John Mcburney

I have been a tutor for about 2 years now, tutoring students in year 9 and year 13. I achieved an A* in my recent A-level maths, achieving 96%, putting me in the top 1% of students in the UK. As I recently sat the exams myself, I have the best methods and resources to help you improve your grades. My approach is I like to start with a completely free consultation, where I can gauge what level the student is at, what grades they are aiming to achieve and which topics they struggle on. Every student is different so my approach will differ accordingly. If a student struggles with a specific topic or has a particular topic test coming up, we will start by reviewing those topics. I like to give the student a more tricky question and see where they get stuck. I will then work through it and show the best method and any shortcuts that they can use to complete these types of questions more quickly in the future. For those students aiming to achieve top grades, I like to start by giving them an exam paper to complete and seeing which questions they either can't complete or don't complete in the most effective ways. I also know of resources more specifically tailored towards students hoping to receive grade 9s as I was one of these students only a couple years ago, and managed to receive 70/80, 76/80 and 70/80 in the 3 papers. Furthermore, I can help you in your approach to the trickier questions you find at the end of papers, to help to get either all or some of these marks, securing you a higher grade.