Chris McDowell

Hi there, I’m Chris! 

I have completed a 3 year BA degree (Liberal Arts with Physical Education) at St Mary's University Belfast. I then worked in an all boys Secondary School in North Belfast as a SEND teaching assistant for children who were visually and auditory impaired and also worked closely with children with Aspergers syndrome. I thoroughly enjoyed this line of work, and decided to take it a step further and completed a PGCE at Ashton-on-Mersey SCITT in Manchester in 2015. Since then, I have lived and worked in schools across South Manchester and Stockport. The majority of my experience is in KS2 but I love teaching any year group. My favourite subject is Mathematics as I enjoy the challenge that it presents and the feel good factor of solving problems that are quite tricky - even at the age of 29!

I am a huge sports fan and my specialist subject is PE at my current school. I enjoy using PE as a learning tool and incorporate it into my lessons where possible. In addition to a busy teaching life, I also manage an under 10's mixed football team in my spare time, alongside fellow tutor Simon. I happily admit that I’m no Alex Ferguson, but I do like to try!