David Veevers

All tuition is online, on the format the student is most familiar with - usually Teams or Zoom. I use Googledocs for teaching, with a separate page for each History paper the student needs help with. This consolidates all of their work into one easily accessible space - great for revision - and allows me to check work and add comments outside of lessons.

The teaching environment is very informal. I try to make sure students enjoy the lessons and feel relaxed and even have a laugh or two. The main focus is on building up the level 5 (Edexcel / AQA) or level 6 (OCR) skills in AO1, AO2, and AO3 which their exam and NEA topics require them to master in order to achieve an A*. This is predominantly done by focusing on the exam papers, planning and writing essays, evaluating sources, and drafting coursework. Work is then set between lessons which I provide quick and extensive feedback on, with a focus on how to improve. After a period (often 6 weeks), we begin mock assessments, where students write timed exam questions, which I mark using the formal mark schemes.

We utilise past exam papers, mark schemes, and examiners' reports, prepare revision resources; I even give mini-lessons or lectures on topics students feel they haven't covered in depth or are still uncertain on. By Christmas, intense preparation for January mocks is underway. We then take the results of those mocks and create targeted areas for improvement, which by Easter have hopefully been brought up to standard, ready for the May/June exam season.

I'm an easy going teacher and happy for students to rearrange lessons to fit around their busy lives!