John

"From the moment John walked into our home with a deck of playing cards 3 years ago, I knew he was the right teacher to help us with the KS3 maths curriculum. Our 15 year old son has classic autism with delayed verbal and conversation skills. In addition he presents with severe anxiety in a school environment and we have been homeschooling for the past 3 years. We are very grateful to John. He has been the backbone to our son’s development.

"John came highly recommended: he is always professional, reliable and flexible. He engages well with all students and they have always enjoyed the sessions with him. He has had a real impact on their learning, confidence and outcomes. We have continued to employ John as a tutor as he has proved an extremely valuable asset."

''I got in contact with John when my son was in Year 9 and struggling with literacy. He was having difficulties with reading, spelling and grammar. I wanted someone who would go back over the basics to help him secure a more solid foundation and then support him to develop his literacy skills. This is exactly what John did – took him back to basics and then really built on these to enable him to develop broad literacy skills of a high standard. His progress with John was evidenced by an immediate improvement in grades. I would highly recommend John as a tutor.''

''John is an outstanding tutor. He has worked with our son for more than two years with incredible patience and dedication, while inspiring a calm atmosphere. Our son has autism, ADHD and oppositional defiance disorder, so seeing such a high level of engagement in his lessons is something I rarely see. Somehow John captured him from the very beginning and has always managed to work really well with him. Where there have been problems, John has been persistent and firm, but also kind, caring, and understanding of our son’s needs. Our son achieves brilliantly with John, not only in Maths and English, but also in increasing his attention skills, his ability to persevere and his engagement with new material, which he is very anxious about, in a confident way.''

''We needed the help of a tutor to prepare our daughter for common entrance. With English not being her first language, she needed help on all fronts, and was not excited about having to study in her holiday time. John was able to motivate her, encourage her and prepare her successfully, both in Maths and in English. He filled gaps in her grammar, helped her with reading and comprehension and taught her how to write with a structure. Thanks to him she has not struggled in her first term at boarding school. John was very pleasant company, respectful, polite and extremely professional. I will most definitely ask him over again when the time comes for our other children.''