I am an experienced tutor with recent experience of preparing for my GCSEs and A-levels, since I have just completed the first year of my undergraduate maths course at Warwick.

Learn more about Evie

• When did you develop an interest in your chosen field and in private tutoring?

  I have been interested in maths since primary school as it was my best subject. I started to really love it as I gained more knowledge and solved more problems. I love discovering answers as I am inquisitive. As someone at the top of my maths class, I was constantly helping my peers. I provided free tutoring to a few of my friends before I decided I would start private lessons.

• Tell us more about the subject you teach, the topics you like to discuss with students (and possibly those you like a little less).

  I am happy to discuss all the mathematics I know with students but I am very aware that that wouldn't be the best thing to do and I will always cover what is on their syllabus so I don't overwhelm my students. My favourite topics I have taught so far have been probability and proof by induction. I am not a fan of statistics!

• Did you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?

  There are so many amazing mathematicians that have inspired me such as Ramanujan, Hardy, Hawking and Germain. My teacher in year 5 encouraged my passion for maths significantly. There was also a teacher at my secondary school involved with UKMT challenges who helped me to engage in maths outside of the curriculum. Both of my A-level further maths teachers were very helpful and showed how fun maths can be.

• What do you think are the qualities required to be a good tutor?

  A good tutor should focus on the students' needs rather than their own. They should be patient and willing to try explaining something in a few different ways. They should encourage the student to ask questions as this is the best way to understand a concept. They should provide material to check understanding rather than firing information at the student constantly.

• Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.

  I remember always finishing my maths work early and constantly asking for more challenging questions.

• What were the difficulties or challenges you faced or still facing in your subject?

  It can be harder for me to motivate myself to persevere if I keep getting something wrong but I just remind myself that if I don't try I'll never succeed. Also, none of my peers shared my passion so I didn't have many people to discuss it with, which is why I love tutoring!

• Do you have a particular passion? Is it teaching in general or an element of the subject or something completely different?

  I love learning about mathematics and I find that teaching really solidifies my own understanding. Although, I have always wanted to be a teacher anyway and tutoring is good practice for this.

• What makes you a Superprof (besides answering these interview questions :-P) ?

  I am a Superprof because I reply quickly. Also, I teach starting as simply as possible with the basics to make sure the student doesn't have any gaps in their knowledge before building up to the harder content. I encourage my students to ask questions as soon as they don't understand something because otherwise, it would be a waste of both of our time!