Mr Hegarty says this was the lesson he learned from his own family. He grew up in a London council flat and went on to get a first-class degree in maths from Oxford University.

A maths teacher from a London comprehensive has reached the top 10 finalists for a global teaching prize. Colin Hegarty, from Preston Manor School in Wembley, has reached the final stages of a ...

To help the student, Mr Hegarty put his maths lessons online. The student kept up with his studies and passed his A-level. Since then, Mr Hegarty has made more than 1,000 videos, ...

Mr Hegarty, 34, became a teacher six years ago after quitting his job as an accountant for Deloitte. Mr Hegarty said he was “flabbergasted” when he learnt he had made the shortlist. "I didn’t make the ...

Primary Resources > KS1 Maths. Titch and Ted complete a series of odd jobs, ... just the job for someone who knows about fractions. There are plenty of odd jobs at Mr Pie's house.

Colin Hegarty, 34, swapped Deloitte’s in the City of London to train as a maths teacher six years ago, taking up a job at Preston Manor school, an academy in Wembley, west London.

"I didn’t make the videos to be a YouTube sensation,” Mr Hegarty said. “It kind of snowballed. When I got a few positive comments it made me want to make more. ” Mr Hegarty is now taking a sabbatical ...

Mr Hegarty, 34, who became a teacher six years ago after previously working as an accountant for Deloitte, added: "I love teaching maths, ever since I changed career, I can't get enough of it." ...

A maths teacher who has created more than a thousand videos explaining the subject to children will find out if he has won a million-dollar Nobel-style award.Colin Hegarty, of Preston Manor School ...

A maths teacher who has created more than a thousand videos to explain the subject to pupils is in the running to win a Nobel-style prize for teaching worth $1 million.