All the feedback below is genuine, though names have been omitted or changed as necessary.
With many thanks – and blushes – to all contributors.
Can I just say that S is finding your lessons extremely beneficial. He was able to help his friend out today by explaining something you helped him with on Monday. (“S”, Radcliffe)
Thank you for all the help you have provided and making me feel more confident in Maths than I ever have. Thanks for all the tips and being quick to adapt methods to help me understand. I can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done in helping me achieve my goals to get me into Reading for Meteorology. (“C”, A2, Denbigh)
Thank you so much for your help Peter you’ve been a great teacher and made maths fun and understanding for me! I’m off to Manchester to study medicine woo J . (“C”, A2, Walton High)
Thank you for all your help and support throughout the last 2 years of my maths A levels. All the hard work has paid off! (“J”, Maths and Further Maths A level, Akeley Wood)
We are very proud parents, thank you!!
Thank you so much for tutoring me over the last few years, I don’t think you realise how helpful you have been. I’ve got so much out of it than I ever imagined I would (“J”, A2, Royal Latin)
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E got 88% and was second in his class! A lot of his friends were in shock at how he beat them (their mouths dropped open) All of his lost marks were silly mistakes too, as he understood it all. He went in super confident thanks to you, Peter. (“E”, GCSE, Bedford)
I owe you! F (A level, Royal Latin)
Hi peter! H down here – you helped me out with the statistical analysis of my data for my dissertation a couple of months ago. Just thought I would let you know that I got a first for my dissertation and a first for my degree! Thank you so much for your help!! (“H”, Sports Science, Southampton Uni)
We have found Peter to be very helpful with our Son’s math needs. He explains things clearly, is patient and has a sense of humour! Our son feels comfortable asking about anything he is unsure of and actually enjoys his math lessons with Peter! We would definitely recommend Peter. (“M”, GCSE, Stantonbury)
Hi Peter. K didn’t find the calculator paper too bad today. We are so grateful to you. What has been great is that she has really enjoyed the tutoring which is an absolute bonus! Thanks for everything. (“K”, GCSE, Redborne Upper School)
Peter has been a wonderful help to my son, preparing him for his A Level Maths. He is very calm and encouraging and very flexible with his time. L feels much better prepared for his exams now. Thank you Peter very much. (“L”, A2, Elizabeth Woodville School)
“C is finding Peter to be very helpful. He is friendly and very positive and encouraging. C likes the way Peter explains topics she is unsure of and is feeling more confident. Peter is always punctual. Thank you Peter”
“Peter tutored my son for his A levels in maths and further maths. He is patient, flexible and will accommodate any demands. Above all, he is an excellent maths tutor tutor and I am happy to say that my son achieved an A in maths at A level and is now going to Bristol to study Engineering”
“G has definitely regained his confidence in his abilities during the four sessions with Peter prior to sitting his mock A2 exams in December. Peter was always on time – despite the bad weather – and flexible when G needed to reschedule a session”
“Peter has a serious and methodical approach to tuition which is exactly what my son needs. We will await the exam in January to see if the extra help is paying off but C feels more confident in AS maths lessons now and confidence is a big issue with him due to some rather poor teaching in the important GCSE years at his school”
“I can see a huge difference in E’s approach to Maths. It is lovely to see her gaining more confidence and I think she is beginning to see that she has the ability to grasp certain elements which she has up until now written herself off of. I know she doesn’t show it at the moment, but she has a lot of faith in you and I have heard her say to her friends that ‘he is really helping’”
“We’re very pleased with the help that Peter has been giving S. Peter explains things in a way that S finds easy to grasp and S is quickly regaining the confidence that he lost over the last couple of years. We would definitely recommend him”
“Very helpful and friendly. Also punctual and flexible”
“Peter, I would have no hesitation in highly recommending you to others seeking tuition. In the very short period we have had prior to C’s GCSE you have inspired and helped her to become competent and confident in her abilities in this area, much more so than I expected. Asking you to help her was definitely one of my better decisions! Thank you”
“T tells me that you are really helping him and that the sessions are very useful, so thank you. He is not good at doing his revision, and you have motivated him to work between tutorials. T also says he has been more on top of his AS maths since he returned to school as a result of the work with you during the holidays”
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“Peter has helped my son enormously with his AS maths revision and I cannot rate him highly enough”
“My son’s confidence has improved considerably. Peter takes time to explain the basics and is supportive. He is competent and has built a good relation with my son. I would definitely recommend him”
“Peter is a wonderful tutor. He has built an excellent and highly effective rapport with my daughter which has facilitated her engagement with learning. Peter has been patient and skilled in supporting our daughter learn. He has also been very proactive in helping us to sort out IGCSE entry and an exam centre – things we could not have achieved without his help. I recommend Peter very highly because he is a very knowledgeable, professional and highly skilled tutor”
“Peter is doing an excellent job of building my son’s confidence and capability as he approaches GCSE in the Spring. Peter is happy to take the time to give progress updates and is not afraid to say where there is room for improvement”
“Very good. Made an immediate impact”
“My son suffers from a chronic illness and was struggling after missing quite a lot of school, to the extent that he was on the verge of giving the subject up. S has developed enormously with Peter’s help and is now doing very well in maths, having gone from grade E to grades A and B. S enjoys working with Peter and we find Peter to be very friendly, reliable and capable. He is able to tackle any topic that S has problems with and explains everything in a manner that S finds easy to understand. From our experiences with Peter I would highly recommend him to anyone”
“I called on Peter to assist in a SHL numerical reasoning test that I needed to sit in order to gain a position. Not only had Peter researched the site prior to assisting me, he had sat the test himself! Needless to say he was excellent and I passed”
“Peter is an excellent tutor, experienced, knowledgeable and very patient”
“Dear Peter, I want to reaffirm our thanks for the ways in which you assisted us in the need to tutor our son A for exams this past summer. We knew we had a tall order to find someone to be his sole tutor for AS level Maths from GCSE level and accomplish this in a mere 4 months. However, from your swift response to my first enquiry, your fair assessment of the challenge ahead and our initial meeting in which you outlined how it was achievable, we were delighted that we had come across you. We were really pleased to see how you built rapport with A, led him through the work required and prepared him for his exams. Above all, we were all delighted with the A grade he achieved in the summer, and how this has set him up for his A2 year. lt was a great achievement! We remain grateful to you for being willing to rise to the challenge and diligently preparing A for his AS exams in such a short time. We have no hesitation in recommending you most highly as a Maths tutor”
“We have found Peter reliable, polite and friendly. Our daughter’s school figures have improved from grade E to grade C”
“I felt that Peter was very efficient in that he covered a large amount of work in every lesson, and I felt I benefitted from him tailoring each tutorial to my ability, the subject material I needed to cover and the key aspects I needed to spend more time on. As a result I believe he turned some of my weaknesses into strengths. Without doubt Peter made me feel much more confident about the maths modules and was very encouraging in everything I did. In my view Peter is an excellent tutor, very friendly and warm making me feel at ease immediately. His vast knowledge in the subject allowed him to quickly switch between different maths modules within the same lesson so that we could cover problems I had come across while undertaking past papers. He also has a very good sense of humour which came through every time we met. Without doubt Peter improved me by a grade, from a D at AS level to a high C as A2 level, which was sufficient to secure me a place on a course at my first choice University. Peter was very punctual, reliable and in terms of politeness, he was very forgiving of the stresses I was under at school, for example on one occasion I was five minutes late and he understood completely. For the reasons I have explained above, I would very highly recommend Peter as a maths tutor”
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