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Cardiff Maths Tutor

Cardiff Maths Tutor

5.0(89 reviews)See reviews ↓·Cardiff

About the company

Cardiff Maths Tutor is a private tutoring service owned by Dave Ashton, a registered teacher with 19 years of experience teaching mathematics. He has worked as a mathematics adviser in South East Wales and as a WJEC Examiner. He is dyslexic and holds a DBS check that is annually updated. He is a Google Certified Teacher (now Google Certified Innovator) and received a Highly Commended award in 2016 from the Welsh Government for innovative use of technology to enhance learning.

He uses Figma as a live whiteboard for online tutoring. He offers tutoring for the WJEC specification for GCSE, AS and A Level students in Cardiff and across Wales, as well as Edexcel for GCSE in England. Tutoring services include A2 Level Pure Mathematics, AS Level Pure Mathematics, GCSE Higher Mathematics, GCSE Foundation Mathematics, Year 9 Mathematics, and Year 8 Mathematics.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Confidence and a renewed willingness to tackle maths recur throughout the feedback from families in Cardiff, with several describing how anxious learners moved from dread to genuine engagement. The named tutor, Dave, is credited repeatedly with clear explanations that strip complex topics back to simple, skilful steps, drawing on analogies and background context so that pupils grasp not just method but meaning. A recurring point is the recording of sessions, which lets students return to lessons during revision and consolidate their understanding.

Reviewers mention improved school results, including a GCSE grade climbing to a B and another reaching an A star, alongside a growing readiness to carry maths through to A level. Parents speak of regular check-ins after sessions and consistent communication about how their child is progressing. The teaching suits GCSE and A level candidates, including learners with dyslexia, and the online group format is described as engaging once students settle into it. Dan also earns credit for transforming one pupil's ability and supplying plentiful resources with attentive support. Enthusiasm and patience are noted as hallmarks of the tuition.

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Reviews

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Wenna Gregory3 July 2026

My son really enjoyed the lessons, his confidence really grew. Dave was excellent - thank you.

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Shereen Williams29 June 2026

Dave has demystified GCSE maths for my child. He’s gone from struggling with the subject to being motivated to want to try for an A / A star. Dave breaks down complicated concepts for his students and ensures that they understand the topic. The group sizes work well and the offer of exam prep has helped boost my child’s prep before the 3 papers. I’ve recommended Dave to other families who were in search of a maths tutor and have only had positive feedback from them on the recommendation.

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Bee Berry26 June 2026

We signed our daughter up for online group maths tutoring in year 10 after she moved down a set in year 8 and absolutely hating maths to the point of misery. We thought we'd give it a try as it couldn't get worse. At first our daughter hated the idea and week 1 we had to literally sit her in front of the laptop and sign her in then run away! After 2 or 3 sessions she was joining willingly, then conceded it might actually be helping. She admitted she liked the sessions and wanted to keep going. Her maths confidence and skill improved so much she started doing maths problems at home for fun, teaching her little brother and getting fantastic grades. In year 11 she announced she was sad maths was going to be ending, and decided to sit Additional Maths GCSE. Beyond our wildest imagination our daughter decided she is going to study maths A-level in September, and asked if her tutor lessons can continue. While we can't credit all of this fantastic change in confidence and love of maths to her tutoring alone, I definitely know that it helped enormously, and without it, our daughter would not have achieved so much, so it was worth every penny! We won't hesitate to sign up our son when the time comes, if he looks like he's struggling. Thank you Dave for making such a difference to our daughter's maths education; it's enabled her to dream big for university options in a couple of years time.

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Shavanah Taj26 June 2026

Dave is an excellent tutor who has made a real difference during our daughter’s first year of GCSE maths. His support and encouragement has really helped boost her confidence and enjoyment of the subject.

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Danielle Reason26 June 2026

I would (and have) recommend Dave to anyone struggling with maths. My daughter is taking Maths a-level and was finding it quite stressful. Dave’s methods of teaching, enthusiasm and confidence boosting for his students is second to none! I wish I had a Dave when I was doing my maths exams many moons ago! Thank you Dave for all that you do for these students, I know my daughter went into her AS levels a lot more confident because of your support and teaching.

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mahrukh sheikh11 June 2026

This is my tutor.He has helped me with my confidence and learning, it has been amazing feeling more prepared for my exams after each session. He explains in an easy way for his students to understand and I have felt after doing my exam that I knew a lot more of what to do.

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Mathew Ashment8 June 2026

My daughter, Brooke, has been very honest recently about how much she struggles with Maths. This was apparent following results of a mock exam early in Year10 (Oct 2026). To support Brooke’s school based learning, we were lucky enough to book a block of lessons to improve specific gaps in her understanding of maths. Brooke has struggled to attend school at times due to her worries at the thought of sitting exams. With Dave’s help, Brooke was able to not only able to attempt her recent GCSE Maths exam, but to exit the exam with a smile, and confidence to talk about how she thought the paper went. I genuinely think this has a lot to do with the way Dave prepared Brooke for the exam. His calmness, patience and professionalism to tailor his approach to get the best out of Brooke has to be commended. Clearly a teacher at the top of his game, with multiple strategies to support and challenge learning in an accessible and digital format. I would highly recommend the service of Cardiff Maths Tutor. It is certainly a service that I will definitely use again, and happy to promote nothing but positive feedback.

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Working hours
Monday09:00–21:00
Tuesday09:00–21:00
Wednesday09:00–21:00
Thursday09:00–21:00
Friday09:00–21:00
SaturdayClosed
Sunday12:00–21:00