Ian

I have been a science teacher for 22 years. I have worked in large comprehensive schools in Cardiff and Swansea, and for the past 11 years I have worked at my current school in Denbighshire.

I teach GCSE Chemistry, GCSE Biology, A level Chemistry, and A level Biology and have delivered these both as a tutor and a teacher. I have extensive knowledge and experience of WJEC specifications in particular and I am a current examiner for WJEC.

I have worked as a private tutor since 2003 tutoring Chemistry and Biology at a successful tutoring agency in Cardiff alongside teaching in School, and I have been tutoring in the Denbighshire and Flintshire area since relocating here in 2013

I specialise in helping students to achieve the highest possible grades in their examinations and to improve their confidence. I do this by teaching key aspects of the GCSE, AS, and A2 level specification and completion of past examination questions. This develops the students ability to recognise the language and command words commonly used by examiners, and enables students to maximise the number of marks scored for each type of examination question. Furthermore students learn to identify and avoid common mistakes that are made when answering examination questions.
Overall this approach allows students to be confident that during the examination the style and language of questions will be familiar to them so that they can answer each question effectively.


Typical lesson structure:

1. Teach a section of the relevant examination specification
2. Analyse and answer past examination questions for the section of the specification studied.
3. Discuss answers and identify where loss of marks could have been avoided

Please note: I tutor online via Microsoft Teams and only teach WJEC specifications.

Availability: Mondays between 5pm to 9 pm online via Microsoft Teams.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: Science teacher (Chemistry and Biology) for 22 years and current Teacher.
I have taught GCSE Chemistry, GCSE Biology, A level Chemistry and A level Biology.
I am current examiner for WJEC and have previously examined for AQA examination board.
I have worked as a private tutor since 2003 tutoring Chemistry and Biology at a successful tutoring agency in Cardiff and have been tutoring in the Denbighshire and Flintshire area since relocating here in 2013. I have a wealth of tutoring experience and specialise in helping students to achieve the highest possible grades in their examinations.