As a home tutor in the Pontarddulais area (near Swansea) I feel privileged to help children with their school work and watch them grow in confidence and ability. These are attributes that will help them not just at school, but also in everyday life and even in their future workplace.

A qualified teacher (PGCE) with over 20 years’ experience, I now tutor children who range in age from 7 to 15 years old. With a degree in English, this subject is naturally my specialism, but I also tutor maths up to and including Key Stage 3.

I pride myself at being able to establish an excellent rapport with all of my students, essential to helping them develop an enthusiasm for the subject. I plan and prepare lessons and work depending on the requirements of each child, aiming to find the appropriate level that will stretch them in the required area. Sometimes tasks are challenging and do require some effort but the results can be hugely rewarding.

Qualified up to degree level in this subject, I help children of all ages from primary school through to those studying GCSE and A-Level English language and English literature. Typical areas of support and guidance include early reading skills, comprehension, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation.

For children who will soon be sitting their exams, I can help them with exam preparation and coaching.

I am very familiar with the programmes of study for mathematics within the National Curriculum and I tutor Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.

Using a variety of resources to make the experience more engaging, I provide tailored tuition on numbers, calculations, fractions, decimals, percentages, algebra, graphs, geometry, probability and other areas of the syllabus.