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Sam Blakely

Psychology A level | EPQ 

Subjects and Levels:

Psychology A level 

EPQ  

 

Qualifications and experience:

Private Psychology  tutor and examiner since 2011 

Teacher of Psychology and EPQ -  Harrogate Grammar School    Sept 2016 – current

Teacher in charge of Psychology - The Crest Academy   Sept 2013 – August 2016

The University of Leicester   Sept 2012 – August 2013 - PGCE in Social Sciences 

The University of Manchester   Sept 2007 – August 2010 -- BSc Psychology (Hons) 2:1

Heckmondwike Grammar School   Sept 2000 – August 2007 - A Levels in Psychology, Sociology, Law and English Literature (AABC)

Availability and Areas Covered:

Online tuition 

Face-to-face lessons by arrangement

Day time, evening

Weekend - Saturday and Sunday

Rates: 

£50.00 /hour

Discounts for block booking and siblings

£25.00 / hour per student for small groups 

Bio:

I have been a classroom teacher for 11 years, and a tutor for even longer. I have experience teaching and tutoring Psychology across several exam boards, including AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Cambridge International. Alongside this, I also have 7 years of experience as a teacher and tutor of EPQ. I have a track record of excellence in results and outcomes, and pride myself on high expectations for all my students.

All tutoring sessions are bespoke, depending on the student and their specific requirements. Most of my tutoring centres around exam technique and filling gaps.

I have a substantial bank of resources which I sell online but will always make available to all my tutoring students free of charge.

In my experience, I have learnt that students are not able to retain a great deal of specific detail that is told to them. As a result, I prefer to spend less time speaking than my students during a session. More benefit is gained from the student answering questions, explaining concepts, and writing answers to past paper questions themselves.

In my spare time I enjoy creative writing, film podcasting and football.

Testimonials:

 

 I thought you did a really good job on going through all the content with me at a pace that suited me but keeping in mind a time frame of when I had to learn things by. The work that you provided for me was especially helpful as it pointed out to me what I did and didn't know and what I needed to work on. On a whole the experience was very positive and was very tailored to my personal aims and needs. I would definitely recommend you to someone doing their A level psychology!

Grace, A level student, Nottingham