Professional experience
My professional experience spans secondary Mathematics teaching, completed school-based teacher training, SEND support, tutoring and undergraduate mathematics education.
I am currently Teacher of Mathematics at The Cornerstone Academy in Poole. Before this, I completed a salaried SCITT route leading to Qualified Teacher Status and a PGCE, with substantial classroom teaching experience across different school contexts.
School teaching
My school experience has developed from mathematics and SEND support into sustained classroom responsibility and a full-time Teacher of Mathematics role.
Current position
The Cornerstone Academy · Poole
Full-time secondary Mathematics teaching, building on the classroom practice and professional formation developed through my salaried school-based teacher-training route.
Salaried SCITT
The Regis School · Bognor Regis
Taught Mathematics across KS3–KS4 and Science while completing a salaried school-based route to QTS and PGCE. The role combined sustained classroom teaching with mentoring, observation, professional study and reflective development.
Second school placement
Paddington Academy · London
Completed a contrasting school placement during teacher training, gaining experience of different pupil groups, curriculum structures and classroom contexts.
Mathematics and SEND support
The Charter School North Dulwich · London
Supported Mathematics learning and pupils with additional educational needs through one-to-one, small-group and in-class support across KS3 and KS4.
This experience strengthened my understanding of pupil starting points, barriers to learning and the importance of adapting support while retaining appropriate academic expectations.
Evidence of pupil progression
Taught a Year 8 Mathematics class in which nearly one-third of pupils progressed to a higher Mathematics set over the academic year.
This is presented as evidence of pupil progression during the period in which I taught the class, rather than as a claim that any single teacher or intervention was solely responsible for the outcome.
Inclusive experience
Before and during teacher training, I worked with pupils requiring different levels and forms of support. This included SEND support, nurture teaching, lower-confidence learners and pupils working across different levels of mathematical attainment.
These experiences inform my approach to scaffolding: support should make worthwhile Mathematics accessible while preserving a route towards increasing independence.
Broader teaching experience
My teaching experience extends beyond the secondary classroom, including tutoring, educational volunteering and undergraduate mathematics education.
November 2024 – February 2025
TeamUp
Delivered Mathematics tutoring to support pupils' understanding, confidence and progress alongside their school education.
May 2024 – November 2024
Cardinal Hume Centre Homework Club
Supported young people with homework and learning through voluntary educational provision.
October 2023 – December 2023
Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Designed and delivered a 30-hour remote course introducing mathematical aspects of relativity.
December 2019 – March 2020
Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Delivered undergraduate-level foundation Mathematics teaching, providing early experience of explaining mathematical ideas in a formal educational setting.
Professional formation
The progression through tutoring, SEND support, sustained school-based training and full classroom responsibility has given me experience of Mathematics education from several perspectives.
I completed Qualified Teacher Status and a PGCE through a salaried SCITT route, combining classroom teaching with mentoring, observation, professional study and reflection.
Professional development
Planning, explanation, questioning, modelling, practice, assessment and responsive teaching.
Experience supporting pupils with SEND, nurture groups and a wide range of prior attainment and confidence.
Using classroom evidence, mentoring and reflection to make better-informed teaching decisions.
Explaining Mathematics across school, tutoring and undergraduate-level educational contexts.
Professional profile
My Teaching page explains how these experiences inform my classroom practice. My CV provides the full professional and academic record.