Duncan

My Passion & How I Inspire

I am really fascinated by the different styles in which different people learn, so I love to tailor my tutoring sessions to the student. My favourite part of tutoring is that ‘click’ moment, when someone suddenly gets a concept that you’ve been grappling with for a while: that’s what I’m aiming for the whole time. I also like to make lessons fun – it’s the best way of getting people enthusiastic about the subject!

My Experience

I’ve had over 5 years of experience in private tutoring, with a strong focus on Maths and Physics. I’ve taught Maths and Further Maths GCSE and A-Levels, and Physics at AS and A2 standards. I’ve worked with curricula from a variety of different boards, including AQA, Edexcel, MEI and OCR.

I also spent 2 months in the summer of 2014 at an academy in India for children from socio-economically deprived backgrounds. At the campus near Delhi, I took classes on Philosophy, French, Maths and Physics. I also ran workshops on debating and coached a number of sessions of rugby.

Subjects That I Teach

  • Economics
  • Economics - A-Level
  • Economics - Undergraduate
  • Economics - 11+
  • English
  • English - A-Level
  • English - Undergraduate
  • English - 11+
  • Maths
  • Maths - A-Level
  • Maths - Undergraduate
  • Maths - 11+
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy - A-Level
  • Philosophy - Undergraduate
  • Philosophy - 11+
  • Physics
  • Physics - A-Level
  • Physics - Undergraduate
  • Physics - 11+
  • Verbal Reasoning
  • Verbal Reasoning - A-Level
  • Verbal Reasoning - Undergraduate
  • Verbal Reasoning - 11+

My Qualifications

2012 – 2015: 1st Class Honours from the University of Oxford

BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Focus on Macroeconomics and the Philosophy of Logic and Language

2010 – 2012: A-Levels

Physics (A* - 95%), Maths (A* - 100%), English Literature (A* - 100%), Further Maths (A* - 95%)

2010: GCSEs

10 A*s (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Literature, English Language, Mathematics, History, Music, French, German)

My Video Introduction

Fun fact

I once abseiled down a tower in South America - facing forwards!