Samuel

Samuel grew up in Devon and attended Torquay Boys’ Grammar School before reading Mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, graduating in 2013 with a First-Class MA and an MMath with Merit. Offered a PhD place at Warwick, he instead changed direction and studied Medicine on the accelerated graduate-entry programme at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Samuel began tutoring while still at school and returned to it after Cambridge, working privately and for a school in Devon, then continued alongside his medical studies in London. Most of his experience is in A-level and GCSE Maths and Physics, and he also tutors Biology and Chemistry. He designed a mini-lecture course in university-level mathematics for high-achieving A-level students, several of whom went on to read Maths at university.

Samuel’s approach is built on regular self-assessment: setting goals and checking progress against them, which helps struggling students regain control one step at a time. He helps students learn efficiently so they keep a healthy work-life balance, and places a strong emphasis on exam technique, teaching them to read why a question has been asked in a particular way and use the hints examiners give.