expectations for what they wanted to achieve. My approach to teaching has always centred around patience and clarity, along with creating an atmosphere in which whoever I’m working with feels comfortable enough to stop and ask a question when they don’t understand something - and to not be afraid to tell me when what I’m saying makes no sense whatsoever! (Which fortunately only happens occasionally!)