Trained Professional Actor/ highly experienced, qualified Teacher and 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,hold Qualified Teacher Status, Upper Threshold, a masters and a first class degree. I have 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. However, my first training was in the theatre and I attended the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London on a bursary when Glenda Jackson was patron. I no longer work as a professional actor but the experience filters into my teaching. A level theatre studies students appreciate, in particular, my hands on knowledge of plays in English and German and pupils applying for drama scholarships to private schools and drama schools find working with a former professional insightful and beneficial.

In terms of tutoring , the majority of my tutees are 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!