I have a BSc in Mathematics and a PGCE in Secondary Maths Teaching. Alongside classroom experience, I’ve also supported adult learners with personal computing skills.

2026 results: 8 A, 4 B, 2 C, & 2 D

I have been offering private tuition since 2012 and have helped many tutees to obtain, or surpass, their target grades in SQA and A level exams. In the last 5 years alone I have delivered over 3000 hours of tuition!

In addition I have 4 years classroom experience, and have worked in providing adult education in computing.

As a dedicated teacher, I enjoy teaching at all levels of ability, tailoring my approach to the needs of my tutees. Having a calm and patient manner I enjoy the challenge of helping tutees to understand basic principles in ways that make sense to them. Whether you need help with a specific problem or an explanation of a more general concept, just let me know what you need assistance with, and I'll do my best to provide a clear and helpful response.

Elements of my approach:

• review of basic maths ✅
• practice of routine processes and methods ✅
• discussion of how to approach A/B questions at Higher ✅
• breaking down complicated maths to simpler ideas ✅
• problem-solving techniques ✅
• encouraging you to have a questioning attitude in your study of maths ✅
• exam technique ✅

Our aim is to work towards creating a time and space where you can talk about and learn maths in a natural way.

I contend that the big difference between private tuition and, say, watching tutor videos online, or learning by some other online or electronic means, is that a tutor can listen to you and detect things that are misunderstood and provide instant and friendly feedback to correct these misundertandings. Nor can you interrupt a video to ask a pressing question that has just occurred to you, but you can with a tutor. Any good tutor wants you to ask your question and to be engaged.

I ask my tutees to aim high and to that end the focus will always be on you developing as a confident learner.

Jo Boaler in her book Mathematical Mindsets states that “…for the vast majority of children — about 95% — any level of school maths are within their reach.” Further to the point, Nobel prize winner in Physics (1965), Richard Feynman: "I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There's no miracle people. "

With the right support and encouragement to think for yourself you are perfectly capable of learning maths and of being able to obtain a good pass in your exams. So please take this on board and adjust your mindset accordingly.

I don't believe that one can teach effectively if one has forgotten what it is like not to know something, so I gain real satisfaction from explaining complex things in a way that makes sense to others.

Homework, feedback and exam preparation

Homework may be set where useful, usually growing directly out of the tutorial, and is intended to reinforce learning without becoming burdensome.

Feedback is available on request, with brief summaries of work covered, progress made, and areas for further attention.

As examinations approach, tutorials place increasing emphasis on the habits that matter most for success: clear layout, with a logical flow, careful checking of working, and drawing on prior mathematical knowledge in a thoughtful and connected way. All of these habits are encouraged throughout the year, but brought into sharper focus in the final phase of preparation for the exam.

I offer a discount of 5% for tutorials prepaid in blocks of 5. Please enquire if you wish to take advantage of this offer.