About me – Physics Tutor
Paul Cartwright
B.Sc., M.Sc., P.G.C.E., P.G.D.E.S., M.Inst.P., F.R.A.S.
I have more than 25 years’ experience of teaching physics.
I qualified as a teacher in 1997 and taught for several years at two successful secondary schools in Oxfordshire. Subsequently I worked for a time at the University of Oxford and built up a thriving business, becoming a sought-after private tutor in the Oxford area.
As well as being a full-time professional tutor, I am also an active and experienced senior examiner for A Level Physics with one of the major exam boards. My work has included writing whole examination papers and mark schemes, authoring multiple choice questions, working alongside senior colleagues evaluating and improving exam papers before production, supervising and supporting fellow examiners at the marking stage, participating in post-marking grade review sessions, and writing Principal Examiner reports for teachers.
Together, these experiences give me a detailed understanding of assessment, mark schemes and the way students’ answers are judged – insight which can be valuable when choosing an A Level Physics tutor.
I have degrees and postgraduate qualifications in Physics and in Science Education, from the universities of Durham and Oxford (my master’s degree thesis is listed here in the Oxford University library catalogue). I am also a full Member of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Beyond physics tuition, I have been a guest ‘expert’ on BBC local radio, responding to a listener’s science question, and have been a specialist subject writer for the BBC’s prestigious television quiz Mastermind, contributing question sets on subjects such as particle physics, and the life cycles of stars (astrophysics), among other things!
I lived and worked in Oxfordshire for 19 years until 2015, when I returned to my home county of Suffolk. I am married with two school-age children; spending time as a family, whether at home or out and about, is the thing that I enjoy the most!
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