Amadeus

Hi, I am Amadeus! I am a medical graduate from University of Cambridge, and hold a BA (Hons) in Zoology. I have a passion for both learning and teaching, and have now been tutoring for more than 7 years. I also run an educational start-up which produces free educational resources, primarily videos.

I have a professional tutoring certificate from the tutoring standards agency and an up to date enhanced DBS certificate.

Availability: Anytime Saturday or Sunday, variable throughout the week.

Willing to travel: 2 miles

Experience: I have taught for over 5000 hours, ranging from private tutees, to special needs schools, to medical students on hospital wards. The reason teaching is so rewarding is because its also a continual learning process for both parties involved & I believe passionately in the huge value of teaching, taking great satisfaction in seeing my students achieve their full potential.

Privately, I mainly tutor the Sciences and Maths (which is the subject of our videos), with most of my students at GCSE and A-level but also ranging through to primary school. I don’t teach English itself, but do have experience overcoming language barriers as I have taught Math in Kenya and Uganda.


Applying for Medicine or Oxbridge?

Having studied Medicine at Cambridge, I have inside experience of both how to apply to Medicine, and how to get into Oxbridge more generally. Importantly, I also understand how difficult and daunting the whole process can be.

With their special entrance tests, multiple interviews, and top grades, applying to Oxbridge is a uniquely arduous process. Fortunately, though, a little prep goes along, and excelling at these hurdles can make you stand out from the crowd. Whether its personal statements, work experience, entrance exams like BMAT or UKCAT, or interviews - I can help you get the results you need!


My Approach to tutoring:
The average student spends over 1200 hours at school, and often 100’s of hours more studying at home each year. As a tutor spending 1 to 2 hours a week with each student, I can’t hope to compete with the efforts students put in outside my sessions. What I can do though is help them use that time efficiently, which is one of my main aims when tutoring.

Most importantly, I have a passion for the subjects that I teach and I try to pass that enthusiasm to my students too; as a happy student is a more productive student. I also give all of my students a copy of a mini-book/pamphlet I wrote on how to study effectively, which covers everything from creating the right environment to revise in, to how to cope with exam stress. This means that we can spend our limited time together learning and applying knowledge rather than me teaching routine revision strategies. Although of course if you would like to know more about them, I would be more than happy to explore them with you.

My approach to tutoring is to consider every student as an individual and to make learning fun. Having experience with dyslexia, I appreciate that different students struggle in different areas and pride myself in noticing when the tutee doesn`t fully understand and will explain the idea from different angles until they do.
This means that my strategy varies by subject and student. Generally, though, sessions include a combination of:
- Teaching new material, or recapping areas students are struggling with
- Discussing the wider applications of the material to help with memory retention and exams
- Exam specific advice, such as commonly asked questions, or definitions that might come up
- Exam practice (I have a bank of past exam papers, split by topic, for most subjects I teach)
- Regular feedback on how students are doing & what to work on, including homework