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Online Maths Tutor Tom

Tom

Tom

Music / Psychology MA (Musicology)

5.0

$78/hr

Hi, I'm an experienced and friendly former secondary school maths teacher and tutor. I immensely enjoy teaching one-to-one, and students and parents find me highly effective.

Tom
5.0
1025 classes

Keele / Open University - Music / Psychology - MA (Musicology)

Hi, I'm an experienced and friendly former secondary school maths teacher and tutor. I immensely enjoy teaching one-to-one, and students and parents find me highly effective.

Recent Students: 15
Total Hours: 973
Last Online:
All-time Students: 85
Total Classes: 1025
Signed Up:
Recent Students: 15Total Hours: 973Last Online:
All-time Students: 85Total Classes: 1025Signed Up:

About Me

I'm a busy tutor cycling here and there in Brighton, where I live, and currently I also teach a small A level class locally.

Online I take pride in creating a real dialogue rather than lecturing.

Also interested in music and philosophy, book groups etc.

Tutor Experience

I've taught maths at all levels in schools, and for the past 20 years worked mainly as a private tutor.

I've tutored very many students with severe special educational needs.

I'm expert at using graphical software to teach online.

Topic Expertise

I'm experienced in teaching maths at all levels of primary and secondary schooling (UK Key Stages 1 to 5).

I nowadays tend to specialise in A-level Maths and A-level Further Maths, including mechanics, decision maths, and statistics.

Recent experience with all exam boards: Edexcel, OCR and AQA.

Client Reviews

My daughter was very happy with Tom’s lesson - he explained things well

- Further Maths

A good first session. Stats is not my favourite topic but Tom helped me to understand a little more. Thankyou

- Maths

Amélie enjoyed the session and Tom’s approach is very friendly and relaxed. Amélie seems to be responding well. ☺️

- Maths

Great! So calm and thorough. Super session!

- Maths

good teacher

- Maths

Very helpful

- Maths

Best tutor ever!!!

- Maths

very good

- Maths

I really really liked the tutoring. I am a visual Lerner and like to use many examples to understand, therefore the tutoring was perfect for me.

- Maths

Approachable. Already helpful in just 30 minutes

- Maths

Testimonials

David Cairncross
6 months ago
Without a doubt the best tutor you could ever hope to find, equally capable in person or via zoom.

When our daughter first started working with Tom, maths was something of a weaker subject for her. She now has achieved a 9 in successive mock GCSEs and it is easily her strongest subject, looking forward to studying maths at A-level.

Our son has also benefitted from Tom's tutelage and we have recommended him to numerous other families. Cannot recommend highly enough!

Zipwire Band
6 months ago
Tom has been an excellent maths tutor for both my daughters giving them the confidence and skills they needed to bring their grades up and to understand and even enjoy maths. I would HIGHLY recommend Tom just wish we had found him sooner Yr 8 - 11. Thank you Tom !

Kumeshnie Du Plessis
6 months ago
Tom has been excellent at keeping my daughter Y7 engaged and loving Maths. She has been getting a Very good - 6 at Maths in her first year of secondary. He is kind, and funny to a grumpy almost teenage.

Joshua (Mr)
25/11/2019

5/5 Rating
Tom has been incredibly helpful for my A-Level Maths revision. He`s extremely knowledgeable, quick to respond and friendly.

Mohammed (Mr)
23/09/2019

5/5 Rating
Excellent tutoring provided for a very challenging but exceptionally bright student. Tom has really put him through his paces.

Derren (Dr)
02/03/2019

5/5 Rating
We are so pleased with the quality of the teaching Tom provides, he has an excellent, engaging teaching style. Our daughter is not naturally confident & Tom is really boosting her confidence in A`level maths and engaging her in discussion to help her understanding of the topic. Importantly, she really enjoys the lessons. I am a very happy parent to see that she has such an excellent tutor.

Bex (Miss)
17/11/2018

5/5 Rating
Tom has been excellent in building knowledge and confidence in maths.

Sarah (Mrs)
30/07/2018

5/5 Rating
Tom`s calm manner and down to earth approach has boosted my son`s self-confidence in Maths.

Ros (Dr)
01/11/2017

5/5 Rating
Great teacher. Our son finds Tom easy to understand and is very enthusiastic about his sessions. Highly recommended.

Donna (Ms)
06/02/2017

4/5 Rating
Tom recently tutored my son for A level Maths. We are impressed with him as a tutor & he has really helped my son progress & fill in some gaps in his knowledge. He is very thorough and comes well prepared for each session. Would definitely recommend.

David (Mr)
10/10/2015

5/5 Rating
Tom was quick to respond and was very flexible in times he could offer to tutor our daughter. She is finding Tom teaching very helpful and would recommend him to anyone else.

Delyth (Mrs)
20/10/2014

5/5 Rating
Very helpful, accommodating and knowledgeable.

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Qualifications

Nene College of Higher Education (September 1995 – July 1996)
PGCE Maths (Secondary), with substantial additional placements in Music

Open University (February 1993 – October 1995)
M101 Introduction to Maths
M203 Introduction to Pure Maths
MT362 Discrete Mathematics
M381 Number Theory and Mathematical Logic

Keele University
MA Musicology by thesis (October 1988 – June 1990)
BA Hons (2:1) Music and Psychology (October 1982 – June 1986)

John Ruskin High School (September 1971 – July 1976)
5 O-levels, including grade A in Maths and Economics

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