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Nigel
- Rate $87
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About Nigel
- What kind of experience do you have?
I have 19 years teaching experience in schools and 21 years of tuition experience. I have worked both in a state school in the UK and in a top international school in the Middle East. Our Chemistry department was extremely successful and 65% of students received a top grade (A star) in the Cambridge IGCSE examinations. As a tutor, I have taught many students from different schools and have a reputation for helping students achieve a top grade.
I have now been tutoring online 'face to face' for 4 year and I am extremely pleased at how successful it has been. By choosing online tuition, students have automatically opened the doors to an enormous range of tutors and therefore can choose someone, like myself, who is highly experienced and has thoroughly prepared lessons which are tailored to their exam board.
- Do you have an up-to-date DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service, formerly CRB) Certificate?
(enhanced) yes
- Tell me about some of your current students.
My students are preparing for entries in October 2018 for Edexcel and CIE, January 2019 for Edexcel and June 2019 entry. We are currently going through the theory.
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I am a leading Online Chemistry Tutor with 19 years teaching experience, 21 years tutoring experience and an experienced A-level examiner. I use syllabus specific powerpoints to teach CIE, Edexcel (IAL & GCE), AQA,OCR A and IB syllabus.
- Which subject(s) do you teach?
Chemistry IGCSE (CIE / Edexcel)
Chemistry AS and A2 Level (CIE / Edexcel / AQA / OCR A / IB) (1-to-1 tuition)
1-to-1 lesson fees per hour are:
Monday - Friday before 5 pm (UK time) is £55
Monday - Friday after 5 pm (UK time) is £65
Weekend (Saturday & Sunday) is £65
Now offering recorded video lessons as an alternative to 1-to-1 lessons. Get complete access to the CIE IGCSE Chemistry for £29.99 per month. Edexcel IAL AS and A-level Chemistry from £29.99 per month
- Tell me about your qualifications.
Hons. degree in Biochemistry from Queens University Belfast and PGCE from the University of Hull
- How much do you charge?
1-to-1 lesson fees per hour are:
Monday - Friday before 5 pm (UK time) is £55
Monday - Friday after 5 pm (UK time) is £65
Weekend (Saturday & Sunday) is £65
- Where do you teach?
I tutor online. I have both UK and International students (from Germany, Kuwait, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, New Zealand, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Singapore).
- When are you available?
I am available 7 days a week, day times and early evenings.
- Which ages and levels do you teach?
I teach students who are studying for their IGCSE (CIE / Edexcel) and AS / A2 / IB level in Chemistry (CIE / Edexcel / AQA / OCR A / IB) and have prepared all my resources which are tailor-made to the syllabus. These have been used to teach and tutor hundreds of students over the years, with extremely good results, and have earned me my reputation as an excellent tutor who can get students top grades.
- Which qualifications do you prepare your students for?
I teach students who are studying for their IGCSE (CIE / Edexcel) and AS / A2 / IB level Chemistry (CIE / Edexcel / AQA / OCR A / IB).
- Describe your arrangements for online tutoring.
I use Zoom (like Skype) meeting platform for all students which has audio, video and screen share facilities to view my PowerPoints. Try it, I'm sure you will be impressed.
- Do you have a personal message for students?
Don't be afraid to try online tuition! I guarantee that you will sign up for more online tuitions once you have tried it.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
I wanted to thank you so much for tutoring ****. She really benefited from the sessions. While we do not yet know how she has done on the exams, you have given her more confidence. The exam techniques have definitely helped. **** wishes that she were able to have tutoring in her other subjects via the internet. Anyway, thank you again for teaching ****. She definitely has a better understanding of Chemistry and has gained much more confidence in her capabilities. Kind regards
My daughter found your online tutoring extremely effective. She attended online tuitions for the last 5 months for Chemistry for her IGCSE's. This was the first time she has used online tuitions but found it to be as effective or even more compared to face-to-face tuitions. R*** managed to get extremely good grades in her school tests. We have no hesitation in recommending Nigel to any student for his excellent and effective teaching methods.
Nigel is the online tutor whom we have been looking for. Initially, I was worried that online lessons would never be as effective as the traditonal face-to-face home tuition. However, Nigel has proven that his online lessons is as effective as the traditional way by providing Chemistry notes, giving homeworks and practicing the past exam papers. He is very organised and my daughter loves his powerpoint presentation effects - which shows how much effort he has put in to make the lessons interesting.
Absolutely fantastic tutor - so glad I have managed to get hold of him for my son so near his AS exams. My son is delighted with him and he has made a big improvement to his understanding of the subject already. Would not hesitate to recommend this tutor in fact I am now going to keep going through to his A Level next year. Wonderful, thank you
I've been taking tuitions from Mr Straney since November and I've definitely improved a lot. The online sessions are amazingly prepared for with a well thought out powerpoint and supplementary revision notes. I could only say positive things about Mr Straney's teaching methods, coming up with creative ways of remembering the work and going through lots of past papers thoroughly. I would recommend him to anyone needing help understanding the course. Thank you.
My daughter had a very shaky start to the chemistry A2 syllabus at school. We were extremely lucky to find Nigel online who took her right back to the beginning in a logical, professional manner. During revision, when she has had any additional questions, these have been addressed immediately and a set of concise notes been provided written to the appropriate exam board. The support has been first class and I cannot recommend Nigel highly enough.
Mr. Straney has been well known for his outstanding teaching skills ever since he was in Kuwait. Through these tuitions I was able to improve drastically and hard to believe but I started enjoying chemistry more than any other subject. Through his experience he helps the students learn the long endless chapters through mnemonics and other learning techniques. From a linguistic standpoint, the words "amazing" and "excellent" show an unfair underestimation of what I think of these tuitions.
It's always a gamble purchasing anything online, and just months before the IGCSE's this was going to be crucial…yet it was probably the most rewarding and beneficial tuitions I've had till date. We used presentations alongside Skype to finish the syllabus, and we reinforced the entire course March onwards using past papers until literally the night before the exam. Chemistry had always been a weak point though after the tuitions I'm really feeling confident about the result. Thank you Mr. Nigel!!
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