Mr George D.

I am a qualified teacher with over ten years' classroom experience and a four-year integrated Master's degree in Chemistry (MSci) from Imperial College London, where I graduated with First Class Honours in 2013.

I have taught Chemistry at a leading independent boys' school, and before that spent two and a half years at an independent girls' school. I hold both Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), and taught across a range of state schools while training. Alongside my main degree I also studied Physics and Mathematics, so I am comfortable supporting students where the three subjects overlap.

I am also the author of two published GCSE Chemistry revision guides and I have developed two companion revision apps on the App Store covering the same specifications. Both came directly out of the classroom — the points students reliably get stuck on, and the exam technique that moves grades — and my students work from the same material and the same approach in their lessons.

My aim is to help students reach their ambitions and their true potential. I encourage them to develop intellectual curiosity beyond the confines of the syllabus, and to strive for excellence in whichever field they choose to pursue. I also believe in a balanced approach, in which academic study, physical health and proper time to consolidate learning can comfortably co-exist.

Subjects and levels

- A Level Chemistry — OCR A, OCR B (Salters), Edexcel and AQA
Cambridge International A Level Chemistry and IB Chemistry
- GCSE and IGCSE Chemistry — AQA and Edexcel
- Mathematics — up to and including GCSE and IGCSE
- Biology — up to and including GCSE
- Younger year groups from Year 6 and Year 7 upwards

Tutoring experience

- Over 12,000 hours of tutoring, one-to-one and in groups since 2020
- Author of two GCSE Chemistry revision guides
- Developer of two GCSE Chemistry revision apps on the App Store (for AQA and Edexcel)
I run the Head Start to A Level Chemistry course at Imperial College London, for students who have completed Year 12 and are moving into Year 13
- Previous experience with Kumon Maths and English
- I help organise the International Mathematics Competition (IMC)

How I teach

I introduce new material by building on what a student already knows, so each concept connects to something familiar rather than arriving out of nowhere. Chemistry becomes very difficult when it is learned as disconnected rules, and much more manageable when students see how the ideas fit together.

When a student is stuck on an exam question, I don't hand them the answer. I give a hint — enough to get their thinking moving, and no more — and let them arrive at it themselves. It takes a little longer, but it is the difference between a student who can answer that question and one who can answer the questions they haven't seen yet.

How lessons run

• One hour on Zoom, with live annotation so we work through problems together on screen

• Built around your child's exact specification — wording, mark schemes and examiner expectations, not generic Chemistry

• A shared Google Drive folder for every student, holding their resources, homework and a dated record of everything covered in each lesson, so students can revisit any topic and parents can see exactly what has been taught

• OneNote available if a student prefers it

• Small group lessons also available