Steve is a fantastic tutor! Steve is really engaging with my boys (yr 4&5), making sessions relevant, interesting, fun and challenging. Steve's tuition in both maths & english, especially in creative writing has been invaluable for both general school work and exam /entrance assessment preparation. The boys have really improved academically since starting with Steve, and have been successful in recent exams, our yr 5 son recently being offered a place at a competitive private school. Steve is reliable & responds to queries quickly. Highly highly recommend!!
From Kiren
“I was in search of a private tutor for my 8 year old son and came across Stephen Solbe on first tutors. He was very prompt in replying to my request and was really accommodating with times to suit our schedule . My son feels so relaxed around him and is really enjoying his 1 to 1 zoom lessons. Stephen is not only highly experienced and professional but also very honest and humble which are qualities I wanted in a tutor for my son. We look forward to continue working with him in the future .”
From Melanie
We’re so pleased to have Stephen as a tutor. He makes the lessons interesting and engaging, our son (usually a reluctant learner) enjoys the sessions and is making good progress.
From Cheryl
Steve has been tutoring our 12yr old son remotely in HK for fourth months. Steve has been assisting him with English and Math. We can say with assurance that our son is now more confident in both of these genres. Recently passing an assessment required to apply for boarding schools. We are also happy that Steve has very good communication with myself as the parent. We know what they have worked on that day and that our sons strengths and weakness have been identified. We feel lucky to have found Steve as our tutor.
From Claire
Steve has been a great support form my daughter during her maths revision for IGCSE. She became much more confident thanks to her tutorials with Steve.
From Claire
A very good tutor! Our 14 year old son has endlessly struggled with maths and had pretty much accepted defeat. But he is now enjoying maths, getting much better grades and inspired enough to ask for more tutoring with Steve over the summer holidays! Somehow Steve has made maths interesting and given William so much more confidence. Obviously we're delighted!
From Ioana
My son really enjoys the online lessons with Steve. At almost 13, transitioning from the American to British school system is not easy - we are lucky to have found Steve who is a great teacher and seems to know exactly how to help navigate this process.
From Bashayer
From Deepna
My daughter just started her lessons with Steve few weeks back and she enjoys his class and looks forward to attending it as she says it is lot of fun. Steve is friendly, very patient, professional and organized. The quick catch up with parents is useful towards end of class.
From Jean
Steve is a very experienced and diligent teacher. Very well-organized lessons for my 8-year-old daughter. She’s happy to catch up her Y4 English lessons when we’re outside of the UK and had fun in Steve’s class.
From Jiang
Steven is a very patient teacher. We communicated with each other for a long time before the first class. However, after the first class, he thought that my daughter might need other support, so he might not be able to teach my daughter any more.
From Dorota
My children really like having lessons with him. His lessons are very creative and fun. I am very happy that I found him.
From Nikolay
Our kids studied in a very good school in London, but we had to leave the UK for what will be probably one year in connection with Covid. We want our two boys ( Year 5 and Year 3) not to fall behind their classmates during this year, and be on par with them once they are back. The task is not trivial giving the fact that English is not their mother tongue, they came to the UK two years ago with English close to zero, with a combined efforts from school and the family they reached their peers level in two years. But now it is a real challenge to hold the level as we don’t speak English at home. Steve is giving them English lessons as per UK curriculum twice a week since end of August, and we simply cannot overestimate his work, he effectively substituted the school. The children are enjoying his lessons, amusing is that even their homework they do with enthusiasm! I am especially impressed how Steve teaches our younger son, who is much more active than an average kid, with attention span shorter, accordingly. But Steve manages to keep him focused through the whole online 60 min lesson! We would highly recommend Steve to everyone!
From Leo
Our 10 years old daughter is having a one on one tutoring lesson with Stephen, and she absolutely loves it! We are from Hong Kong and we might be moving to the UK in a few years time, and Stephen is helping our daughter to prepare for the 13+ entrance exam which she might need to take when we arrive in UK. Stephen is well prepared for his lessons, and he's using an approach we have never experienced in Hong Kong before, and it's really helping my daughter to improve her writing skills. Stephen is also very humorous, my daughter loves talking with him so much and it's a superb chance for her to practice her oral English skills. We highly recommend Stephen to anyone who is looking for a UK local teacher who can help your children prepare for entering the UK education system.
From Jenny
Our son had 1 to 1 tutoring to prepare him for the Nottingham High School exam. He looked forward to his lessons, even suggesting he missed a football match to ensure he didn't miss a week! English was his weaker subject so Steve concentrated on building his confidence in this area whilst also making it fun. He even went on to score one of the top marks in English overall. We can't rate Steve highly enough and will definitely be asking for our younger son to be tutored by him in 18 months time. Thank you for making learning fun and successful for G.
From Chris
Steve has been tutoring our 9-year-old daughter (currently in Year 5) for the past 7 months mainly in English. Our daughter has made excellent progress in this time and is far more confident in the subject. She's improved from an average student to close to the top of her class in English, according to her teacher. Steve makes learning fun and my daughter actually looks forward to the lessons even when she's had a long, hard day. I would thoroughly recommend Steve!
From Lisa
My daughter has been receiving 1:1 tutoring with Stephen since November 2017. I felt the tutoring would be of benefit to her as this was an area she felt the least confident with since beginning her GCSE in English in September. Since attending her tutoring lessons, she has become much more enthusiastic about her school lessons, she has gained confidence and her school grade has gone from expected to above expected. Stephen is able to go through lesson work with her, clarify anything she is unsure of and explain things either in more detail or in a way that she is then able to understand and gain most out of. The lessons have also given her the opportunity to work through previous exam papers, go into greater depth of the books she is studying, all the while developing her skills and comprehension . Stephen is polite, professional and offers feedback at the end of each lesson and we would have no hesitation in recommending him as a tutor to others to gain confidence and improved results. Lisa
From Catherine
Really pleased with Steve's tutoring. He fully understood the assssrance we needed for our daughter. He makes the sessions fun and our daughter is growing in confidence .
From Debbie
We contacted Steve via first tutors a month ago. Steve replied to my query straight away and my son who will be sitting his GCSE exams in May has now had 3 English sessions with him and really enjoying it.
We would definitely recommend Steve as an English tutor.
From Catherine
Steve tutored my daughter for around 6 months. He understood exactly how to boost her confidence and piled on heaps of praise for things that she did well, which has really improved her self confidence. His methods worked very well with my daughter, his lessons were always very well planned and Steve was always as flexible as possible with the location and time of lessons. The whole experience was very beneficial for Katie and we would not hesitate to recommend him.
From Rachel
Steve has been tutoring my son for the past few months in literacy. My son very much enjoys the sessions and benefits greatly from the one on one attention and immediate feedback Steve provides. He has a great understanding of what motivates pupils and tailors lessons accordingly - making them enjoyable for the pupil and something a bit different from their usual day at school.
From Jason
We sought Steve's help when our 11 year old son's confidence in maths had been knocked at primary school during the run up to his SATS. He highlighted the areas which needed attention, and in a few short weeks his enthusiastic and energetic approach turned the situation around giving our son the confidence he needed. Steve was very understanding on a couple of occasions where we had to rearrange lessons - I would recommend Steve without hesitation and we are extremely grateful for everything he has done.
From Bala
Steve has been fantastic and my 8 year old is really enjoying the english lessons.
From Katharine
I am very grateful to Steve. I have asked him to help my daughter improve her maths and to develop skills in verbal reasoning for SATS and entrance exams. She was hesitant about having a tutor, but enjoyed working with Steve from the first session. He cleverly assessed her abilities using a fun maths game. He has given her more confidence in her ability and in her ability to learn more. He has made learning fun and non - stressful while improving her abilities and confidence. I am impressed with his teaching skills and in how he makes learning enjoyable while building confidence. He has an excellent knowledge of key curriculum subjects and expectations of SATS and entrance exams. He has been excellent in promoting my daughter's abilities and confidence. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Steve to anybody looking for an inspiring teacher who builds confidence. Anna is in year 6 primary school.
From Jane
We started having Steve to help my 7 year old twins .We have had him for over a year now. My son was good at maths and really enjoyed the subject so we wanted to develop him and my daughter was not so confident and we wanted to give her some extra help. Steve seems to have the ability to communicate with them on their level and makes it fun. He seems to have the patience to teach them and make them understand. Unfortunately I just get frustrated when they don't "get it". They look forward to seeing him and don't mind having him giving them extra work so from their perspective he must make learning fun. My daughter has certainly gained more confidence with her maths and my son continues to enjoy the challenge of doing harder maths than his peers. He is also a teacher so he has inside knowledge of what is required for SATs etc I would recommend Steve.
From Darren
We have found Steve to be a great tutor, very reliable and trustworthy. He always manages to hold our daughters attention and she is making good progress with her English.
From Debbie
We initially asked Steve to help us as my Son was sitting Entrance Exams in January. Due to a number of reasons, we had left Steve with a bit of task as we only had a few weeks until the exams. Steve quickly assessed my son and highlighted areas to focus on. Not only has he gained entrance to the school of his choice, but he has asked if Steve could continue tutoring him until he joins his new school in September to ensure that he is ready and more importantly confident in his own ability.
We could not have achieved this without Steve's help and support. He is very patient and makes the sessions fun, something my son would not have believed possible of Comprehension!!
From Vindeya
Steve has been fantastic with my son who has come so far in his maths. Steve has the ability to communicate with my son and this has made him very confident with numbers.
From Joanne
Although we have only had a few lessons our Son is really enjoying the sessions with Steve as he makes them fun. Steve is always looking at new ways to bring fun to learning. He interacts very well with Ben and we hope to continue Ben's development further.
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