Leander Oates

About

• Leander has been creating amazing Physics content for Save My Exams since 2022. In her role as Senior Content Creator, she particularly loves helping students navigate the common misconceptions so that they can gain a deeper understanding of how the Universe works. Leander was a teacher of Key Stage 3 and GCSE Physics, Chemistry and Biology for several years before moving into the online world of teaching and tutoring.

• As an online student herself for many years, Leander understands what it takes to create high quality, useful content. Prior to working at Save My Exams, Leander has worked for a number of EdTech companies and was Lead Tutor of Sciences for an online education provider where she created courses for, and tutored hundreds of students through their study of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths and Human Biology at GCSE and A Level for a range of exam boards. Leander is particularly proud of her contribution to enabling hundreds of home-schooled students and adult learners to gain their qualifications during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Leander considers herself to be a life-long learner. Her journey of adult education began in an English Language & Literature night school and took her on a wonderful adventure from Creative Writing to History and finally to Philosophy which is where she fell in love with Physics. Her pursuit to discover the truths about life led her, inevitably, to the study of the whole Universe.

• In her spare time, Leander is currently learning how to sew, knit, rag-rug and speak Romanian. She also loves to read dystopian thrillers, listen to political podcasts, and she is quite handy with a drill and a saw as well.

Awards and Recognition

• In her graduation year, Leander won the prestigious Lord Robert Winston Solomon Lipson Prize in recognition of her dedication to science and teaching excellence.

Education

• Leander graduated with a First Class BSc in Science and Education from Sheffield Hallam University.

Expertise

• Leander’s specialism is in Physics, but she has equal experience in both teaching and tutoring for Biology, Chemistry and Maths

• Leander has experience teaching and tutoring a range of exam boards including AQA, Edexcel, CIE and OCR, at GCSE, IGCSE, A Level and International A Level