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11+ and GCSE maths · Online

Most children don't lose marks because they can't do the maths.

They lose them for misreading the question, working too slowly under timed conditions, or freezing on two or three specific topics. I find out which one it is, then fix that.

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  • QE Barnet alumnus, sat the 11+ himself
  • GL · CEM · CSSE · Quest
  • Online, UK‑wide
  • First lesson free

The real problem

Marks usually go somewhere other than the maths.

01

Reading, not arithmetic

The sum is fine. The question asked for something slightly different and nobody checked.

02

Speed under the clock

They can do every question. They cannot do every question in the time the paper allows.

03

Two or three frozen topics

Most children have a short list of topics that stop them dead. It is rarely the whole subject.

04

It fades by Thursday

Understood on Saturday, gone by the middle of the week, because it was taught once and never returned to.

How it works

Three steps, and the first one is yours.

  1. Tell me the sticking point

    When you book, say which topic or which kind of question keeps going wrong. A photo of a wrong answer from a past paper is ideal.

  2. We spend the hour on that

    Not a general assessment, not a tour of the syllabus. The hour goes on the thing you named.

  3. They leave able to do it

    The test is simple. Your child can answer a question they could not answer at the start, and can explain why.

What I teach

Two things, properly.

11+ maths

Grammar and super‑selective entry. Number, ratio, algebra, geometry, statistics and multi‑step word problems. GL, CEM, CSSE and Quest, including the Slough Consortium Paper Two format and OMR answer sheets. I sat a super‑selective paper myself and got my place, so this is ground I have actually walked.

GCSE maths

Foundation and Higher, all major boards. Algebra, quadratics, trigonometry, circle theorems, probability, and the exam technique that turns method marks into full marks.

About me

Who you'd actually be working with.

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I sat the 11+ for Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, got in, and I'm now reading Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London.

So I have been on your child's side of this. I know what the super‑selective papers ask for, what the pressure feels like at ten years old, and how much of the preparation that gets sold to parents is wasted motion.

I sat GCSE maths four years ago, on the specification your child is sitting now. That matters more than it sounds: I remember which questions eat the clock, which topics are taught badly almost everywhere, and what the mark schemes actually reward. I have been tutoring for three years, ages 8 to 16.

I teach from a shared iPad screen, so your child watches the working appear line by line rather than being handed an answer. It is the same way I make everything I post.

  • Enhanced DBS checked
  • QE Barnet, 11+ entry
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • 3 years tutoring
  • Ages 8–16
  • Online, UK‑wide

Safeguarding

I hold an Enhanced DBS check. Lessons are online and can be recorded on request, and a parent is welcome to sit in on any lesson, at any time, without asking first.

When you probably don't need a tutor

If your child understands the topics and is only slow, you do not need me. Buy past papers, sit them down with a timer, and do one a week. That fixes speed on its own and it costs you nothing.

Come to me when there are specific topics that stop them, or when you have tried the papers and the same mistakes keep coming back.

Pricing

One rate, and the first lesson costs nothing.

Per hour

£30 / hour
  • First lesson free. No card details, no obligation, no sales call attached.
  • Minimum two hours a week, split across two sessions.
  • Up to four hours a week closer to the exam.
  • Notes and worked solutions after every lesson.
  • Introductory rate while I build up reviews. It will go up; it will not go up for you once we have started.

Why two hours, not one

A single weekly hour is mostly spent reminding a child what you did last week. Two shorter sessions keep the thread going, and the second one is where the work from the first actually sticks.

I keep a small number of reduced‑rate places for families where £30 an hour is not workable. Ask me in the free lesson.

FAQ

Questions parents actually ask.

Is the first lesson really free?
Yes. No card details, no obligation, and no sales call attached to it.
What year should we start?
Most families start in Year 4 or Year 5 for the 11+. Starting earlier than that rarely helps. If you are already in Year 5 or later, you have not necessarily left it too late, and I will tell you honestly if I think you have.
Which exam boards do you cover?
GL Assessment, CEM, CSSE and Quest for the 11+, and all major boards at GCSE. Quest needs its own preparation because of the Paper Two format and the OMR answer sheets, and that is often the part families miss.
How do online lessons work?
A video call with a shared whiteboard. Your child needs a laptop or tablet, paper and a pencil. Nothing else to install.
Are you DBS checked?
Yes, Enhanced. Happy to show it to you before the first lesson if you would like to see it. Lessons can also be recorded on request, and you are welcome to sit in on any of them.
Are you a qualified teacher?
No. I am a maths undergraduate at Queen Mary who passed the super‑selective 11+ for QE Barnet, has been tutoring for three years, and prices accordingly at £30 rather than the £50 to £65 a qualified teacher charges in London. If what your child needs is a qualified teacher, I will say so rather than take the booking.
Do you teach in person?
Online only, anywhere in the UK.
What do you need from me before the first lesson?
One topic your child struggles with. Ideally a photo of a past paper question they got wrong, because the working tells me more than the answer does.

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Tell me the topic and I'll take it from there.

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