Maths • Chemistry • Biology • Physics
Wharfedale Tutors
Welcome to Wharfedale Tutors. I have been delivering this service since 2008, after retiring from an 18 year career in biomedical sciences - mainly cardiovascular and cancer research - at several Russell group universities (KCL, UCL and University of Leeds) as a cell and molecular biologist. I teach Maths, Chemistry and Biology to Advanced level and Physics to GCSE. I also act as an agent for a tutor who teaches Advanced Physics & Maths. Sessions are online, although I do offer face-to-face sessions local to Otley.
Dr Nicola James BSc, PhD
I provide flexible tuition to suit all budgets. The live online 1-to-1 tuition service for maths and/or sciences, is offered as either regular or pay-as-you-go ad hoc sessions - from £35 per hour pro rata. If your budget is tight, small group sessions (duos, trios or more) is an option, as the more students, the lower the cost per student. Members can use the self-directed learning video playlist for GCSE sciences, which is FREE, no catches! - just click on the button below.
My value as a tutor is my ability to teach new concepts clearly and expand students' knowledge base in logical order. I provide colourful, infographic summaries for science topics and step-by-step methods for maths, that I have meticulously developed over 10 years, that have been tried and tested by my students for ease of use and clarity. Students can store these on their digital devices for later reference. For students to reach their full potential and score the highest exam grades possible, they must learn how to interpret and answer real exam questions. After the concepts are understood, I guide students through a complete array of past exam questions (there are only so many ways questions can be formulated), to develop their ability to recognise the type of question being asked and answer correctly, using the appropriate keywords or methodology. I always try to keep my students at ease so that they feel free to stop me and ask questions or to repeat something they are trying to process.
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COVERS THE ENTIRE CONTENT OF GCSE CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS IN JUST 30 HOURS!
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AN ORDERED COMPILATION OF HAND-PICKED, EASY-TO-FOLLOW, ENGAGING YOUTUBE VIDEOS
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GCSE SCIENCE VIDEO PLAYLIST
Students can improve their science grades significantly using our FREE self-directed learning service. Students learn the knowledge base by watching a scheduled, ordered compilation of hand-picked, easy-to-follow, engaging YouTube videos. Students can play, pause and rewind the videos as many times as they like. This has a significant advantage over traditional collective teaching in the classroom, as videos can be digested by students at their own pace and according to their own preferred individual schedules.