Mr. Ting’s CV & Experience
Personal academic record.
BA (First Class Honours) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford.
Corpus Christi College, Oct 2008 - 2011
Corpus Christi College Scholarship, awarded after my results in first year exams.
Multiple-time winner of Isaiah Berlin Prize for examination performance
PGCE in Mathematics Education, University College London (UCL).
June 2014 - July 2015
Qualified Teacher Status with ‘Outstanding’ grade
5 A grades at A-Level.
Maths (594/600 UMS), Further Maths, Chemistry, English Literature, Critical Thinking together with an A in AS-Level Physics
Seven consecutive UK Mathematics Challenge Gold Certificates (years 7-13)
11A*s at GCSE.
National Top 10 Candidate in Edexcel GCSE Maths (I was among the top 10 highest-scoring students in the country in GCSE maths that year)
Top 5 Mark Nationally in AQA English Literature
Teaching career.
2016-2023: Michaela Community School
Maths Teacher
In 2019, I and three colleagues were responsible for the top GCSE maths progress in the whole of England, as ranked by the UK Government (link).
On average, my students performed 2 grades better than expected (e.g. B —> A*).
Head of Year + Pastoral Lead for our frontier cohort (2018-2019).
I was responsible for motivating and inspiring an entire year group of over 100 students to achieve their potential. They achieved the 5th best progress in their GCSEs in England (link).
Head of Economics (2021-2023)
In 2022, my Economics A Level students were nearly three times more likely to get an A* grade than the national average.
Head of New Staff (2022-2023)
Teaching new teachers how to teach better.
Writer
I am a published author on education topics, having contributed chapters in the bestselling education books ‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers’ and ‘The Power of Culture’ - both rated 4.5 stars on Amazon.
I have a widely viewed education blog ‘Mathagogy’ that has amassed over 40,000 views.
Former students include:
Amrutha Vudathu, now studying at Cambridge University (2021 matriculation)
Taught GCSE maths for three years (Grade 9)
Taught A-Level economics for two years (Grade A*)
Daniel Coroama, now studying Computer Engineering at Imperial University London
Taught GCSE maths for three years - Daniel scored 239/240 in his final GCSE maths exam
Taught A-Level economics for two years (Grade A*)