Column Method: How to Add and Subtract Step by Step
Find out how the column method works for addition and subtraction with step-by-step examples and answers to common questions about written methods.
If you're a Hammersmith parent typing "maths tutor Hammersmith" into Google at 9pm after another homework battle, you're not alone. What most families are really looking for isn't just an extra hour of maths on the calendar - it's progress, confidence, and a child who can tackle their homework independently, without the tears (or the arguments) that so often come with it.
That's exactly what team teaching at Mathnasium is designed to deliver. Mathnasium combines the individual attention parents value in private tutoring with the consistency, expertise, and energy of a specialist maths centre - so your child gets a personalised plan, a team genuinely invested in their progress, and a maths support experience that actually sticks.
Maths anxiety isn't just a classroom problem, it's a family one. National Numeracy's research found that around a third of UK adults experience maths anxiety, and separate research from the charity found that nearly a quarter of parents feel anxious helping with their child's maths homework, with one in five saying it leads to arguments at home. If kitchen-table maths has become a source of tension in your house, you're describing a pattern that's genuinely common - not a sign that anything's wrong with your child.
Locally, families across Hammersmith are navigating the same familiar milestones: SATs at primary school, 11+ prep for entry to some excellent independent schools such as Godolphin and Latymer and Latymer Upper, and GCSE maths help through Years 10 and 11. Every child's starting point is different, and whatever stage yours is at, the right support should build genuine understanding, not just get them through the next test.
Private one-to-one tutoring works well for plenty of families. A dedicated tutor gives attention to one child, can move at their pace, and offers flexibility on timing. There's a lot to like about that model. But a single tutor has one set of strengths. A team has many.
At Mathnasium, your child isn't relying on one person's explanation, one person's schedule, or one person's approach. A team of maths specialists works across the centre together, so if one instructor's explanation of fractions doesn't quite land, another is right there with a different way in. Sessions run flexibly across the week rather than around one tutor's diary, so consistency doesn't depend on any single person's availability - and over a full school year, that adds up to steadier, more sustained progress.
Every child who joins Mathnasium starts with a comprehensive assessment, from which we build an individual Learning Plan - filling specific gaps, strengthening number sense, and stretching them where they're ready to go further. From there, your child receives direct, face-to-face instruction from our instructors throughout the session: no shared worksheets, no learning at someone else's pace, no waiting around. It's genuinely personalised instruction, just delivered by a whole team rather than a single tutor, in a specialist maths environment built to keep children engaged rather than isolated.
The result, put simply: one child, one Learning Plan, with a whole team invested in getting them there.
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), the UK's leading authority on classroom evidence, has found that individualised, focused attention consistently produces some of the strongest gains in pupil progress, and that regular, well-structured tuition - delivered consistently over time - is what turns that attention into lasting results. That's precisely what the Mathnasium model is built around: genuinely personalised instruction, delivered with the structure and consistency of a specialist centre, week after week, rather than as occasional one-off sessions.
You'll find us at 136 Shepherd's Bush Road, London W6 7PB, easily reachable from Brook Green, Ravenscourt Park, and Shepherd's Bush, a short journey from Hammersmith Broadway. As a dedicated maths-only learning centre, every part of our space, and every instructor, is focused on one subject, done properly.
We support children at every stage, from 11+ prep ahead of entry to Hammersmith's selective schools, through to ongoing GCSE maths help for students working towards their target grades at local secondaries. Because our instructors work from a child's full Learning Plan rather than a single topic, we can flex sessions around a specific exam timeline without losing sight of the underlying gaps that need fixing.
Every child deserves to feel confident with numbers, not anxious about them. If your Hammersmith family is weighing up your options, the best next step isn't another Google search, it's a proper conversation about where your child actually stands.
Book a free assessment at Mathnasium Hammersmith today. In one session, we'll pinpoint exactly what's holding your child back and show you how a personalised Learning Plan, backed by our whole team, can build real confidence - whether that's 11+ readiness, GCSE fundamentals, or simply making maths feel less like a fight at the kitchen table.
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