I'm Chris Usher. I'm a former Headteacher and I've been teaching Maths for over 30 years.  I'm also an examiner for the country's largest examination board.

Maths is a fascinating subject. And good grades in Maths can open so many doors, whether it be medicine, dentistry,aerospce engineeing, economics and finance. The list is endless!

But the top universities all want top A/A* grades, and with only around 3% of students each year reaching Grade 9 at GCSE, that's quite a challenge.

In most school classrooms the focus of the teacher is to ensure that your child knows everything they need in time for the exam. But only around 40% of the marks in the exams are to assess students knowledge and basic prcoedural skills. The other 60% is on reasoning and problem-solving.

And we all know that the only way to become better at problem solving is to practice solving problems. Over time, your child can become more confident at recognising what problems are asking and how to break these problems down into manageable steps. But in the classroom at school, the focus too often is on what your child knows - not what they can do with that knowledge!

That's why I'm offering your child the chance to try a different approach.

In the GCSE Grade 9 Accelerator Programme I'll give your child the opportunity to:

✅ Work in an challenging but fun environment, working with other enthusiastic and ambitious students to become better problem solvers in Maths
✅Learn the skills required to analyse problems, recognise what they're being asked to do, and break this down into logical steps
✅Begin to think like an examiner, so that they understand why exam questions are written as they are, and they can begin to anticipate what they'll face in their final exams and be super-prepared for it!