Will Barber has been a teacher, teacher trainer and tutor for the last 25 years in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Devon. He has taught all age groups from year 1 right up to year 13. His experience in each subject is as follows:
11+ |
Numeracy |
ICT |
Literacy |
Science |
He started tutoring 11+ skills six years ago when his oldest daughter was taking the VR test for a local school. Since 2010 he has taught VR in a local private school to years 5 and 6. The pass rate for these mixed ability classes has been 93% and 90%. |
He has extensive experience of teaching Maths and Numeracy to pupils age 6 and above. He has ten years of Key stage 1 and 2 experience within Gloucestershire and Avon schools. He has eight years of Key Stage 3 and 4 experience in Avon. |
He has been ICT coordinator since starting his teaching career 20 years ago. He has taught ICT to children aged between 6 to 18, including GCSE and CLAIT qualifications to years 12 and 13. He has extensive experience of all the major program types. |
He has a wide ranging experience of teaching English and Literacy to pupils from age 6 and above. He has ten years of Key stage 1 and 2 experience within Gloucestershire and Avon schools. He has run creative writing clubs and courses and written a book! |
He has been Science Coordinator in 18 of the last 20 years teaching. He has also taught Physics Chemistry and Biology to GCSE level for 8 years. Over the last five years he has been running Science Teacher Training courses. |
Previous Teaching Qualifications: |
Other Qualifications |
Business Experience |
Teaching KS1 and KS2: 11 years Teaching KS3 and KS4: 9 years
PGCE: Bristol UWE
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Degree: Management, Manchester 2(i) A-levels: Maths, Physics, Chemistry
O-levels: 11 subjects passed |
A long time ago he worked in Industry. He worked in Sales for IBM computers, then for 2 years with Unilever in Marketing. |