Liz Talbot

Our initial session will consist of short reading and writing tasks to gauge areas where students need support. These will be assessed and based upon this, I will create a personalised plan to support and develop specific areas in each session. Each student is individual and their needs will take precedence as opposed to delivering generic sessions.

At exam level, we will spend time on practice questions and I will always provide model examples; these will either be exemplifications provided by exam boards, examples I have created prior to the session or 'live' models where I talk students through the exam response as this is written.

Having taught the full range of abilities over the years and several of those as Head of English, I am able to draw upon classroom strategies, such as chunking for students that need a slightly slower pace in 'bitesize' sections, as well as challenging students that need it, even if you don't realise you do. The structure of each lesson will always be well-thought-out and student-centric.

As well as the above, I offer parents a free phone consultation prior to the initial session to discuss areas of difficulty and the preferred outcomes, for example, this could be to simply improve literacy and reading ability to better access lessons; to prepare for exams; or to catch up in specific areas of the curriculum.

Whatever level you are at, whatever the focus, whatever you hope to achieve, I am here to help make that happen and support you along the way.