Our Team - We are a team of Maths Tutors all working together in lesson planning and tutoring strategy to offer tailor made one-to-one tuition both online and from a purpose-built study in my home in Thundersley, near Benfleet.

WE ALSO OFFER A GLOBAL ONLINE TUTION SERVICE AND HAVE STUDENTS  FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND

​Mrs Sue Comber -​ Company Director and Private Maths Tutor

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Professionally
I have always had a flair for Mathematics teaching and an empathy for those who struggle with the basic concepts and this translated into my professional life where I was a financial trader in the City for over 10 years, before progressing into a mathematically based training role. For the next 5 years I was involved in training some very senior people in the banking industry and it never ceased to amaze me how many people seemed to have an innate fear of Maths and the number of people who commented on my ability to simplify fairly complex mathematical concepts was very flattering.
 
This gave me a passion for catching and helping people to conquer this fear from an early age.  I am constantly finding that, with many of my students, their struggles with Maths has been with their confidence levels rather than their actual ability.Our one-to-one method of tailoring all maths lessons to the individual pupils' requirements and abilities enables us to build up their confidence gradually as we work at their own speed.

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​Personally

I stopped working in the city when I became pregnant with my first child and I now have 2 teenagers, one of whom is now a tutor here. I have been tutoring Maths privately for 15 years and additionally offer one-to-one tuition in schools.
As a team, we have students from Primary to GCSE and A level, as well as teachers studying for the QTS numeracy test, adults studying for their Functional Skills Level 1,2 and3 and Skype/Facetime/zoom lessons both in the UK and overseas.

Qualifications

ACI Diploma obtained with Distinction as well as Maths & Economics A levels, Pure Maths and Statistics AO levels and various O levels. I hold an Enhanced DBS and receive regular child safeguarding training
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First Aid
I​ am also a qualified first aider in Emergency First Aid at Work with a level 3 AoFAQ.

Expertise
As well as one-to-one tuition with looked after children in schools, I mainly tutor during the day . My specialities are GCSE resits, Maths GCSE, Further Maths GCSE, Statistics GCSE, AS Level Maths , A level Maths , QTS Numeracy, Adult Vocational Qualifications,  and home education.
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Our Policies and Procedures 

All of our tutors here are fully trained in the ethos and culture of Sue Comber Maths Tutors and treat each child as an individual with their own learning preferences and skills sets.
We work as a team in lesson planning and strategy, to deliver the very best lessons, tailor made to suit the individual pupil's requirements and ability.
​All of our tutors hold a DBS certificate.

Read our Tutors Code of Conduct here

Read our Safeguarding and Esafety policy here

Read our Privacy and Data Protection Policy here

​​Our Team of Tutors
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Mr Jonathan Hernandez
 Private Maths Tutor
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I am a second year university student studying medicine having achieved 4 high graded A levels including A* for Maths.

​ I was Head boy at my previous school and I was awarded the Gifted and Talented in Maths, Science, R.E and History at De La Salle school and the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.


I have had some great Maths role models in both my senior school and now at A level and it gives me great pleasure to pass on a love of Maths and a patience and passion in teaching it.

Alongide my studies I have performed many leadership, teaching and training roles in both schools, and that, coupled with a love of Maths, have enabled me to tutor here with enthusiasm and empathy.

Expertise 
My speciality is KS1-3, Foundation and Higher GCSE.

Miss Megan Turner
Private Maths Tutor
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I am currently in my second year of A levels, studying  Maths, Chemistry and Spanish, having excelled at Maths at GCSE.
As well as tutoring for Sue Comber Maths tutors, I also have experience in working in a primary school as well as tutoring in my lower school.
I love helping and guiding others and hope to continue this on my journey to becoming a teacher myself.

I know that half the battle is gaining the students' trust and working together to ensure the they understand the basic concepts as we encourage them to be more confident within themselves.
In secondary school, I was a prefect, as well as currently being a Year 13 prefect, and I was also an Academic Supporter, helping others struggling with homework and helping strengthen their confidence.
Furthermore, I am a Young Leader within the Girl Guiding industry, and I thoroughly enjoy working with children.
I love maths as it is a subject that opens many doors and can allow you to have job in many different career paths

Expertise 
My speciality is KS1-3, Foundation and Higher GCSE.
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Mr Jason Scupham - Private Maths Tutor

I have a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Bristol University and will be beginning a Masters Degree in Autonomous Vehicle Dynamics and Control next year.

I achieved an A* in Maths and an A in Further Maths at A level.

Since a young age I have always enjoyed rising above challenges set out for me in education and from my own experiences I understand that mathematics can be challenging to master. With this in mind my aim is to understand the way a student learns and tailor the teaching accordingly.
Apart from my experience in tutoring for this company, I have had experience in teaching students in a range of subjects such as basic/advanced topics on UAVs at the Bristol University Drone Society and all theory topics in the Air training corps classification program.

I believe that I can help any willing student to improve in Mathematics no matter their starting ability or background.


I find that with our male students in
particular we are able to build a rapport that they have never had before with their other teachers or tutors and this helps to motivate them and win the battle .

Expertise 
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My specialty is KS1 - KS3, Foundation and Higher GCSE, A level Maths and Further Maths 
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Mr Iezer Villaflor - 
Private Maths Tutor
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Having excelled in my 3 A levels (including an A grade in Maths) I am now taking a gap year to volunteer in medical services and am then going to study medicine at University next year.

I’ve been a prefect for both my Secondary and 6th form schools,  which has given me a variety of leadership responsibilities.

My previous tutoring experience was as an assistant tutor in a local classroom based UK franchise but left there as I firmly believe that a child struggling to understand Maths under classroom conditions at school, needs one-to-one tuition rather than just computer-based classroom tutoring.

At school I have also supported the  KS3 and GCSE students  to develop and strengthen their Maths as well as their confidence and self esteem.
 
I strongly believe that good mathematical skills are invaluable for life and build a strong foundation on which to face the future. I love helping my students to  open their mind and realise their potential in this field.

Expertise
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My speciality is primary school Maths, KS3 and Foundation and Higher GCSE

Miss Rachel Leighton -
Senior Private Maths Tutor

​I am a second year university student having achieved an A grade at AS Maths as an external candidate studying independently.

I have always had a passion for Maths and when I finished my GCSE's, I felt that it was as important to exercise my brain as well as my body, and so I decided   to take my AS level in Mathematics as an external candidate even though it wasn't necessary for my UCAS points

In Maths classes at secondary school, I was always the person my classmates would come to for help in Maths if they were struggling, and would do one to one maths sessions with them in the library after school or at lunch breaks and I absolutely loved it!

I was tutored myself by the team at " Sue Comber Maths Tutors " and feel that I have grown up here and know the ethos and teaching style so well.

I love teaching Maths as it is such an important subject for young people to learn and helps them strengthen their creativity and problem solving. 

​Expertise

My speciality is primary school Maths, KS3 and Foundation and Higher GCSE

Ms Rubaba Noyireeta - Private Maths Tutor

Having excelled in my  4 A levels (including an A grade in Maths) I am now studying medicine at University. I plan to be a future doctor.

I was a prefect at my sixth form and continue to serve my community in various ways thereby developing my leadership and communication skills. 

I have previously tutored at a company that specialised in 11+ tutoring and have also tutored in School for the new 9-1 GCSE Maths curriculum. My experience in teaching has given me the skills to ensure that my students grasp the concepts and thoroughly understand the Maths being taught.

In my experience I have seen the disadvantages of computer based group tuiton and firmly believe that one-to-one tutoring is the very best method to ensure that the needs of the individual student are met.

I enjoy the logic and structure of Maths and believe that it is an essential part of life and enjoy sharing my passion with my students. As a person who was once in their position I am relateable and can understand  their needs and in doing so build their confidence and trust.

Expertise:
My specialty is KS1 - KS3, Foundation and Higher GCSE 
 

"Rachel was a delight, she really put my son at ease"

"I will certainly be sending my son to you for maths my daughter always said it was a game changer for her"

"Rhianna getting on so well in her sessions and I have been very impressed with Rachel's lessons"

" Thank you so much for all of the help and encouragement you have given my daughter. It is greatly appreciated"​​

"My daughter has just said "mum, I am learning so much from Rubaba" .... There is nothing greater than your kids getting excited about Maths "

"Thank you so much I couldn't have done it without your help and support. Thank you, thank you, thank you"

Just wanted to let you know that Emily got a 7 in her GCSE. She is over the moon with this. From going from a predicted 5 after her first mocks to a 7 is amazing! Massive thank you to Ashish for all of his hard work, patience and encouragement. We really appreciate it and the result speaks for itself!

"My daughter really enjoyed her lesson with Sara and said that for the first time ever she understands angles and she thought that Sara was really nice"

"We are still really pleased with Jonathan . In Jake's last tracker he actually got a 5 !! This is the higfhest mark hes ever achieved. Jake's confidence has improved so much"

 
​"My daughter said that Iezer was very good and that she learnt well with him"



I have made lots of progress with Rachel at Sue Combers Maths Tuition"
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"..very good tutor. My son is learning so much with Iezer"

"Thank you so much for helping Rory achieve his goal of a grade 7 and I hope youll be able to help my younger son when the time comes."

"Rachel is really good with Molllie and Mollie has had a dramatic improvement in Maths at school"

"We were very happy with Iezer's tuition"
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"Very pleased with an excellent service"

"I just wanted to thank you again, it's just sinking in that I've actually passed!"

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"Sara​ you are very good, very thorough. Thank you for supporting my son at this very important time, he is more confident now."

"After Sara's lesson, Mitchell came out  really positive and found it very beneficial and was in a great frame of mind to continue. He liked Sara as well which is half the battle. He will put in a lot more effort for a teacher that he likes so I am really pleased with how things went

"My son has beneffited greatly from the one-to-one tuition, I know that he is taking it in"

"Jasmine said she enjoyed her loesson and feels like shes going to learn a lot from Rachel "

"Katie was a lot happier and more confident after her lesson, she said that she had learnt so much in the 3 hours"

​"Thank you Sara, we have struggled at home to help Jessie as she gets frustrated. I'm really happy that we have found you guys. Jessie is already looking forward to next Saturday, thanks " 

"Grace has gone from being frightened of the subject, to a confident lover of Maths, who is actually disappointed that she cant take it at A level because of a subject conflict"

​'Thank you Sara, I had never seen my daughter so happy about doing something that she hates doing with me"

"Sue Comber MathsTutors have improved Mollies confidence in Maths and also provided her with more topic knowledge, I would rate them 5 stars !"

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