Jeremy

I am an experienced full-time maths tutor supporting GCSE and A-level maths students, including those preparing for STEP, undergraduates and adult learners.

I specialise in one-to-one home tutoring, in which I have 14 years experience, and am able to travel to students throughout London. I am a maths graduate of the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College, BA (Hons), MA and M Math degrees) and have a teaching qualification (DTLLS, University of London). I am also an assistant examiner at A-level for OCR/MEI.

As a full-time tutor, I am able to offer daytime home schooling and other high frequency tuition. Other levels of tuition are also supported by arrangement.

I am able to support students preparing for the STEP II and III papers used as entrance exams by some UK universities. As a Cambridge maths graduate, who took entrance exams myself, I am well placed to help students adjust to the very different style of questions they contain and advise them on question selection, and enjoy doing so.

Every student is different: past maths learning and experience, present interests and concerns, and future learning needs and goals are all individual. Accordingly, my tutoring approach puts meeting each student`s needs at its heart. This requires careful, ongoing assessment of current understanding and the use of effective teaching techniques to deepen and extend this, build confidence and motivation for continued development, and foster independent learning and evaluation skills

Specific teaching practices I value and employ for the benefit of my students include:

Avoiding assuming prior understanding
Communicating clearly and precisely
Asking numerous, varied questions which test understanding
Eliciting responses without leading, and giving time to answer
Requiring the student to explain their thought processes
Listening to responses and observing carefully, to assess understanding
Identifying misconceptions and gaps in understanding and correcting these
Valuing the student’s contributions and answering their questions carefully
Setting clear objectives for, facilitating, recognising and praising student progress
Being friendly, positive, enthusiastic and motivational
Being empathic and respectful of the student’s autonomy
Providing constructive feedback on completed work
Stimulating the student by providing an appropriate level of challenge and extension
Requiring the student to reason mathematically and explain their reasoning
Explaining flaws in the student`s mathematical logic and providing corrective guidance and encouragement
Providing ample opportunity for practice and consolidation of mathematical topics
Highlighting important points and repeating them regularly
Using different methods and comparing their efficiency to inform method selection
Highlighting the role of mathematics in other fields of study, everyday life and work
Appreciating the specifications for and the demands of the maths course the student is studying
Highlighting mathematical knowledge the student already has, to reduce anxiety
Making connections between related mathematical concepts and highlighting patterns
Supporting using related examples, to extend mathematical knowledge and build confidence
Breaking multi-stage mathematical tasks down into small steps
Requiring the student to interpret and communicate mathematical information

Availability: Weekday evenings after school
Weekday mornings and afternoons for students at home at that time
Weekends

Willing to travel: 15 miles

Experience: Private one-to-one home maths tutor for 14 years
Maths teaching experience in a UK further education college
Assistant examiner at A-level for OCR/MEI
Senior consulting actuary in the Civil Service 1991-2008
International experience delivering lectures, seminars and one-to-one training

DBS Check: Yes