'Joel Carr has been tutoring my daughter for over a year now, focusing initially on maths, but now working on both literacy and maths. Her confidence has really improved since the tutoring started, as Joel finds different ways of explaining clearly areas she found hard to understand, or has found the 'gaps' in her knowledge. Being able to focus on tricky areas one-to-one has been invaluable in boosting her maths skills, and there has been a noticeable improvement in scores in maths tests at school, which has really boosted her confidence. Joel is reliable, enthusiastic and caring, and works in a structured but engaging way - thinking 'outside the box' when needed to make sure that my daughter understands the area they are working on, whether spelling or long division.'  Claire Wedderburn-Maxwell