Daniel E.

Private School A-Level and GCSE Chemistry Teacher/Head of Chemistry

Mole Valley In-person Online 25 yrs Joined May 2026

About

I have over 25 years teaching experience in private schools including six years as Head of Chemistry at Oundle School. In addition, I have written many revision guides for Letts and been a full time tutor for the last few years. I am patient, friendly and very skilled in helping you achieve top grades. I focus on understanding and applying your knowledge and so we will work through a lot of past exam questions/papers together.

Subjects & pricing

Chemistry

£65/hr

  • GCSEAQA · CCEA · Edexcel · OCR · WJEC
  • IGCSECambridge · Edexcel · oxford-aqa
  • A-levelAQA · CCEA · Edexcel · OCR · oxford-aqa · WJEC

Languages

  • English Native

Qualifications

Higher education

  • BSc (Hons) Chemistry University of Southampton · 2:1 (Upper second) · 1996
  • MBA Business and Management University of Aston · Distinction · 2020

Teaching qualification

  • PGCE Science University of Surrey · Pass · 1998

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  • Sarah

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan has been very helpful in supporting Chemistry A Level. His extensive knowledge and teaching experience shines through when explaining the subject whilst also making lessons fun and interesting. A reminder than learning is also about enjoyment (in addition to taking tests!). He is very positive and looks to bring the best out of his students. Highly recommend.

    Daniel E. replied

    Thank you for taking the time to provide some feedback. I'm very much enjoying working with your son and sharing his journey to a top grade!

  • Neetika

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan is an excellent Chemistry tutor. My daughter loves her chemistry lessons with him as he makes the whole process and content easy to understand and process. Thank you Dan.

  • Margo

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan explains things really well. He is very nice and our daughter doesn’t feel judged if she gets things wrong. Dan teaches with kindness and compassion. He is very able, competent and professional and we feel confident in him as a teacher. He really knows his stuff and also knows how to put this over. After each session our daughter has said she got a lot out of it. We very highly recommend Dan.

    Daniel E. replied

    Thank you! Your daughter is brilliant to work with, very hard working and keen to do well. She will soon be back on track, heading towards a top grade!

  • Sedat

    imported from First Tutors

    We are completely satisfied with his professionalism, his knowledge and his teaching skills.

  • Christine

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    Dan is helping my son with his Chemistry A'level. I would highly recommend him. My son is extremely happy with Dan's teaching, especially the way he explains tricky topics. As a result my son's confidence is growing.

    Daniel E. replied

    Many thanks! It's great to see your son's confidence in his chemistry improving already!

  • Marina

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  • James

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan was excellent. Quickly built rapport, calm confident approach, with immediate results. Thank you.

  • Fiona

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan is a very professional and effective tutor. After only a few sessions, our daughter improved her confidence and school results! She remarked at how Dan was able to clarify lots of areas and enable her to make relevant links between different aspects. Well done, Dan! And many thanks indeed! Mrs M

  • Julia

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan is an excellent tutor. He has a superb knowledge of chemistry and was able to tailor the sessions on the fly to whatever areas of the syllabus that my daughter needed help with that day. He is also very personable, flexible, and extremely easy to work with -- my daughter really looked forward to her lessons every week. Further, he went out of his way to organize some lab time for my daughter, who is home educated and doesn't have access to a lab. The 92% A* that she got on her Chemistry IGCSE, which she took 3 years early, is thanks to Dan and his enthusiasm for the subject.

  • John

    imported from First Tutors

    My daughter has found Dan extremely helpful. He explains things clearly and has helped her feel much more confident about her A2 exams. He has pinpointed areas which they are going to work on and improve her revision and exam techniques. He has a lovely manner and is enthusiastic and knowledgeable.

  • Deborah

    imported from First Tutors

    My son was floundering with his Chemistry GCSE and then we found Dan with First Tutors. In two months Dan has turned my son's Chemistry around from a shaky C to what he is now hoping to be a high A grade. Dan is an extremely professional and personable tutor and has given my son so much confidence in Chemistry that he actually likes the subject now. Dan's enthusiasm rubbed off onto my son and it was a great pleasure to see him beaming when he came out of each IGCSE exam. Dan also gave me regular feedback which was extremely helpful. I highly recommend Dan both for GCSE and A Level and my son says, "I found Dan very encouraging and one of the best teachers I have ever had."

  • Karen

    imported from First Tutors

    Dan has now tutored my daughter twice and she is already reaping the rewards.

    Daniel E. replied

    Many thanks. I am enjoying tutoring your daughter as she is engaging company, hard working and making excellent progress during our sessions.

  • Deborah

    imported from First Tutors

    My son was floundering with his Chemistry GCSE and then we found DanDan with First Tutors. In two months Dan has turned my son's Chemistry around from a shaky C to what he is now hoping to be a high A grade. Dan is an extremely professional and personable tutor and has given my son so much confidence in Chemistry that he actually likes the subject now. Dan's enthusiasm rubbed off onto my son and it was a great pleasure to see him beaming when he came out of each IGCSE exam. Dan also gave me regular feedback which was extremely helpful. I highly recommend DanDan both for GCSE and A Level and my son says, "I found Dan very encouraging and one of the best teachers I have ever had."