Hi I'm Abbie, a qualified maths teacher with QTS across primary and secondary education, and the founder of Straight Up Maths.

I believe maths success comes from building understanding step by step, so confidence can follow naturally.

With over 15 years of experience working with hundreds of teens, I’ve been a highly recommended maths tutor supporting students with drive and motivation, including academy footballers balancing education and semi- professional sport.

Alongside tutoring, I’ve held key teaching roles in schools including Gifted and Talented Maths Coordinator and Learning Support, and I am a active examiner for one of the UK’s leading exam boards.

This means I understand not only how maths is taught, but also how it is truly assessed.

Straight Up Maths was created because too many capable teens were coming to me with a loss of confidence in maths, not through lack of effort, but through lack of clarity and consistency.

I kept seeing students who were trying, revising, and showing up, yet still feeling stuck and unsure whether what they were doing was actually helping....let alone knowing who to turn to.

The problem was rarely motivation.

It was the way their revision was structured and the way they were not being taught connections in the topics, or even the right revision strategies.

When learning feels disconnected, confidence dips and progress becomes harder to see. I know because I was once that teen.

So SUM was built to change all that by giving revision direction, purpose and consistent support from myself, so teens could see for themselves that their effort finally starts to add up.

I’m known for setting high expectations and helping students rise to them, equipping teens to unlock their potential and move forward with confidence.