Teaching Team

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Ryan Houghton

Background

Ryan started Mr Ryan’s tutoring back in 2022 before then he was a student at the University of West London and completed a degree in Cyber Security. While studying at University he had a part time job working at an after school club and even ran his own clubs he gained over 5 years of experience working with young people through this and this led to him creating Mr Ryan’s tutoring as he realised he enjoyed helping young people achieve there potential.

Subjects Ryan Teaches

  1. English ( Reception to GCSE Level)

  2. Maths ( Reception to GCSE Level)

  3. Science(Reception to GCSE Level)

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Barry Kurdi

Background

Barry has been working for Mr Ryan’s tutoring since November 2024. He has a lot of prior experience working with SEN children. He has grown from strength to strength over the past year and has achieved excellent SATS results. He currently tutors primary school students from reception to year 6 particularly students who are SEN but can teach maths up to key stage 3 level (Year 9).

Subjects Barry Teaches

  1. English (Reception-Year 6)

  2. Maths (Reception-Year 9)

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Arif Rahman

Background

Arif joined the Mr Ryan’s tutoring team back in November 2023 and has been a member of the team ever since. He currently teaches Primary school pupils English and Maths including year 6 SATS. All of his pupils have achieved excellent results in there SATS with a 100% pass rate! Currently Arif runs tutoring sessions online.

Subjects Arif Teaches

  1. English (Reception - Year 6)

  2. Maths (Reception - Year 6)

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Alex Kennedy Wood

Background

Alex is our newest addition to the Mr Ryan’s tutoring team who started in October 2025. The unique thing about Alex’s background is the fact that in 2024 and 2025 he was a former pupil of Mr Ryan’s tutoring and was able to achieve above his target grades in both English and Math’s. He enjoyed the sessions so much and gained a lot from them that he decided that he wanted to join the Mr Ryan’s tutoring team. He now tutors primary school students in maths including year 6 for SAT’S.

Subjects Alex Teaches

  1. Maths (Reception - Year 6)

  2. English (Reception - Year 6)