Tom

''My daughter has been making a steady progress in Mathematics ever since she started working with Tom. She has grown significantly more motivated and more confident. Tom has been very organized, committed and patient. I have nothing but positive feedback on my daughters experience with Tom. She also agrees.''

''Tom has been an absolute life-saver throughout my IB. He helped me grow into the top student in my class through his bottom-up approach. His teaching style of explaining concepts from first principles allows me to grasp them, allowing me to answer even the more difficult questions in the maths HL applications syllabus. Apart from being a great teacher he is also such a great person to work with!''

''Tom worked with me throughout my final year of the IB diploma to learn and solidify HL maths content. The lessons were upbeat and well organised with all concepts explained clearly and tested with relevant IB practice questions. Tom ensured a concept was completely understood before moving on and was able to explain ideas in a different manner when necessary. My lessons with Tom enabled me to understand novel content as well as strengthen my understanding of fundamentals.''

''Our son decided not to attend A Level maths classes at school so we ended up asking Tom to teach him the entire syllabus. The remit was to help him achieve a top grade and that’s exactly what he did. Tom’s style was to explain, demonstrate and then quietly watch to see what happened. He gently pushed our son to think for himself (and to only use a calculator when absolutely necessary!) which enabled him to understand which method to use when faced with a challenging question (and to be quick and competent at mental maths!). This not only gave our son confidence but he regained his enjoyment of maths and looked forward to the lessons. Tom set a high standard but, combined with humour and understanding, it proved to be a winning formula.''

''Tom has been fantastic. My son seemed to click with him straight away and in fact would happily have carried on with the tutoring sessions! Tom managed to make the whole procedure interesting and more importantly as stress-free as possible for him. My son not only passed his 11+ exams but was offered academic scholarships to all three schools he applied to. The tutoring improved all aspects of his maths and english, and greatly increased his confidence in his ability. I have no hesitation in recommending Tom's services. My only worry is that he'll be too busy to tutor my other children when the time comes!

''When Tom came to work for us last year our son was badly demoralised, stressed and lacking in confidence to the point where he could not motivate himself to do his school work. We are extremely grateful to Tom who was always receptive to his challenges and didn’t give up on him. Tom has made the A-Level lessons fun and we will be sad not to see him at the kitchen table in future, as out son passed with flying colours.''

''I have had Tom Shepherd tutor my son in Maths for the past 9 months. His grades have gone up at an extra ordinary rate, with two lessons a week. At the age of 12 our son's Maths scores have gone up from 20-28% to now a terrific 85%. Tom is very reliable and punctual and gets on very well with our son, but he instils an essence of respect and the urgency to do your best. We still have Tom tutor our son, who has been accepted into our chosen school after he took his entrance exam.''