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Maths and Science Tutor in Highbury
Highbury, with its Georgian terraces around Highbury Fields, sits inside Muhammad’s in-person area: Islington and the surrounding boroughs, or your home for an agreed premium. Online works anywhere. Muhammad teaches Maths, Physics and GCSE and IGCSE Chemistry; Biology, English and A Level Chemistry go to our associate tutors.
Local landmarks
Is there a Maths and Science tutor near me in Highbury?
Yes — Muhammad teaches in person in Islington and the surrounding boroughs, or at your home for an agreed premium, or online if that suits your family better. Lessons cover Maths, Physics and GCSE and IGCSE Chemistry with Muhammad personally, plus Biology, English and A Level Chemistry with our associate tutors. Muhammad’s subjects cost the same in person or online; Biology, English and A Level Chemistry with the associate tutors are priced upon request.
Lessons for Highbury students can be a fixed weekly in-person lesson all year, or online, which suits a regular check-in once a student is used to the material.
Which exam boards and stages does Muhammad cover for Highbury students?
All exam boards are covered — AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CIE — so the content differs little between them, and Muhammad teaches from 11+ through GCSE, A Level, IB and adult preparation including GAMSAT and GMAT.
One-to-one and two-to-one lessons are £120 an hour; group lessons, where a class is running for the right subject and stage, are pay-what-you-can. Uni Admissions preparation (GAMSAT, GMAT) is £120 an hour, one-to-one only. Muhammad is a Cambridge Physics PhD, rated 5.0 on Google.
Also serving: Canonbury, Holloway, Barnsbury, Finsbury Park, Newington Green
Local background
About Highbury
Some local background on Highbury and the schools in and around it, offered as local context. Being listed here doesn’t mean a school or person is connected to Mathematics and Science Tuition.
People
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Sir Francis RonaldsHighbury Terrace
Built an early electric telegraph (1816); founded Kew Observatory’s work for the British Association; lived at Highbury Terrace
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Joseph Chamberlain1845–1854
Politician; lived on Highbury Place 1845–1854
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George MartinDrayton Park
Beatles producer; grew up on Drayton Park; created Wessex Studios, Highbury New Park
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Walter Sickert1927–1931
Painter; lived on Highbury Place 1927–1931
History
Highbury takes its name from a manor house built in 1271; a newer house on a hill to the south-east was called “Highbury” to tell it from the old one. In 1740 a small ale and cake house opened at the Barn, and by 1770 William Willoughby had added a bowling green and gardens that could seat 2,000 for dinner. The land now called Highbury Fields (about 11.75 hectares) was saved in 1869. Woolwich Arsenal moved to Highbury in 1913 and dropped “Woolwich” from its name; the club left for Ashburton Grove in 2006. On 27 June 1944 a V-1 destroyed Highbury Corner.
1271
Manor house built; the name Highbury follows
1740
Ale and cake house opens at the Barn
1770
Willoughby adds a bowling green and gardens seating 2,000 for dinner
1869
Highbury Fields (about 11.75 hectares) is saved
1913
Woolwich Arsenal moves to Highbury
1944
27 June: a V-1 destroys Highbury Corner
2006
The club leaves for Ashburton Grove
Landmarks
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Highbury Fields
11.75 hectares, Islington’s largest open space; Highbury Pool reopened 2007.
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Highbury Place and Terrace
Georgian terraces: Highbury Place built from the 1770s (completed 1777), centre of Highbury Terrace 1789.
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Highbury Barn
Ale house from 1740; entertainment venue until its dancing licence was revoked in 1871.
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Highbury Square
Former Arsenal Stadium (1913–2006), now homes; East and West Stand exteriors kept as listed.
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Highbury Corner
Road junction by the station; destroyed by a V-1 in 1944, killing 26.
A local problem
Local problemKS3
Highbury Fields covers 11.75 hectares. One hectare is 10,000 m². How many square metres is that?
Show answer
1 hectare = 100 m × 100 m = 10,000 m², so multiply by 10,000
11.75 × 10,000 = 117,500
Answer: 117,500 m².
Schools in and around Highbury
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City of London Academy Highbury Grove |
AlumniLeroy Logan (police reform campaigner) · Peter Ebdon (snooker world champion) · Adebayo Akinfenwa (footballer) |
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Highbury Fields School |
AlumniEdith Clara Batho (Principal of Royal Holloway College 1945–62) · Andrea Levy (novelist) · Kemi Adeosun (former Nigerian finance minister) |
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School |
AlumniZawe Ashton (actress, playwright) · Alexandra Burke (singer) |
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| Nearest selective | ||
The Latymer School |
AlumniSyed Kamall (professor of politics) · Albert Meltzer (anarchist writer) · Tim Pope (director) |
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| Independent | ||
University College School |
AlumniRoger Penrose (Nobel physicist)A Level Physics · gravitation · Karl Pearson (mathematician, statistics)A Level Maths · statistics · Rob Buckman (doctor and medical writer) |
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Islington has no state grammar schools; Latymer is the nearest selective option listed here.
Whichever school is on your list, here is where to start.
How it works
How do lessons work if you live nearby?
It starts with a short conversation with Muhammad, then a one-off assessment lesson so he can see where your child actually is, then a regular weekly lesson — in person locally in Islington or online, whichever suits your family.
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Enquire
Tell Muhammad what your child is finding hardest. He takes this conversation himself, and it costs nothing.
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Assessment lesson
A single lesson to establish the real starting point, in person locally in Islington or online — whichever works best for your family.
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Weekly lesson
A regular one-to-one or two-to-one lesson, in person or online, or a pay-what-you-can online group lesson, at the same day and time each week.
What’s taught
Which subjects and stages do you teach?
Muhammad teaches Maths, Physics and Chemistry personally (Chemistry up to GCSE and IGCSE). Our associate tutors cover Biology, including A Level, A Level Chemistry and English. 11+ preparation is for Maths and English; there is no 11+ in the sciences.
| Subject | 11+ | KS3 | GCSE | A Level / IB | Adults |
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| Maths | |||||
| Physics | |||||
| Chemistry | † | ||||
| Biology† |
† Taught by our associate tutors, not Muhammad: Biology (including A Level) and A Level Chemistry. 11+ is offered in Maths only in this table.
Local context
Schools around here
Served how
In person or onlineFrom Highbury: Muhammad teaches in person in Islington and the surrounding boroughs, or at your home for an agreed premium, and online anywhere.
Phone: 020 7686 4307
Email: ma@mathematicsandsciencetuition.com
Courses near you
Four subjects, from 11+ to A Level
From 11+ preparation to GCSE and A Level, these are the courses to start with.
Before you go
Tell Muhammad where you’re stuck.
“I take the first call myself, and it costs nothing.
Tell me what you are finding hardest, and I will tell you honestly whether I can help — and what the first few lessons would look like.”
Muhammad AliFounder and tutor — PhD physics, Cambridge
