Online Maths Tutor James

I've taught maths and physics to students at all levels, from KS3 to MSc students. Throughout my PhD I was trained and employed as a teaching assistant by the Physics Department at Durham University.

I've also tutored under the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), working in collaboration with schools to help students catch up on learning missed due to the Covid-19 lockdowns.

In my lessons I focus on three essential pillars of high performance in maths and physics:
- knowledge of syllabus content;
- applying that knowledge in practice, including exam technique;
- avoiding and detecting mistakes.

In maths especially, teachers often stress memorisation of formulae. Memorisation can be helpful, but can't bypass understanding. Understanding in turn makes remembering what the formulae should be, and checking if you've remembered them correctly, much easier.

Everyone learns differently, and I will adapt my style and pace to keep you moving towards achieving your goals. Lessons are tailored to your level and learning style, and planned to target the areas you want to focus upon.

As exams approach, we will pivot towards exam questions and exam technique, including strategies for clearly setting out your work to pick up as many marks as possible, time allocation, and ways to check for errors.

For students planning to continue to in maths or physics, we can go beyond the syllabus, drawing connections between seemingly-disconnected topics and introducing more advanced ideas and examples, to smooth the transition to university study.

My personal areas of expertise are maths, theoretical physics, and programming.

That means that, as a tutor, I can easily adapt to your needs -- offering more advanced stretch material if appropriate, including preparation for university maths and physics admissions tests, or integrating programming assignments (e.g. in Python) into the topics we cover. Alternatively, we can take a step back and look at how topics connect together, explaining things in new ways to help you approach an idea from a different angle.

I am comfortable teaching all GCSE and A-level exam boards, the IB, university admissions tests (STEP/MAT), undergraduate maths and physics, and some postgraduate courses. If you have other bespoke needs and you think I could help, I am always happy to discuss them and see what we can do; do get in touch!