Online Maths tutor & more
Adrian B.
Mathematics tuition all levels, all entrance exams, 40+ years experience
Online Maths tutor & more
Mathematics tuition all levels, all entrance exams, 40+ years experience
About
Zoom (online, highly recommended) sessions for all except SpecialNeeds students (whom I see face to face). All online sessions are aflat fee of £30 per session for KS1, KS2 and KS3 and £35 for A levels. Sessions are nominally 50 minutes but usually last longer). I do alimited number of free sessions for students with severe disabilities or families with very low income.
Screen interaction with students on the Zoom whiteboard makes the session so much moreeffective and interactive and it's of course a face to face and one to one meeting. Experienced, qualified professional with excellent tuition skills in Mathematics. Very good interpersonal and relationship skills and a good sense ofhumour. Dedicated and enthusiastic. Achieving high success rates on a regular basis. Gentle but firm support to younger students at KS1 or KS2. Great help offered if you are at low and very low GCSE Foundation level. Great support for GCSE Higher Tiers and A levels Mathematics. Training for Entrance exams: 11+, 13+, SET. Old style and new style 9-1 Math GCSE and IGCSE. Cambridge style IGCSE.
Functional Skills Maths. AS and A levels Math and Mechanics. Trained in dealing with Special Needs students. Above all, most of my students grow CONFIDENT in themselves!
£30–£35/hr · 4 subjects · 26 levels
Subjects & pricing
from £30/hr
- KS1, KS2, KS3, 11+, 13+, Higher, Advanced Higher, National 3, National 4, National 5, BTEC Level 1, BTEC Level 2, Scottish Nationals£30/hr
- GCSE — AQA · CCEA · Edexcel · OCR · WJEC£30/hr
- IGCSE — Cambridge · Edexcel · oxford-aqa£30/hr
- AS-level, A-level — AQA · CCEA · Edexcel · OCR · oxford-aqa · WJEC£35/hr
- BTEC Level 3 — Edexcel£30/hr
- Functional Skills — AQA · C&G · Edexcel · NCFE · OCR£30/hr
- £35/hr
£30/hr
- GCSE — AQA · CCEA · Edexcel · OCR · WJEC
- IGCSE — Cambridge · Edexcel · oxford-aqa
Languages
- English Fluent
- Romanian Native
Qualifications
Higher education
- Baccalaureate High School for Mathematics and Physics Certificate checked · Dimitrie Cantemir High School · Ordinary degree · 1978 Dimitrie Cantemir High School · Ordinary degree · 1978 Certificate checked
- MSc Civil Engineering Certificate checked · ICE - Bucharest · Ordinary degree · 1984 ICE - Bucharest · Ordinary degree · 1984 Certificate checked
- PGCE - all except placement Mathematics Certificate checked · Brunel University · 2002 Brunel University · 2002 Certificate checked
Vocational / professional
- CEng Certificate checked · Engineering Council UK · 2007 Engineering Council UK · 2007 Certificate checked
Other
- EUR ING Certificate checked · FEANI · 2004 FEANI · 2004 Certificate checked
- MICE Certificate checked · Institution of Civil Engineers - UK · 2007 Institution of Civil Engineers - UK · 2007 Certificate checked
- Basic Counseling Skills Certificate checked · City&Guilds · 1998 City&Guilds · 1998 Certificate checked
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- Sept 2025 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
My son has only had a couple of lessons so far and he has really enjoyed them! Adrian has been able to quickly build rapport with Oliver and I hope he will grasp some of the maths topics that he is not so familiar with.
- Jan 2025 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Would highly recommend Adrian, my daughter’s words are he is a better teacher than any of the maths teachers I have had at school. My daughter’s first lesson with Adrian resulted with her being able to do a maths topic that she constantly got wrong in her maths test for years. Adrian is a very smart, patient and approachable man. The only thing I can say is I wish i had decided on getting a tutor sooner and found Adrian. Adrian has provided a much better learning experience than school ever can with throughly exploring the topics and making sure they are well understood before moving on. Very pleased in finding Adrian.
Adrian B. replied
Thank you Melissa
- Jan 2025 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian is a great tutor and my son is responding well to his teaching.
Adrian B. replied
Thank you Helen
- Jun 2024 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
In a considerable short amount of time Adrian not only imparted a large amount of information to my daughter, but also inspired her confidence. Excellent communication, huge amount of helpful additional information for outside lesson time. My only regret is not booking Adrian sooner.
- Feb 2024 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian is a great maths tutor. He is very patient and my son enjoys his maths tutions.My son is more confident and has improved his maths knowledge I recommend him highly.
Adrian B. replied
Thank you Cristina !
- Feb 2024 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian has been an exceptional A-level maths teacher for my son, and is highly communicative. His teaching techniques enable my son to engage with and understand complicated maths questions, thereby improving his confidence. I highly recommend Adrian as a maths tutor.
Adrian B. replied
Thank you Sergio !
- Feb 2024 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Explains everything clearly and is extremely helpful I would greatly recommend Adrian as a tutor. He is extremely thorough in his explanations and knowledgeable in mathematics. He has helped my son a lot in calculus thus far.
- Sept 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian is well liked by my son who is currently being home schooled for higher papers. He is finding Adrian, thorough, committed and stretching him in a supportive way. Would be very happy to recommend his diligence and conscientious efforts to help my son grow into his own abilities.
Adrian B. replied
Thank you Shabina.
- Sept 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
I engaged Adrian over the summer to bring my son up to speed with maths as he’d been falling behind. My son really enjoyed his lessons and has now started senior school near top of the class! I wholeheartedly recommend Adrian - the results speak for themselves
Adrian B. replied
Many thanks Claudia.
- Aug 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian has worked really well with my son. He took onboard what we were looking for and has supported him over this summer with getting his maths to a better level. He’s also easy to deal with and has great admin with reminders of lessons and proactive communication. Thanks Adrian
- Aug 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
My son loves his lessons with Adrian. We are pleased we picked him. He makes lessons fun and is positive and encouraging. Perfect basis to learn. Karen
- Feb 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian has been my daughters tutor for the past 3 years and he has helped my daughters a lot , in all aspect of math question he has helped with hard and puzzling questions .Through his lesson his fun and easy methods of teaching ,my daughters maths skills has improved to extend that she moved up in sets .He is really supportive as he helps outside of the lessons if there is any difficulties .I even recommended him to my friend who was having difficulties finding a tutor that her son would like and now he anticipates every lessons with him and he takes responsibilities to be ready for the class . He is a FANTASTIC tutor and i would recommend him to anyone .
- Sept 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian has been tutoring my 12 year old son for the past 6 months and I feel lucky to have found him. He is a patient and sensitive teacher who always endeavours to connect with my son on his level, identifies where best to support him and tailors the work to meet his needs. He is able to teach in a way that my son always understands and over the past 6 months has really helped him to progress.
- Aug 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian had a great leadership and teaching skills. He works with my son on English and Math. My boy had difficulty to focus, but Adrian manager to concentrate him on task. My son is very enjoying having such great tutor as Adrian.
- May 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
My wife and I chose Adrian to teach our son Maths ahead of his year 11 GCSE exams. My sons Maths exam results improved from scores of around 40-45% to over 70% after just a couple of months working with Adrian. Adrian is extremely well organised and always provides messages well ahead of time [contact details hidden — unlock to view] group text reminding of the session and providing details to connect via Zoom. My son found Adrian to be 'absolutely fine' and he never expressed any reluctance to connect and learn with him, which is a compliment in itself. Adrian advised we purchase a special tablet (which we did very cheaply for under £50) and this enabled my son to write maths problems out on it so Adrian could see his working out step by step on the screen, this worked well. Our son has now finished his exams so we have no further sessions booked with Adrian. We have no negative comments at all about Adrian and would not only recommend him to anyone looking to help their son or daughter improve their Maths but he would also be our first choice should we need further help for our son. We would like to thank Adrian for his diligence and for all his help, it is much appreciated. Kind Regards Andy & Claire.
- Mar 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian has been working with both my older children for over 3 years focussing primarily on their Maths but has also undertaken some English work too. Adrian is reliable and delivers excellent planned lessons which has enhanced and cemented their knowledge within these subjects.
- Oct 2020 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian has taught our daughter mathematics very well. He has made his well structured lessons interesting and ignited enthusiasm in mathematics from our daughter. His ability to communicate well and explain methods in different ways is excellent. We would recommend Adrian.
- Jun 2020 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian is not only very good at teaching maths,he is also excellent tutor for verbal reasoning. My son enjoys his teaching and makes progress with his tutoring.
- Jun 2020 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
My daughter is homeschooling using the Cambridge curricula and Adrian is a perfect Math tutor for her. As they share the same mother language Adrian is in the same time up to date with the Maths IGCSE requirements, and this is exactly what we looked for. My daughter consider the sessions helpful. She is doing revisions mostly with clarification on weaknesses and feels comfortable interacting with Adrian.
- Feb 2020 ·imported from First Tutors
A First Tutors client
Adrian recently started tutoring my Son in maths. He is providing him help with his Maths GCSE which he will be taking this year. Adrian is an excellent teacher and has identified the areas my son needs extra help with very quickly. My son is very positive about the sessions and says they are really helping.