Tutor profile - Sallie

Sallie is an experienced international mathematics teacher whose passion in education is working with students to build understanding. She forges links between the material they already understand and what they still need to develop, working with the student as an individual with their own levels of understanding. She wants her students not only to know how to answer the question, but also to understand why they follow the steps that they do and how this leads them to a sensible answer.

Sallie studied for her undergraduate degree in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and qualified as a maths teacher at the University of York a year later. From here she moved to London, where she worked at an inner city school, teaching students from across the range in year 7 through to Further Maths A-level. At this time, she also began working as an examiner for the A-Level exam boards, and continues to mark for them as an Expert Examiner with highly accurate grading. She also works as an examiner for the IB.

After working in London, Sallie decided to venture out into the wider world (and better weather!) and took an international school placement in El Salvador. Here she worked for three years, teaching iGCSE (Cambridge) and IB mathematics and working as Head of Mathematics before moving to Colombia where she also taught the International Baccalaureate MYP and DP. In 2023, Sallie returned to the UK where she continues working with both UK and international students and exam boards.

Her passion for teaching mathematics with an emphasis on student centred learning led to her running continuous professional development within schools alongside always achieving excellent results with both her classes and tutoring students.