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I love my subject and nothing gives me greater pleasure than helping people develop their confidence and abilities to achieve and outperform their English goals. Most of my young students, for example, achieve significant grade improvements in SATs, GCSEs and A Levels.

I approach each of my students as an individual; assessing their strengths and weaknesses and teaching according to their personality, which is the benefit of the one-to-one relationship that is formed during private tuition. Sometimes my students are simply lacking confidence in their abilities. Sometimes my younger students are not ‘clicking’ with their school English teachers or their education has been disrupted in some way. As we know, many people experience emotional pressures and these often affect their happiness and education. It is very rewarding to see how quickly people respond and blossom with the undivided attention of a knowledgable and supportive teacher.

I am married, with a teenage son. I am a very experienced teacher of many different types of students with a wide variety of needs. Having gained a BA Hons in English Literature from Leeds University, I took my PGCE at London University, Institute of Education. I followed that later with an MA in English Language Teaching at Kings College, London. My teaching experience includes private and state schools in London, Hackney Community College in London and Keighley College in West Yorkshire, including teaching English as a second language. For several years I have been specialising in tailored English tutoring.

If you would like an initial chat about how I could help you, your son or daughter, please email, text or call me. References are available on request and I am DBS qualified.

Work Experience

  • Home Tutor, English

  • Creative Writing Teacher, Leeds University

  • ESOL Teacher, Keighley College, West Yorkshire

  • ESOL Teacher and post-16 English Lecturer, Hackney Community College, London

  • TEFL Teacher, St John’s Wood School of English, London

  • English Teacher and Form Tutor, Quinton Kynaston Secondary School, London

  • Restart Tutor, Department of Employment, London

Qualifications

  • Teaching Basic Literacy to ESOL at The London Language and Literacy Unit, South Bank University, London

  • MA in English Language Teaching, Kings College, London

  • University of Cambridge RSA, Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, at International House, London

  • Diploma in Teaching English as a Second and Foreign Language, Waltham Forest College, London

  • PGCE in English, Secondary and FE, Institute of Education, University of London

  • BA Hons, English Literature, Leeds University

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