UK-based experienced online Chemistry tutor and Head of the Science Department offers tutoring for KS3 and GCSE levels.
Hello! I am an experienced Head of Department and Online Tutor based in the UK specializing in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics at GCSE, and Biology and Physics at A-level. I have a wealth of teaching and exam resources and a solid track record of improving student results. I also tutor General Science and Mathematics at KS3.
After completing A-levels in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics (all grade A), I began my B.Sc. in Biology at Queen’s University of Belfast, graduating with First Class Honors. Prior to teaching, I worked in food disease research and then in the food retail sector, focusing on product quality, safety, and procurement.
After some years, I changed careers into teaching, completing my PGCE in Physics at King’s College London. In my first teaching post, at a large mixed secondary school outside London, I was immediately given responsibility to develop new schemes of work for Physics at both GCSE and A-level for the new exam syllabi. Despite my lack of teaching experience at the time, my passion for Physics, inspiring student learning, use of real-life application, and focus on exam technique showed I was the right person for the job.
My dedication to raising the profile and attainment of Physics, not only in my own lessons but in the wider department, resulted in my official promotion to Head of Physics. In this capacity, I continued to drive progress throughout the department by sharing best practices with non-specialist teachers and the department as a whole.
In addition to improving academic progress each year, I developed the school’s STEM opportunities through extracurricular Crest awards and organized a residential trip to CERN in Geneva, where students had the opportunity to see one of the particle accelerators up close.
My success in inspiring students and colleagues alike, along with my continued improvement in student academic progress, saw me promoted to Head of Science the following year. I am also an examiner for a UK exam board.