Summary
Experienced English GCSE, iGCSE and A level tutor, motivated by results and building confidence in young learners.Qualifications
- PGDE Secondary English (University of Sheffield)
- English Literature and Language 2.1 (University of Manchester)
Experience
Bringing over ten years experience as a teacher, I am driven by progress. I believe that every learner has capacity to grow and improve their English skills. I have produced consistently high results at high performing schools as well as working in a National Autistic Society school offering specialist provision for learners with additional learning needs. I have experience working with students of a wide range of ability types. I have been a private tutor for three years as well as classroom teaching for ten with tutees successfully seeing an improvement in their classroom performance after a few sessions of working with me.My teaching style responds to the needs of the student but I am a big fan of using visuals stimulus to help support learning and creativity, as well as breaking down tasks into shorter activities. As well as teaching I have also written and curated content for ed tech companies so I also like to incorporate high quality video into my lessons to help bring English literature texts and background historical context to life. I am also an experienced examiner for AQA so I always like to ensure that every lesson relates clearly back to the content and format of an exam.
I am experienced teaching English Literature and Language GCSE and iGCSE for the AQA, Eduqas and Edcexcel boards. My main area of expertise is GCSE and A level English but I also have many years experience in Key Stage 3, including Year 7 transition so I would be happy to support a Year 9 student looking to get prepared for GCSE.
As well as teaching I have also been a pastoral lead for LGBT+ inclusion and I am a committed ally to trans and gender non conforming students as I believe children learn best when they feel safe and accepted. I am also committed to supporting neurodiverse learners to achieve their full potential and have been very successful with this client group. Prior to teaching I worked in a counselling and advice background which I bring to my approach of nurturing the whole person while also focusing on results.
I am very happy to work around you, working primarily online. If any of my approach sounds helpful for you then give me a message.
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Tags
English Language GCSE English Language iGCSE English Literature GCSE English Literature iGCSE DBS QTS