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Fully Qualified Private Teacher with Classroom

Welcome to Philip M Russell Ltd and experience unparalleled private education with Online and In-Person Tutoring. Fully qualified and experienced teacher. We are unlike most Tutors as we have our own classroom, laboratory and two TV Studios. All the equipment to do every science practical.

1:1 Tuition £40 GCSE £50 A-level
Maths GCSE and A-level
Physics GCSE and A-Level
Chemistry GCSE and A-Level
Biology GCSE Maths and A-Level
Science Combined and Triple GCSE
Further Maths A-Level
Computer Studies GCSE and A-Level
Business Studies GCSE, BTEC and A-Level
A-Level Psychology and Sociology
Online and in-person 
Group lessons from £25 per hour in a class setting.

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1:1 Tuition

Experience the best teaching from a qualified and experienced teacher with top-notch facilities for 1:1 teaching in a classroom and laboratory. Our teaching aids include visualisers, smartboards, and all the  experiments for GCSE and A Level to aid understanding. We take electronic notes for students and send them straight to their phones so they have PDF notes for each session. Additionally, we have a vast electronic resource of hundreds of exam papers, including many not normally available to students. We offer both in-person and online teaching options from our TV studio, making learning accessible and convenient for all.
Unlocking the Secrets of Science: 
How Our Fully Equipped Laboratory Enhances Learning

Daily Blog and Social Media

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Posted on ​​​​February 16, 2025

A-level Sociology Poverty is complex—no single measure tells the full story. Stats are just snapshots in time. The amount of income is only a vague yardstick. By using different measures & perspectives, we get a clearer picture. #Sociology

Posted on ​​​​February 15, 2025

Taking my 1980’s Tandy Trs-80 out for a spin. The students wondered what I could do with a computer with no internet. We looked at the text editor and the spreadsheet and watched the daisy wheel printer work.

Posted on ​February 14, 2025

 I Love Science

Posted on ​​​​February 13, 2025

One of my students filmed their high-board dive, and we processed the footage using @pascoscientific Capstone to analyze the motion in detail—calculating speed, acceleration, and more! #PhysicsInAction #MotionAnalysis

Posted on ​​​​February 12, 2025

Creating an Atwood machine to simulate a lift to help non-physicists visualise and then solve Mechanics problems.

Posted on ​February 11, 2025

A quick demo for the students on the refraction of a laser when the beam hits the water's surface. The dye shows up the path of the laser, so it is very easy to see what happens.

Posted on ​​​​February 10, 2025

Connecting a model heart with tubes simulating the parts of the body the tubes go to and return from and then making the heart beat to observe how the blood flows. Using lots of air in the system helps see the blood flow more easily.
 

Posted on ​​​​February 9, 2025

Learning all about inventory turnover metrics: turnover, carriage costs, order fill rate, average days to sell an inventory, the item fill rate, the cycle time and the return on the investment. And someone said this was trivial!

Posted on ​February 8, 2025

Prep work: Loading the Raspberry Pi's with a new copy of Linux, Apache, PHP, MariaDB, docker, and Phpmyadmin so we are ready to create websites and do all things server.

Posted on ​​​​February 7, 2025

Just taught  an online lesson on bond angles across a period!  We explored how molecular shapes maximize distances between groups, why some molecules are bent instead of linear, and how trigonal bipyramidal structures have different bond angles. Fascinating stuff! #Chemistry

Posted on ​​​​February 6, 2025

Just 10 minutes to recap the three electrical components ( resistor, bulb and diode) used to make the voltage vs. current graphs. Just as quick as drawing them using the @pascoscientific voltage current sensor and Capstone and three circuits made and experiments done in 10 minutes.

Posted on ​February 5, 2025

Probability took a turn for the worse when the students had to work out the probability of throwing a number on different dice. They discovered that investigation was needed rather than making assumptions.

Posted on ​​​​February 4, 2025

Creating a strobe image of two ball bearings falling. One falls vertically and the other is propelled sideways. The camera used a flash on a strobe setting capturing an image every 1/15 of a second.

Posted on ​​​​February 3, 2025

Taking an ECG on a student in A-Level Biology using the @pascoscientific ECG sensor. Using a digital stethoscope, the students could record and play back their heartbeat and tie this in with the ECG that they recorded.

Posted on ​February 2, 2025

A-Level Psychology: Oxytocin, the "bonding hormone," is naturally released during sex, childbirth, and breastfeeding. As a synthesized drug, it's been explored as a potential treatment for various psychiatric disorders. #Psychology #Oxytocin

Posted on ​​February 1, 2025

A-level Computing DBMS and GIS. Another real-world use for relational databases? Integrating them with GIS to pinpoint houses near a river, optimize delivery routes, or count homes in a school zone.

Posted on ​​January 31, 2025

GCSE Chemistry working out the reaction rates with changes of concentration using the @pascoscientific colourimeter to plot out the transmittance of red light against time, showing how sulfur appears with the reaction of HCl and Sodium Thiosulfate.

Posted on ​January 30, 2025

Using the @pascoscientific spirometer to measure tidal breathing volume and vital capacity in my students (and myself!). Comparing lung sizes between an athlete and a non-athlete to see how chest size impacts breathing efficiency. #Science #Biology

Posted on ​​January 29, 2025

Understanding Logarithms: I went to school BC (Before Calculators), relying on log tables for multiplication, division, and trigonometry. That experience gave me a deep understanding of why logarithms matter and how they fit into modern maths—something I now teach to my students!

Posted on ​​January 28, 2025

A Level Physics: ​Exploring the world of capacitors, how to make them, how they charge and discharge and how we measure the rate of charging and discharging so that the exam questions become a breeze.

Posted on ​January 27, 2025

The four types of pathogens are protists, fungi, bacteria, and viruses. All can cause infectious diseases, some deadly. While we have drugs to fight them, one group is notoriously harder to destroy. Do you know which pathogen is the toughest to kill?

Posted on ​​January 26, 2025

A-Level Sociology: UK children rank among the unhappiest in developed nations. Key factors include exam stress, social media pressures, appearance anxiety, rising living costs, and family breakdowns. How do these social issues shape their well-being? #Sociology #Wellbeing

Posted on ​​January 25, 2025

Showing students the power of a £100 Raspberry Pi! From building web servers and streaming video to creating file servers and even using word processors, it proves you don't need a pricey computer to achieve big things. #RaspberryPi #TechEducation

Posted on ​January 24, 2025

While teaching a student an electrolysis experiment series, I realised it was their first time ever washing lab equipment. Cleaning between experiments isn't just a chore—it's a fundamental scientific skill that bridges technique and professional practice.

Posted on ​​January 23, 2025

Measuring the heating and cooling effect using @pascoscientific wireless thermometers. The experiment can be set up very quickly, and Capstone can record all the data and make it available in graphical form.

Posted on ​​January 22, 2025

Drawing circles using two pencils and a rectangular-shaped compass. Placing pencils in different holes, circles of various sizes can be created. Many of the students found this easier than using a regular compass.

Posted on ​January 21, 2025

Exploring how stress lines appear in an acrylic shape under polarised light when squeezed. The pressure points were clear and vivid! Ultrasonics can also reveal stress in other materials. Fascinating physics in action!