German specialist, bi-lingual teacher/examiner

A Proven Track Record of Success

• Top School Admissions: Successfully prepared pupils for elite schools including St Paul’s, Harrow, North London Collegiate, St Helen’s, John Lyon, Haberdashers, Henrietta Barnett, QE Boys, and Watford Grammar. (One of my notable pupils secured the prestigious English Scholarship to Harrow School).
• Eighty percent of my students whether at GCSE or at A- Level obtain top grades: 7-9 at GCSE and B-A* at A- Level, the majority gaining places at Russell Group Universities. On average my students increase their grades by two grades in one year of tuition
• Diverse Student Needs: About half of my students are in Years 10–13 aiming for top marks in their respective exams; the other half are preparing for 11+ and 13+ examinations ,developing skills and their confidence at KS3 and SEN who come via high recommendations.
• Thousands of hours of teaching experience
• Excellent Five Star Reviews
• Highest level of teaching certificate- Upper Threshold since 2004
• Long Service Award from NASUWT – 25 years of teaching in 2021

I have been teaching at secondary and university level for over 30 years, my secondary school experience ranges from state schools to grammar to prestigious independent. I am an Edexcel GCE examiner, have been widely published in modern foreign language education, exile and theatre studies and hold upper threshold status, a masters and a first class degree. I am bi-lingual in English and German. I was born and educated in London but my parents came from East Germany. Having worked in the theatre before I became a teacher I am particularly passionate about German literature and German writers of the 19th and 20th century such as : Schlink, Frisch , Kafka, Duerrenmatt, Brecht and Buechner. I am fluent in French having lived and worked in Switzerland and France. I completed part of my degree at Toulouse University and in Paris trained as a Berlitz EFL teacher.

Friendly, professional and dedicated I prefer to nurture long working relationships with tutees and their parents over a year or more. The majority of my tutees are siblings and GCSE and 'A' LeveI students but I am happy to teach all ages and abilities. At present my youngest tutee is 8 and preparing for 11 plus exams and my oldest is 90 and enjoys learning French and German with me!