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Leila B

£42/hr

Chemistry tutor with 18 years experience teaching in UK schools.

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A bit about Leila B

I have been teaching Science since 2003 and teaching Chemistry A level at schools in Derbyshire and Staffordshire. My background is in metallurgy and materials engineering but decided to go into Secondary education when I started my family. I progressed in my teaching career to manage a Science faculty and was successful in improving outcomes for pupils at GCSE and A Level Sciences. I also spent 3 years working as an Examiner and coursework moderator for OCR. I am familiar with all the different Science specifications and examination boards and have experience adapting to the necessary specifications as required. My degree specialism is a BEng(Hons) in Metallurgy and Materials Science at Nottingham University. I continued in research at the University then worked as a metallurgist before moving into education when I started my family. I started tutoring A level Chemistry at first as a favour to my friend's son. Then another pupil in his class asked me to tutor him also. From then, and through word of mouth I built up my tutoring base to tutor Science and Chemistry for both OCR and AQA examination boards. My students have generally made progress by 2 or more grades with me and my A level students have managed to achieve the grades required to study Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. I started tutoring with Sherpa last year to a mixture of Y10, Y11, Y12 and Y13 students. The examination outcomes from my Sherpa tutees were excellent. Pupils got A* and A in their Chemistry A levels and GCSE Grades ranging from a 6 to a 9 in their Science GCSE's. I qualified as a secondary teacher in 2003 and have been teaching Science at KS3 and KS4 with specialism in Chemistry A Level. During my extensive teaching career I progressed to lead a large Science department and saw outcomes improve for all pupils across the Science curriculum. I have also assisted 6th Formers with their personal statements and UCAS applications as part of my pastoral role. I was also an Examiner for OCR which helped me share the best examination techniques for my students. Many of my pupils and tutees ask about revision techniques on run up to mock exams and I will share best practice with them. My extensive experience as a Science teacher and proven outcomes from my students allows me to offer you an optimum tutoring experience to help you make the right progress in the areas you need within Science. I teach OCR and AQA at A Level and last year tutored someone following the WJEC exam board at A Level who subsequently got a grade A in her exams. I also teach AQA at GCSE I love tutoring as it gives me the opportunity to target my teaching and learning practice to individual pupil needs. Everyone is different and unique in their learning styles and one to one tutoring allows me to target my teaching style to suit the tutee and allow them to make the progress they are seeking. Everyone I have tutored have progressed at most by 4 grades* *this is over a 2 year period

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Teaches

Subject Rate
Science
Level
KS3
 £42/hr
Chemistry
Level
GCSE
 £42/hr
Chemistry
Level
A-Level
 £42/hr
Biology
Level
GCSE
 £42/hr
Exam Technique
Level
Exam Technique
 £42/hr
Personal Statements
Level
General
 £42/hr
Physics
Level
GCSE
 £42/hr
Revision Skills
Level
Revision Skills
 £42/hr
Science
Level
Primary
 £42/hr
UCAS Preparation
Level
UCAS Preparation
 £42/hr
Combined Science
Level
GCSE
 £42/hr

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