Tailored to the student
Every lesson is built around your child — how they think, where they stall, and what will unlock them.
Private Tuition · Durham
Learning, taught beautifully.
One-to-one lessons crafted around each student. From confident foundations to top grades and Oxbridge preparation — delivered with patience, warmth and quiet rigour.
- 10+
- Years teaching
- 300+
- Students guided
- 98%
- Grade improvement
GCSE & A-Level11+ PreparationOxbridge CoachingPrimary FoundationsOnline & In-PersonDBS Checked
Why Sharry
A tutor who treats teaching as a craft.
Sharry is a Durham-based private tutor with a decade of teaching experience across primary, GCSE and A-Level. Her lessons are precise, warm, and built around outcomes families can measure.
Exam-board precise
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE, WJEC. Papers marked to spec, with clear feedback on how to move up a grade.
Measurable results
Students routinely move up 1–3 grades within a term. We track progress, not just hours.
Warm, calm classroom
Confidence is a subject too. Lessons are unhurried, encouraging, and quietly rigorous.
Moments
A quiet look inside the practice.
Every detail — from the room to the resources — is designed to make learning feel unhurried and important.
The Study
A calm room for real thinking
The Student
Focus, quietly rebuilt
The Craft
Ink, paper, precision
The Library
Curated reading for every stage
The Process
Considered, unhurried, and built for results.
01
Consultation
A relaxed conversation to understand goals, timelines and personality.
02
Diagnostic
A tailored assessment to pinpoint strengths and the gaps holding grades back.
03
Lessons
Weekly one-to-one sessions with structured homework and warm accountability.
04
Results
Regular progress reports, mock papers, and confidence that stays after the exam.
Results, quietly measured
Grades move. Confidence lasts.
- 9/10
- Students improve by 2+ grades
- 94%
- Achieve their target grade
- 5★
- Average parent rating
- 12+
- Successful Oxbridge offers
Voices of Families
Trusted by parents who don't settle.
“Sharry took my son from a grade 4 to a grade 8 in GCSE Maths in one year. She's simply exceptional.”
“Calm, clear and endlessly patient. My daughter now asks to do extra practice — unheard of.”
Answered
Quiet answers to the questions parents ask most.
Everything you need to know before your first lesson — and if there’s more, we’ll answer it in your consultation.
Read the full FAQWhere do lessons take place?+
In-person across Durham & DH7, or online via Zoom with a shared whiteboard.
How long is each lesson?+
Typically 60 minutes. 90-minute sessions are available closer to exams.
Is there a minimum commitment?+
None. Book weekly, block a term, or pause any time with 7 days' notice.
Do you offer group sessions?+
Occasionally, for 11+ mock exams and A-Level revision workshops.
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