I am a professional and independent tutor of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. I have qualified teacher status and have an excellent academic record as well as over 30 years’ teaching and tutoring experience.
I have been based in Teddington, Middlesex, for the past six years and, in that time, I have been tutoring boys and girls from a number of local schools including: Hampton School, Kingston Grammar School, King’s College School, Lady Eleanor Holles, Teddington School, Tiffin School, The Tiffin School for Girls, Twickenham School and Waldergrave School.
Prior to moving to Teddington, I lived and worked as a teacher and tutor in Sutton, Surrey, and tutored pupils from local schools including: Nonsuch High School, St Philomena’s, Sutton Grammar School, Sutton High School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington School for Girls and Wilson’s School.
I am constantly reflecting and thinking of alternative methods for tutoring to different kinds of students and the exciting thing is that, whilst I may have covered the same topics hundreds of times, each student is different and therefore each lesson remains fresh and invigorating.
Outside of tutoring, I am a very keen golfer and a chess enthusiast.
Immediately following school, I attended Bristol university from where I successfully graduated with an honours degree in Mathematics with Physics.
I next spent a year at Oxford University, gaining a teaching qualification: a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education).
Some years later, I took a degree in Chemistry from Birkbeck College, University of London, graduating with first-class honours.
I enjoyed Chemistry so much that I then took a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry at King’s College, University of London!
I went straight from Oxford to Harrow School, where I began my teaching career and where I remained for a number of years, teaching Mathematics as well as coaching tennis and chess at this famous independent boarding school.
After Harrow, I taught for a number of years at the following schools: City of London School for Boys, Royal Russell School in Croydon and Kingston Grammar School.
In addition to school teaching, I have tutored for 25 years or so and have a total of approximately 20,000 hours of tutoring experience.
I have taught and continue to tutor the following subjects: Maths, Further Maths, Statistics, Physics and Chemistry.
I have an in-depth knowledge of the specifications for all the main A-level and GCSE Examination Boards (OCR, AQA and Edexcel) and am very aware of the subtle changes that were made when the new syllabuses were introduced a few years’ ago.
I also have plenty of experience preparing students for University Admissions Tests in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine. These tests include the following:
Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT), University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT), Engineering Admissions Assessment (ENGAA), Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP), Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA) and Mathematics Admission Test (MAT).
I am also an experienced examiner for the Edexcel Examination Board.
Dr Victor Bluett, BSc, PhD, PGCE is an independent professional tutor of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. He has qualified teacher status, an excellent academic record, as well as over 30 years teaching and tutoring experience.