Dear Rob,

Now your tutorship with our son Oliver is drawing to a close and GCSEs loom! — Cheryl and I would like to thank you for all you have done to lift Oliver’s confidence levels.

You have assisted to a point whereas he no longer dreads his forthcoming examinations but goes into them knowing he has a fighting chance, hitherto something he felt was unattainable.

Your all-round ability to cover all subjects from English. through Maths and Science has proven invaluable and we are grateful for all you have done for both Oliver and our family — it is appreciated.

Thanks for everything Rob and good luck for the future.

Yours sincerely,

Dear Rob

I'd just like to thank you for working with Meghan over the last two years on her GCSE Biology and Chemistry. We have seen her progress and become more confident with heese subjects. We appreciate your support in assisting Meghan to achieve good grades in these subjects this summer. We hope you will be able to work with Meghan's sister over the next few years to assist her in achieving her best potential also.

Yours sincerely,

Rob has been maths tutor to our son Jack, 15 yrs, since September. He was asked to help when we became concerned at Jack's lack of confidence in the subject and the realisation that his long held hope of becoming an officer in the armed forces could not be realised if he did not achieve at least a grade 'C' at GCSE.

Rob adopts a friendly but very professional approach when tutoring and this brought an early positive response from Jack. His confidence has continued to increase as his test results have improved (top of the class in the latest), and he now takes pride in assisting others in maths lessons. He is predicted by the school to achieve the grade he needs (or even better) in his forthcoming GCSE exam and he no longer regards maths as his 'weakest' subject.

Rob's patient and focused approach, coupled with his natural ability to instil self-belief, have now hopefully given Jack every chance of achieving his ambition. We have been very impressed with the results Rob has achieved with Jack and have no hesitation in recommending him as a tutor for a young person in a similar situation.

When I was studying Physics at Sixth Form, I found that my grades were severely lagging, and I was in serious danger of not achieving the grades required to study Physics at university. It was for this reason that I started having lessons with Rob. He helped me to find the areas that I was having particular difficulty with, and for one or two hours each week up until my final exams we worked through the specification.

The main benefit of being taught by Rob is that he doesn't focus on learning equations and definitions by rote; he actually explains where it all comes from in an easy, understandable and logical way. What this achieves is a far greater understanding of the underlying concepts in Physics, and therefore a greater ability to tackle physics problems both in class and in an examination. Furthermore, by working one on one with Rob, it allowed me to take everything at my own pace, to focus more on areas that I struggled with, and after each stage of learning, he would check my progress and understanding, making me far more confident with the subject matter.

The time I had learning Physics with Rob was truly invaluable. Not only did I achieve the grades needed to study Physics at university, but it has given me the firm foundation of understanding that is needed to study physics at a higher level. Rob is a fantastic person, and a highly competent teacher, who I would wholeheartedly recommend.