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Progress reports

You get it in writing.

Most tutoring gives you a vague sense that it is going well. After every assessment Hadi writes you a report: the marks, which skills are secure and which are not, what to keep doing, what to stop, and exactly what the next week is for.

These are real reports with the family removed. Names, schools and year groups have been changed or taken out. The marks, the wording and the structure are exactly what you receive.

Report oneAfter an assessment — at a glance

Sent within a day or two of a practice paper. One page, readable in two minutes, and written to the student as well as to you.

Verbal Reasoning, Paper 3 — report at a glance

Year 5 · questions 1–80 · completed in 45 minutes
Sample
The result
70/80 87.5% Strong foundation

A good result — the score improved again, and the paper was finished inside the time limit.

Progress across papers
Paper 2
85%
Paper 3
87.5%

A real improvement. The next target is turning near-misses into secure marks.

Traffic-light skill review
Hidden words and word patternsSecure
General vocabulary recognitionSecure
Speed and timingStrong
Word relationships and analogiesImproving
Move-one-letter and letter transferNeeds care
Coding and letter logicNeeds accuracy
What went well · what to work on

Did well

  • Score improved on the previous paper
  • Finished in 45 minutes — good pace control
  • Vocabulary and pattern recognition remain strong

Work on next

  • Analogies — compare the exact relationship, not just similar meaning
  • Odd-one-out — find the common group first
  • Coding — work out the rule step by step before answering
AnalogiesOdd-one-outCoding Move-one-letterBracket letters

Report twoHalf-termly progress report

The longer one, written to the parent. It says what has changed, what caused it, and what the next few weeks should target — with the working itself judged, not just the mark.

Mathematics progress report

Year 9 · GCSE preparation · prepared by Dr Hadi Sabouhi
Sample
Where things stand

There has been a clear improvement in Mathematics this half term. The strongest evidence is the Laws of Indices homework at 47/50. That matters not only because the mark is high, but because the quality of the written method has improved with it.

Earlier work showed understanding, but the method sometimes lacked structure. Recent work is organised, easy to follow, and much closer to the standard GCSE expects.

Skill performance
Indices
94%
Standard form
74%
Exam paper
73%
Gradients
68%
Working style
Major gain

The most important gain is the working style. GCSE marks are awarded for logical, readable method — not only for the final answer.

The next few weeks

Keep doing this

  • Show every important step, one line per step
  • Check powers and signs before moving on
  • Keep the page layout clear and uncrowded

Do less of this

  • Squeezing working into small spaces
  • Skipping algebra steps
  • Relying on mental calculation where method is needed

This week's focus: standard form mixed calculations, quadratic graph tables, gradient equation questions, and one short mixed GCSE review.

The improvement is real, and it is in the method as much as the marks. The next target is consistency — the same clear, step-by-step working across every topic.

Why it mattersA mark on its own tells you very little

“She got 68%” does not tell you whether the lost marks were careless, conceptual, or ran out of time — and those three need completely different responses. The reports separate them, so the next week of work is aimed at something specific rather than just “more practice”.

Families on lesson bundles get these after every assessment, plus a longer progress report each half term. They arrive by email and stay in your family portal, so you can look back at the whole run rather than the last one.

See where your child actually is

The free 15-minute call covers the same ground in conversation: where they are now, which topics are the real problem, and what a realistic target looks like.

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