Maths Tutoring for SEND Students
(spoiler: the approach isn't one-size-fits-all — it's built around your child)
If your child has struggled with maths in a mainstream classroom setting, it's very often not about ability — it's about fit. Standard pacing, standard worksheets, and standard explanations don't work for every brain, and for SEND students that mismatch can turn maths into a source of real anxiety.
I've spent six-plus years teaching both in schools and one-to-one, working extensively with students with dyscalculia, ADHD, autism spectrum needs. My PGCE is from Oxford, but the more relevant qualification is years of sitting across the table from kids who'd been told they "just weren't maths people" — and watching that change.
What's different about how I teach
Concepts before procedures. Rather than drilling a method, I make sure your child understands why it works first — which sticks far better for students who struggle with rote memorisation.
Games and hands-on activities, not just worksheets. I build my own maths games and activities specifically because active, visual, low-pressure formats hold attention and reduce anxiety in a way that a page of sums doesn't.
Interest-led lessons. If your child is into gaming, football, or anime, that becomes the context for the maths — probability through card game odds, ratios through recipe scaling, whatever hooks them.
Flexible pacing. No lesson moves on until a concept is genuinely secure, and no two lessons look the same, because no two students need the same thing.
Small, achievable wins. Confidence is often the bigger barrier than the maths itself, so lessons are structured to give your child regular proof that they can do this.
What parents have said
"He understands her and her abilities and her needs already, and I cannot praise him enough for his patience with her."
"Teaching with games or with activities around topics that my daughter loves is Ethan's approach and it works wonderfully.
Start with a free trial lesson
The best way to know if this is the right fit is to try a lesson. No pressure, no obligation — just a chance to see how your child responds.