Daniel

Hi, I have studied for a PhD in theoretical astrophysics at Durham University and am an experienced full-time tutor. My strengths are physics (particularly astrophysics), mathematics and computing. I am passionate about my subjects and making them interesting - school methods can be constraining and make subjects dry when they don`t have to be.

I am friendly and outgoing and enjoy tutoring very much. I enjoy computing, number and logic puzzles, music and reading physics books.

Availability: Daytime, Evening and Weekend. If the distance I have to travel is significant I may have to charge petrol costs, which are minimal.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: I have been a tutor for over 7 years now, and a full-time tutor for the last 5 years. I have tutored over 20 people through this site and everything has gone very well. I have also tutored ~200 other students via other websites and agencies. Some students were found through word-of-mouth, so my full experience is not recorded on these websites. Included in that are various members of the same family and friend groups. I currently tutor online over a wide geographical area, and have taught students from all over the world including China, Russia, Singapore and New Zealand.

I have taught Entrance Exams (11+/13+), CAT4, GCSE and A Level Physics, Maths, Further Maths and Computing across a range of exam boards (OCR, AQA, Edexcel, SQA, WJEC and CIE (A level and Pre-U)). My youngest tutee was 7 years old and I have taught adults studying for work-related exams and GCSE re-sits. I also helped students with applications to Universities including Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Imperial, Durham, Edinburgh and Warwick with students successfully heading to all of these. I have helped students prepare for the Maths Admissions Test (MAT) and Physics Aptitude Test (PAT). For the MAT I am now on a college`s contact list for future students. I have also helped students prepare for the Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP) exams and the UKMT Junior, Intermediate (including Maclaurin) and Senior Challenges.

In August 2021 I was particularly happy to see all four of my A level Physics tutees achieve an A* in Physics at A level, with A.A in all their Maths and Further Maths exams too.

I have worked with students from various top schools including Eton, Harrow, Charterhouse, Dulwich, Durham School, King`s College, Garden House and Brighton College and currently act as a academic mentor for a student at Harrow guiding him from GCSE to hopefully a successful application to Cambridge to study Physics. As part of this I offer extensive advice on readings, technique, style, historical context and mathematical elegance with regards to physics.

As well as academic teaching I help with personal statements. One recent one is now being used as a model statement at a college. I have also helped with physics summer projects, helping to develop research skills and clarity of presentation. In the past I have arranged meetings between students and members of staff at Durham University to help improve experience and inform university course choices.

I have done some intensive, daily pre-exam sessions for students, but most of my tutees tend to be for a couple of academic years. For some I have guided them from pre-GCSE and seen them go to University. My longest tutee I currently have I have been tutoring for 5 years, quickly developing him to a coding level beyond A-level by the age of 14.

I have taught students with a variety of educational needs including people on the autistic and asperger`s spectrum and have had particularly good comments from parents on this front that can be supplied as references if required.

I teach a variety of skill levels; whether it is applying to Oxbridge or gaining the mathematical skills to become a primary school teacher, seeing students gain confidence and achieve their goals makes my tutoring a rewarding experience.

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