Derby Tutor
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Trusted, Qualified, Mobile Tuition
Teaching is moving pupils forwards in their understanding; sometimes the steps are big, sometimes the steps are small.
The tricky part, and the part of the puzzle that I enjoy, is working out how big the steps should be, the order in which they’re taken and what familiar ground will help them to make this particular step.

“It’s nice to have ideas explained in a different way.”
“I get to ask questions and then we discuss it with drawings and then I know why it works that way.”
“Seeing my subjects applied to real-world problems puts them in context for me and I can visualise it so much better.”
Testimonials
Here are some of my favourite messages from over a decade of personal tutoring, now you’ll understand why I love my job.
How do you gauge the quality of tuition?
Many people are not confident in challenging a tutor.
If someone spends an extra 80 minutes a week doing something and then has additional homework, they will get better; how could they not? However, are they getting better at a rate proportional to the extra effort they’ve just put in? That’s almost half a week of maths lessons they’ve just done.
I offer 1 hour sessions.
-Face-to-face teaching and learning with tons of anecdotes and analogies to contextualise knowledge.
–I teach how to problem solve, I teach how to get unstuck– the ultimate goal is knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do.
–I give tips and show where other students often make mistakes.
–I teach a personable, confident attitude.
-I really care.
Which method do you think is most successful?
I’ll come to you.
After a busy day, you don’t want to be driving around, trying to be here and there at the same time. At some point it would be nice to settle down for the evening, right?
I try to organise consecutive sessions in similar areas to minimise travel, it’s a bit better for the environment too.
Tutoring is a team exercise.
I can come to you. You can meet me, we’ll talk about what we could do. You can judge me and, when I’ve gone, talk about how you think it went and whether you’d like to work together longer term.