Mark Curtis
Maths
About
Teaching Experience
Mark has had nine successful years as a secondary school teacher, specialising in A-Level Further Maths and running extension classes for Oxbridge Maths applicants. As a Key Stage 5 Coordinator, he constructed new spiralling curricula for Sixth Forms, and as an Assistant Head of Maths, he trained and developed new and existing Maths teachers.
Academic Qualifications
Mark graduated twice from the University of Oxford: once in 2009 with a First in Mathematics, being awarded the Junior Mathematical Prize, then again in 2013 with a PhD (DPhil) in Mathematics. In that time, he held a range of responsibilities, including interviewer, lecturer and college tutor, as well as becoming an accredited associate member of the Higher Education Academy.
Outreach
Mark has worked as a regular teacher on a Saturday enrichment programme to engage primary school pupils, and has been an assistant on a Maths Bridging Project to support any prospective university students whose schools did not offer Further Maths. Recently, he has been the Maths link to support teachers setting up a new free Sixth Form college.
Published Work
Mark has written over 1000 original A-Level questions across 5 student workbooks covering Maths and Further Maths, as well as over 150 original tests and exams and over 200 original homework sheets. He also has three published academic papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
Expertise
