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Maths, taught by a researcher mathematician who works in Scottish classrooms.

One-to-one online tuition, National 5 to Advanced Higher. A PhD in mathematics, nine peer-reviewed research publications, and 7 years ongoing experience in Scottish secondary schools.

PhDMathematics
9RESEARCH PAPERS
GTCSPROVISIONALLY REGISTERED
PVGScheme member
01 — Courses

What I teach

Taught against the published Qualifications Scotland specifications. One-to-one only, online, UK-wide.

National 5

National 5 Maths

The level where guessing stops working. The first course that pays for working rather than answers.

Higher

Higher Maths

The step up that catches out pupils who found National 5 easy. Questions stop telling you which technique to use.

Advanced Higher

Advanced Higher Maths

Proof, complex numbers, differential equations. Closer to first year at university than to Higher.

Applications

Higher Applications of Maths

Statistics, finance, modelling. Entries rose 56% in a year and the tutoring market has not followed.

GCSE

GCSE Maths

Foundation and Higher tier, all major boards. Grade 4 to 5 and grade 7 to 9 are different problems; the teaching is different too.

Undergraduate

First-year university maths

Calculus, linear algebra, analysis — plus the skill nobody teaches: how to read a proof.

International Baccalaureate

IB Maths HL / SL

Analysis and Approaches, Applications and Interpretation, both levels. Paper technique plus support on the exploration.

Physics

Higher & AH Physics

Narrow by design: the mathematical core and Our Dynamic Universe — my research field. No practical work.

02 — Method

Assessment first. Then teach.

Most tuition re-teaches whatever school covered that week. That treats the symptom.

Step 01

Free 30-min assessment

I watch where the reasoning breaks, not where the answer is wrong.

Step 02

A written gap map & strategic work plan

Every topic marked secure, shaky or not yet met. Yours whether or not you book.

Step 03

Weekly session, with marked work between

Targeted past-paper questions, returned annotated against the marking instructions

Every session includes
  • The screen recording of the session, kept until 30 days after the session
  • Brief session notes
  • A note to parent: What's covered, set, next
  • Work set and marked to the Qualifications Scotland marking instructions
03 — TUTOR PROFILE

Dr. Saba Qummer

Nine peer-reviewed research publications.

Every tutoring site claims expertise. Here is the evidence instead. The first two sit directly on the Higher Physics Our Dynamic Universe unit — dark energy, cosmic expansion, Hubble's law.

  1. Study of growth matter index and cosmic implications in dynamical Chern–Simons modified gravity. The European Physical Journal C, 81(8). 2021
  2. Attractor and slow-roll parameterised inflation in extended teleparallel gravity. Astroparticle Physics, 133: 102626. 2021
  3. Tsallis, Rényi and Sharma–Mittal holographic dark energy models in loop quantum cosmology. Symmetry, 10(11): 635. 2018

All nine, with full citations →

04 — Fees

Published, so you don't have to ask.

One-to-one, online, per hour. First 30-minute assessment free.

National 5 Maths£45
Higher Maths£50
Higher Applications of Mathematics£50
Advanced Higher Maths£60
Higher / AH Physics£50
GCSE Maths£45
IB Maths HL / SL£60
University & adult returners£65
05 — BOOK FREE ASSESSMENT

Schedule a free assessment session

A 30-minute call to evaluate current SQA or university targets, identify roadblocks, and discuss availability.

Full PVG scheme verified · Confidential · No obligation

06 — Contact us

Questions before you book?

Email is the quickest way to reach me. I reply within one working day.

info@mathstutoruk.com