The person who'll
teach your child.
I'm Samuel. I tutor Maths and Physics at GCSE and A-Level, along with A-Level Further Maths, online and one to one. Before you hand over an hour of your child's week, here's who I am and what I actually do in a lesson.
Hi, I'm Samuel Taboola
I'm a second-year Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at the University of Bristol. I sat the same exams your child is sitting, recently enough to remember exactly which bits were hard.
Engineering is applied maths for three years straight, so the material never goes stale on me. The topics that trip students up at GCSE and A-Level (algebra that won't rearrange, trigonometry that won't stick, the jump from mechanics to calculus) are things I use, not things I once revised.
My A-Level results
- University of Bristol engineering student
- Enhanced DBS checked for your peace of mind
- SEN accreditation from Spark Tutoring
- Over a year of tutoring experience
- Covering AQA, Edexcel & OCR
- Online lessons via Zoom and a shared whiteboard
Samuel
Electrical & Electronic Engineering · University of Bristol
My sessions run on real exam questions and past papers rather than endless theory. Question by question, we work through the problems that actually come up, until your child can sit down on the day and recognise exactly what's being asked of them.
Subjects and levels
Five subjects, all of them taught one to one and tailored to your child's exact specification and exam board.
A-Level Maths
Pure, mechanics and statistics. Particularly the first-year step up from GCSE, which is where most of the trouble starts.
A-Level Maths tutoringA-Level Further Maths
Core Pure plus the option papers, matched to whichever combination your child's school actually enters them for.
Further Maths tutoringA-Level Physics
Mechanics, electricity, fields and nuclear physics, along with the maths and the practical questions that the written papers test.
A-Level Physics tutoringGCSE Maths
Foundation and Higher tier, across AQA, Edexcel and OCR. From filling gaps in the basics to chasing the last few marks at the top.
GCSE Maths tutoringGCSE Physics
Combined and separate science. Equations, required practicals, and the maths skills that quietly decide most physics grades.
GCSE Physics tutoringHow I actually teach
Three things I do in every session, and one I don't.
Find the real gap
A student stuck on quadratics is often really stuck on fractions. We work backwards until we hit solid ground, then build up from there, because patching over a gap only moves the problem a few weeks down the line.
Work real exam questions
Lessons run on past papers from your child's own board. The boards reuse question styles year after year, so the more of them your child has seen, the less the real paper can surprise them.
Make them do the writing
I could solve every question on the whiteboard and your child would learn very little. They hold the pen. My job is the question that gets them unstuck, not the answer.
What I don't do: lecture through slides, set an hour of silent worksheet time, or pretend a grade will move without work between sessions. If a topic needs three lessons rather than one, I'll say so.
What lessons look like
No slideshows and no watching from the sidelines. Your child and I share one whiteboard and work through real exam questions together, line by line.
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Live handwritten working
Every step is written out by hand as we go, so your child sees exactly how to reach the answer, not just the answer itself.
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Real past-paper questions
Lessons run on genuine exam questions from your child's board, so nothing on the day feels unfamiliar.
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Face to face over video
I'm on camera throughout, talking things through in real time. It feels like sitting side by side at the kitchen table.
Keeping your child safe online
Inviting someone you've never met into your child's week over a video call deserves some caution. Here is exactly what happens.
- I hold an Enhanced DBS certificate, issued in October 2026
- I never record video or audio of your child
- Every lesson is one to one on Zoom with a shared whiteboard, and I'm on camera throughout
- You're always welcome to sit in on any lesson
- You book every lesson and get a short progress update after each one, so you always know when lessons happen and what we covered
Anything else you'd like to know?
Ask me before the first session, by email or WhatsApp. I'd much rather you asked than wondered.
What I've written
I write the guides on this site myself, from what actually comes up in lessons. No sign-up, no paywall.
Start with how to revise for GCSE Maths, what it takes to get a grade 9, or helping your child without teaching it yourself. The rest are all listed on one page, along with every recent Edexcel grade boundary.
The first session is free
No commitment attached. We look at the topics your child finds hardest and decide together whether it's a good fit before anything else is booked.