Freya Thornton

My name is Freya and I am a First Class Biological Natural Sciences graduate and medical student at the University of Cambridge. I have just completed my third year with a focus in Physiology and Neuroscience. I also achieved Class I honours in both first and second year (Medical Sciences), ranking 5/271 in my cohort in second year and 10/271 in my first. I completed A-Levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and History, in which I was awarded 4 A* grades, and two years previously I received 10 grade 9s, as well as an A in FSMQ Additional Maths, in my GCSEs.

I hope to make lessons interesting and informative, focusing on areas the student feels they need more help on and tailoring the lesson to the student's learning style. I will begin lessons going through the topics the student feels they need to focus on, consolidating the knowledge by going through exam questions and content application; when taking my GCSEs and A-Levels I found that exam questions really helped to build my confidence in areas I was unsure on, and they are often repeated in some form so I find they are an extremely useful teaching and learning tool.

I can provide tutoring in GCSE and A-level Science, as well as guidance for applying to Medicine. This could include UCAT tutoring and interview guidance.

In terms of my experience, during my A-Levels I tutored GCSE students in Biology, which allowed me to experience some of the many different styles of learning, and how best to tailor my tutoring to them. I have also completed the Maths Mates volunteer course, which focused on how to teach primary school students basic maths; the educational principles taught to me will prove useful in tutoring.