Head of Physics Department.

Shon was failing his A Level Physics in his Y12 mock but his ambition was to become an aerospace engineer and he needed to get a good grade in his A Level Physics.
We began by analysing his strengths and and weaknesses and highlighted areas where he was less confident. We then set out a plan to push his grades up starting off with discussions about the topics where he needed help most. We then set short term, medium term and long term goals with checkpoints to assess where we were.
As our lessons progressed Shon's confidence grew and eventually he became more and more independent as a learner. For example in our early lessons I was doing the prompting and encouraging but later he was asking questions about work he was undertaking independently. 
By the time the exam came around we were confident he would succeed and he eventually gained a 'B' grade. This allowed him to enter his University course and he is now a successful engineer working for BAE Systems.

Andrew was a student who had ambitions of studying Physics at Oxford university and was keen to get an A* in physics where his target grade was a B.
He was a hard worker and knew the committment needed to achieve his aim. In addition to his A Level he also needed to score well in his PAT (Physics Aptitude Test). We had weekly sessions where he brought me material that he was struggling with and due to my physics expertise I was able to explain it in a way that he could understand. We also set up mentoring sessions with Isaac Physics who had physics and maths professors who would help out and set weekly and monthly tasks for aspiring OxBridge students.
In this case he gained an A* in Physics, did well in his PAT and successfully gained a place at Oxford.

I was fortunate enough to tutor Ellie a student with complex special needs including Autism. I started with her at GCSE level and she gained a 7 which allowed her to access the A Level at her school.
I supplemented her classroom lessons but due to her needs she often missed months of school and tutoring at a time. When she recovered we would go iver the missing topics and redo the topics she had forgotten. 
Over the time we progressed and her confidence grew but all through we would get to a stage and then she would be struck down by illness and we would have to take a step back to reassess our position. Through patience and perseverence she sat the exam in 2023 and gained a D where she had scored U's on all of her mock exams in school.
She has been allowed to resit the exam this year and apart from a month in February we have had a good run and I am confident that her grade will improve this time around. I will update this case study when the results are published.