I graduated in Economics from Cardiff University (a member of the Russell Group) in 2008. I not only studied Economics but aspects of Politics and Business as part of the course. I then completed my Professional Certificate of Education also at Cardiff University in 2011 to become a qualified teacher and during my student placement taught on a Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Business covering concepts from accounting to marketing.

Between 2011-2013, I worked at Cardiff and Vale College, a Further Education and Sixth Form College. I taught Maths from Entry Level up to GCSE to a diverse range of students: from Somalis to Serbians and adolescents to adults. In addition I tutored GCSE Sociology, Level 2 IT (equivalent to GCSE) and Level 3 Communications (essentially English at the equivalent of A-level). In the evening I taught AS Economics to a small class.

In the summer of 2013 I moved to Exeter to become Economics Programme Leader at Exeter College, rated Outstanding by OFSTED in 2014. I mainly taught AS and A2 Economics as well as being involved in pastoral work in my capacity as a personal tutor – I am currently an examiner for AQA in A-level Economics. As part of that I dealt with personal issues, provided careers guidance, advised on multitudes of UCAS personal statements and delivered rigorous mock interviews for Oxbridge candidates – two out of three were offered places; one of these students commented that his interview for Oxford was really easy since the one I gave him was three times harder. I also worked with the College’s Debating Society in improving their debating and public speaking skills- I also debated a colleague every year on topics from Equality to Brexit which became a popular event; I was a member of the Cardiff University Debating team during my undergraduate degree.

In the summer of 2016 I founded Rougemont Tutoring; I already had many years’ experience in tutoring since I had provided it on an ad hoc basis since graduation in 2008 including some degree level work. Since 2016, I have provided online tuition in Economics and Business Studies to students in China, Canada, Switzerland, Russia and the Ukraine in addition to my local work around Exeter in the UK. I have been an examiner for Economics A-Level since 2016 which gives me a deep insight into how to maximise marks. I also wrote 195 multiple choice questions for Cambridge University Press’s Economics iGCSE textbook.

The reason I founded Rougemont Tutoring was that I wanted to provide a service genuinely dedicated to education which was tailored to individual needs that fit flexibly around educating my own children. My wife, Helen, and I have four children, Zachary, Tahlia, Jory and Ptolemy who we are home educating. This allows us to provide a personalised education which follows the needs of the individual child. This is the type of education I’m committed to and want to bring to you.