Cornerstone Learning TutorsAbout
How we teach
Find the gap, then teach it
Most families find us after a shock mock result or an 11+ deadline that came round fast. We teach how the subject works, so your child can attempt the next question in a test without waiting for a tutor to start it off.
Teaching principles
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Plain words first
A tutor explains the idea in language a nine-year-old can repeat back. Exam technique comes later.
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One idea per lesson
Lessons move at the pace of the child in front of us. If fractions are not secure, we stay with fractions until they are.
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Working you can see
Children draw the problem and say it aloud before writing a line of it. The same notes go into the progress report that parents receive.
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Honest about the limit
Tutoring adds practice and explanation to what school already does. It cannot replace regular attendance or steady work at home.
What we never do
- No tutor is sent to your home without a current DBS check.
- We never promise a grade or a school place.
- No group lessons dressed up as one-to-one teaching.
- We never change a tutor without telling you first.
Tutors
The tutors who plan the lessons
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Hannah Whitfield
Maths and 11+ preparation
Hannah gets a pupil to explain a method back to her before they try it alone. She likes the moment a child spots their own slip in a long division line.
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Daniel Okafor
English and exam technique
Daniel reads a pupil's own writing first, then works on the sentences that lost marks. He enjoys showing how a short plan turns a blank page into a full answer.
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Priya Raval
Science up to A-level
Priya builds science lessons around diagrams a child can redraw from memory. She likes questions that begin with why something happens and end with a labelled sketch.