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Gary

Gary
Gary
Tutor
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Feedback Score:
+26
Member Since: 25/01/2018
Last Login: 3 days ago
Response Rate: 100%
Expected Response: < 1 hour

My Qualifications

MA
University of Cambridge
History
2.1  (1996)

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Information about Gary

I hold a Masters Degree (MA) in History from Cambridge University. I am a qualified teacher with 30 years experience of teaching A level History and Politics and have a proven track record of helping students achieve their academic potential. My knowledge and experience of the subjects I teach, and of current exam board specifications, means I can add value to the performance of any student. I also help undergraduate students studying Modern History or Politics/PPE.

Availability: Weekday evenings and weekends during term time. Weekends and weekday mornings and afternoons outside of term time.

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: I have 30 years experience of teaching History and Politics in outstanding schools. I was Head of Politics for 10 years before becoming Head of Sixth Form. My extensive teaching experience has allowed me to forge a successful parallel career as an educational consultant, training teachers in how to teach History and Politics. I also run my own Higher Education consultancy helping UK and international students with university applications and personal statements.

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Feedback For Gary (26)

We have a total of 26 review(s) for Gary.

Helen (Mrs)
05/01/2024

5/5 Rating

Great


Doina (Mrs)
04/10/2023

5/5 Rating

I could not recommend Gary highly enough. He is passionate and deeply knowledgeable about his subject and dedicated and committed to his tutees. He goes above and beyond to help and I could not wish for a better tutor for my daughter who is doing A-level politics and has been struggling but is now slowly turning things around.


Denis (Mr)
27/06/2023

5/5 Rating

I was very impressed with Gary`s tutorials. He has fantastic communication skills and organisational skills. He has vast subject knowledge and Curriculum knowledge. Gary is friendly and eager to help and uses good examples that helped me understand the problem. After every session I had with Gary, I felt more confident in approaching the assignment.


Sarah (Mrs)
15/06/2023

5/5 Rating

Gary has been an outstanding tutor. My daughter has thoroughly enjoyed his style of teaching and thinks he’s been an invaluable help. She started with Gary predicted a C for Politics A level and is now aiming for an A. Gary has really listened to her and identified what she needed to improve. We would highly recommend Gary and feel lucky to have engaged him.


Sian (Mrs)
14/06/2023

5/5 Rating

My son has found his sessions with Gary really valuable and they have been a huge help in building his subject knowledge and confidence as he had prepared for his A-Levels. A highly recommended tutor.


Masroor (Mr)
18/05/2023

5/5 Rating

Gary is an excellent tutor, he has tutored me for a number of weeks covering both History and Politics A Level. He has taken the time to understand my areas of weakness and has put in place a plan to help me improve. My school teachers say the quality of my work has gone up by two grades since Gary started tutoring me. I find him to be very patient and knowledgeable on the subjects and he is excellent at getting me to focus in on what`s important. He is also flexible in terms of timings of his lessons and his availability.

Tutors Response :

Thank you for your positive feedback and your kind words. I wish you every success with your examinations and hope you achieve the excellent grades your hard work deserves.


James (Mr)
01/09/2022

5/5 Rating

Very good and professional tutor.


Irina (Mrs)
21/06/2022

5/5 Rating

Gary is an excellent tutor, who is very knowledgeable and has really improved my child`s knowledge and exam technique. I would definitely recommend Gary.

Tutors Response :

Thank you, Irina. Your kind words and warm recommendation are very much appreciated. I wish your son every success with his future studies.


Hanna (Miss)
20/06/2022

5/5 Rating

I can definitely recommend Gary as a Politics teacher. He helped me become more confident with the subject that I regretted taking at first as my A level. His patience and genuine dedication to help is hard to find. I also enjoyed the independence with the tailored structure and the goal of the teaching sessions. After spending a lot of time finding a suitable teacher I am really happy and thankful for all the help and time!

Tutors Response :

Thank you for your kind words, Hanna. I very much enjoyed working with you too. I wish you every future success.


Vanessa (Miss)
17/05/2022

5/5 Rating

I was really struggling with my politics coursework module at university as I came from an economic background. So, I decided to take 1 lesson with Gary for help. Gary was an excellent teacher. I have had other tutors before, but his quality of teaching did not compare. Gary guided me in the structure of my essay, improved my understanding of political issues and helped transform my essay from a 2:1 to a high first. You can tell the passion he has for the subject and that was translated to me. I achieved 85% in my coursework module. The highest grade I have ever achieved in my university modules and it is all down to Gary. Thank you so much.

Tutors Response :

Thank you for your very kind words, Vanessa. I very much enjoyed working with you too. Congratulations on your hard earned academic success. I wish you every future success.


Saran (Mrs)
13/10/2021

5/5 Rating

Gary is an outstanding tutor! He has extensive knowledge on the entire A-Level Politics curriculum and tailored each lesson for my son. Gary is excellent in simplifying essay technique to achieve the top marks, improving my son grades and being predicted to achieve an A/A in his A levels. He also kindly enough helped my son with his personal statement, allowing him to receive multiple offers from Russel Group universities, including an offer from UCL to study Economics. Gary has always remain extremely professional and my son extremely enjoys his lessons and states they are always extremely beneficial. I highly reccomend!!!


Jill (Mrs)
26/05/2021

5/5 Rating

Gary is an excellent A Level Politics tutor. We chose him as he is a senior teacher with a wealth of experience. Our son has thoroughly enjoyed the on-line tutoring sessions with Gary and has benefited greatly in terms of honing his essay writing skills to a point where his essays improved by one to two grades since starting tutoring in January. Our son`s college is predicting that he will achieve an A*. Thank you Gary.


Eileen (Mrs)
04/05/2021

5/5 Rating

Gary is highly recommended. Very helpful, patient and clear. Superbly helpful in supporting the student in gaining a wider knowledge of the subject. Excellent tutor.


Alfie (Mr)
26/04/2021

5/5 Rating

Gary is very knowledgeable and provided excellent guidance through every aspect of the course. (Edexcel politics and government)


Ellen (Mrs)
07/04/2021

5/5 Rating

Gary is very knowledgeable in American history. His lesson is really informative.


Tom (Mrs)
14/04/2020

5/5 Rating

Helpful- Good insight and knowledge of topic.


Varsha (Mrs)
14/03/2020

5/5 Rating

Is vastly knowledgeable & able download this in bite size chunks & bring the subject alive. My daughter is growing more confident & enjoying the sessions. Gary is professional & reliable & we are very pleased to have him tutor.


Robert (Mr)
29/02/2020

5/5 Rating

Gary helped my daughter with her A level History non-exam coursework. He provided some excellent insight & suggestions, such that my daughter positively amended her project. Gary was professional & extremely knowledgable.

Tutors Response :

Thank you for your positive feedback;it is very much appreciated. Remember, I am here if help is needed during the final run-in towards the exams. Best wishes. Gary


Julie ()
09/12/2019

5/5 Rating

Gary clearly has a wealth of experience of both curriculum knowledge but more importantly exam technique. He is helping my y12 child make the huge step up from GCSE to Level.


Jo (Mrs)
13/06/2019

5/5 Rating

Gary has been a first class Politics tutor for my A-level daughter.
Professional, knowledgable and very reliable.
Couldn`t recommend highly enough.....


Louise (Mrs)
10/05/2019

5/5 Rating

Gary was amazingly flexible for some short notice crisis help! He made things far clearer for my daughters A’level Gov & Politics end of year 12 exam. Looking forward to his ongoing help leading up to the ‘real thing’ in year 13.


Ruth (Mrs)
03/05/2019

5/5 Rating

Gary has been totally fantastic tutoring my daughter in A level politics. She had some fairly large gaps in her learning and was lacking confidence, through Gary’s thorough and steady teaching she is now back on track.


Catherine (Mrs)
22/03/2019

5/5 Rating

Gary has been a great help to our son and we are very happy with what`s been achieved so far!


Ben (Mrs)
20/03/2019

5/5 Rating

Gary is brilliant and I would completely recommend him to teach both history and politics. Gary is helping our son get back on track in both subjects for his A levels in May/June. He is succeeding in giving our son the confidence to believe in himself again and increasing his knowledge/exam skills. Gary is both approachable and professional. We are confident that with Gary`s help and motivation Ben will excel in his exams.


Rona (Ms)
31/12/2018

5/5 Rating

After just two sessions my daughter`s confidence has been massively improved. Very glad we engaged Gary.
Site drops a point for misleading map - I know they want to be vague on location, but there`s vague and there`s miles out.


Loreta (Mrs)
10/06/2018

5/5 Rating

History made easy! Gary tutored my son twice a week in preparation for GCSE History exam for over two months so we got to know him quite well. My son found Gary’s sessions particularly useful in helping him to memorise facts, understand links between events, and adopt correct terminology and key words. The objective was to fill in as many gaps as possible in my son’s knowledge; to my great surprise Gary made him actually interested in History! Gary responds quickly and is accommodating to changes in agreed schedule. It was superb tutoring experience and I recommend Gary to anyone who needs a shortcut to outstanding knowledge and some good history fun.


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