Oxford Double First, PGCE, QTS – Top End Tutor at a Fair Price! Over 30 Years' Experience. Enhanced DBS. PGCE. KS3 - GCSE English Language & Literature

I teach mostly in person at home with all my amazing books, papers and creative teaching materials to hand. I can give the right resource straight away. I find out what is troubling a student about English and help them to make progress from the first lesson onwards. My teaching is lively and quirky because language techniques are everywhere. There's a simile on a can of soup! I read a student's work to see what is already strong and doesn't need to change. This is why I mark with three pens: green for good, red for wrong and purple for advice and next steps. I draw cartoons, to make ideas clear, memorable and fun. Meet the Essay Dinosaur, the Grammar Octopus and the Poetry Flower! Shakespeare comes to life when you see the Model Globe Theatre I made, with Playmobil knights, devils and ghosts. Shakespeare's plays are scripts: words onstage, not words on a page! I always aim to send students home knowing what to do next and confident that they can do it. My favourite comment from a student: 'I'm making my own discoveries now, instead of learning someone else's.' From a parent: 'When I drove my daughter to her lesson, she was so stressed she was in tears. When she got back in the car after her lesson, she was laughing.' How wonderful!