Dr Craig D.

I teach GCSE and A-Level Physics and Maths to AQA and Edexcel students, online across the UK or in person within 5 miles of Southampton city centre. The aim is to make each topic make sense, one step at a time, and then turn that understanding into marks.

Your first one-hour lesson is free. It is a real lesson, so you can judge whether my teaching suits you before you commit to anything. Parents are welcome to join for the first few minutes.

Online lessons use a shared whiteboard, so working is written out just as it would be on paper. Progress is tracked topic by topic against the specification, so gaps show up before the exam rather than after it.

At GCSE, lessons cover the method marks, required practicals, six mark questions and calculator technique that turn understanding into marks. At A-Level, they cover the step up in maths, the command words examiners use, and the treatment of uncertainty in practical work. I also teach Key Stage 3, and support home-educating families.

My background: a Master’s and a PhD in mechanical engineering, specialising in acoustics, from the University of Texas at Austin, where I first taught as a teaching assistant and private tutor. I then built a research career in Southampton across academia and industry, including co-supervising PhD students at the University of Southampton. I have over 15 years of teaching experience, from GCSE students to postgraduate researchers, including work with The Access Project, an education charity.

I hold an enhanced DBS certificate on the Update Service, have completed the NSPCC Child Protection for Tutors course, and am an individual member of The Tutors’ Association.

Rates are £42 an hour for Key Stage 3 and GCSE and £48 an hour for A-Level, the same online or in person.