James Hart

I'm a Russell Group History graduate who's been building my career as a private tutor since 2020. I have a great many interests, including just about every era of history; literature; music; politics; philosophy; psychology; education; science; writing; technology; architecture; film-making; writing; and even astronomy and space travel!

What I enjoy most of all, however, is talking about the countless things that interest me, so tutoring is a great way to share my passion and knowledge! What matters most to me is helping others pass their exams to the very best of their ability, but without ever losing their own passion for the subjects they enjoy: GCSE and A Level tests can often feel like jumping through hoops for the sake of a mark scheme, so it's important to find the balance between showing the examiner what they need to see while making sure the subject never becomes tedious.

My approach to lessons is always focused on our ultimate goal: getting through exams with the highest grades possible, but ideally without getting too burned out and fed up with the subject in the process!

For that reason, I centre my lessons around providing structures both for analysis & answer writing, ensuring that, no matter what questions appear on the exam, my students can always be confident that they know what they need to write to get the marks, and have a clear idea of both how to analyse sources and interpretations, and how to write answers for every kind of question.

However, I know from personal experience just how dry focusing purely on hammering out exam answers can be, so I infuse this approach with my passion for the subjects I teach: be it the historical context of an event or source, the intriguing individuals often glossed over during lessons, or amusing tangents and anecdotes which help to deepen our understanding of the era and the people who lived through it, I think it's vital to touch on the details and stories which make History worth studying, and also help to cement the information in our minds.