My Specialisms

  • Dedicated homeschooling programme of learning for parents choosing to homeschool their children including regular one-to-one English lessons, monitoring progress, organising public examinations, and supporting/advising parents.

  • Bespoke face-to-face and online English tuition for all ages and abilities.

  • Customised lesson plans to suit each individual student’s needs and goals.

  • Regular assessments and analysis with marked feedback, targets and tailor-made homework set each lesson.

  • Interactive and collaborative online lessons with real-time teacher assessment and feedback. Automatic online saving capacity. Students can work anywhere, any time (even offline for independent homework tasks) using a computer, tablet or phone.

  • Wellbeing mentoring – a friendly support service focusing on education-related issues such as exam anxiety, stress and confidence issues within academics. Students develop strategic organisation skills to structure revision and examination preparation, boost confidence and manage stress through restorative and mindfulness practices to reduce overwhelm and deal with negative mind.

  • English language and English literature for all boards (AQA, OCR, EDEXCEL, CIE, IB) and all tiers at GCSE.

  • Exam preparation for 11+ Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, IB.

  • Literacy refresher courses for grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary building.

  • English Summer School Learning Programme -  a bespoke refresher and revision course designed specifically for individual’s set target areas including but not limited to the following areas:

    • Reading skills: Identifying and interpreting explicit and implicit information and ideas, Selecting and synthesising evidence from different texts, Analysing how writers use language and structural techniques to achieve effects and influence readers, Using relevant subject terminology to support views, Comparing writers’ ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed across texts, Evaluating texts critically and supporting this with appropriate textual references.

    • Writing skills: Creating clear, effective and imaginative communication, Adapting tone, style and register for different purposes and audiences, Organising ideas using structural and grammatical features to support coherence, Using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

  • ESL programme - speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

  • SEND learning support - Specialist teaching / differentiated and accessible learning

  • Creative writing - fiction and non-fiction.

  • Poetry - composition and writing.

  • Essay writing skills - planning, structure, analysis and evaluation.

  • Speech writing and presentation skills for delivery.

  • Advanced study material provision.

  • Academic and professional writing.

  • University applications - UCAS form applications, personal statements and interview technique.

  • Job applications and interview preparation.

  • Homework tutoring.