"Hazel taught my son Isaac from January until July for 15 hours per week. Initially it was for Maths, English and Science. During this time she taught him much more than that, incorporating life skills. She managed it in a way that Isaac didn’t even realise he was learning. It was through general conversation that would include World News and she would listen to his opinions, ask him thought provoking questions that would sometimes happen during a game of table tennis, whilst cooking or when they were sat at his desk.
 

Hazel has a quality about her that made Isaac open up to her if he felt his life was particularly tough at any point. Sometimes he wouldn’t talk but this was always ok with her. She never pushed him to do anything he felt he couldn’t do at that particular time but somehow managed it at a later date. Her patience seemed to be endless but she always got a result.

Isaac is now a confident happy young man that has just done his GCSEs and is starting college in September. He has a part time job which he had to train and sit a qualification for. I can categorically say that a lot of this was down to Hazel’s understanding that all children learn in different ways. However, Isaac will always beat her at table tennis!"

 

- Colleen, H (Parent)