Joshua

Hello, my name is Joshua and I have been a private maths tutor for nineteen years. Maths has always been my favourite subject, and I get a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction from tutoring. See below for details of my experience as a tutor / school teacher.

My teaching style:

Many children find maths as it is presented in school incredibly dull. (Just ask a few of them what they think about school maths.) So wherever possible, I like to use deep, open-ended, curriculum-relevant problems to get my students curious (see 2 examples below):

"You have 36 metres of fencing. What`s the biggest garden you can make if you are free to make it any shape you like?"

"If I tell you the sum and the difference of 2 numbers, how can you work out what the numbers are themselves?"

These sorts of problems give children the chance to explore, ask questions, make conjectures, test out their ideas, and come up with their own explanations. This is what makes maths engaging, and helps them become competent mathematicians.

Availability: Every day, including weekends

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: (Sept 2007 - present)
Self-employed as a private maths tutor. All levels up to and including A-level.

(Sept 2000 - July 2007)
Maths teacher at Fortismere School, a mixed secondary school in Muswell Hill. Every year I was there I taught classes ranging from Year 7 to Year 13 (A-level).

(June 2011 - July 2017)
GCSE and A-level examiner for the exam boards Edexcel and OCR

(Sept 2010-July 2011)
One-to-one maths tutor at Northumberland Park Community School

(March 2010 - May 2010)
GCSE maths tutor at Friern Barnet School.

DBS Check: Yes