14/07/2022
Introducing Sarah to the Castle Tutoring team
Sarah is our chemistry expert: an experienced tutor, teacher and freelance A Level Chemistry exam specialist for educational websites. After completing a 4 year MSci in Pharmacology in 2016, Sarah started tutoring A Level Chemistry alongside her postgraduate studies. She soon realised that teaching was her calling and commenced a PGCE in Secondary Chemistry at University of Cambridge in 2018, with a scholarship from the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry. After qualifying, Sarah worked in an "outstanding" 11-16 secondary school in Cambridge, where she was instrumental in the development of their chemistry curriculum, creating lesson resources for the GCSE course as well as gaining some of the best chemistry GCSE results the school had seen. She undertook a Masters in Education to further her teaching and is an award-winning educational researcher. Sarah continued to tutor A Level Chemistry alongside her job, helping many students to be successful in the subject, no matter what exam board, and get the grades required to reach their goals.
Sarah's style is student-centred, allowing studies to take ownership of their learning, whilst taking her time to ensure understanding is concrete. Her students compliment her ability to explain concepts, no matter how difficult. Sarah makes exam technique a big focus; she uses her extensive experience of exam marking and exam question writing to hone students' technique, familiarise them with mark schemes and improve their confidence.
Having delivered personal statement workshops in many schools across the UK and being part of the PSHE and careers team at her school, Sarah also offers personal statement coaching to aspirational individuals that are looking to stand out from the crowd on their university applications.