Antonia

*13 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A FACE TO FACE & ONLINE TUTOR. QTS and DBS, MEd (Education), PGCE qualified 6 years classroom experience, BA (Hons) in Economic and Social History in a world renowned department.

• I am a dedicated International Professional History Tutor with over 13 years experience in the field.

• Extensive knowledge of AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards and History courses.

I work with A-Level and GCSE students in the UK, as well as online from Europe to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This ensures I have a very good understanding of all exam systems, how examiners mark and what they look for in the best quality answers.

Tutoring Experience

I’ve been working as a professional tutor for 13 years, so I’m well placed to know exactly what to do to improve your essay writing and source interpretation. I also possess a Masters in Education from the University of Southampton as well as my PGCE teaching qualification and my BA (Hons) from the 5 star rated Economic and Social History Department at the University of Leicester. Prior to tutoring I worked for 6 years as a classroom History Teacher where some of my A-Level students achieved an illusive 100 per cent on the modules I taught.

Recent Tutoring successes include:
2023 - All my A-Level students achieved an 'A' grade, some from a D/C starting point. All my GCSE students achieved a grade 9.

2022 - A's and A* at A-Level across 95% of my students with 5% achieving 'B' grades, Grades 8 & 9 at GCSE achieved - far surpassing predicted grades.

2021 - all my students achieved their desired grades, reaching 'ivy league' universities with A and A* grades.

2020 - all students improved from their original starting point by two grades.

2019 - all students improved significantly including one A-Level online student who improved from D's and C's when he first sent essays to an A* on results day. Another online student achieved their desired 'A' grade from achieving a 'B' the previous year.

2018 - several students achieved an increase of 2 grades after their tuition with me. This was both online and face to face.

2018 - one student achieved an 'A' grade having previously achieved 'C' grades in her mocks and essays at school. She only narrowly missed out on an A* but secured the place at her first choice university she'd desperately wanted.

2017 – a student who had a predicted grade of a ‘C’ achieved an ‘A*’ in History. He is now studying at Oxford after re-applying the following year.

As a classroom teacher two of my A2 students achieved 100% on my exam paper (AQA Germany 1871-1925 Alternative E course)

Please take time to read the reviews from current and former students who testify to the effectiveness of my tutoring methods.

I have excellent subject knowledge across all periods of history and have tutored:

• The Tudors – 1485 to 1603 (including Rebellion
and Disorder), The Early Tudors.
• Russia, 1855 to 1964. USSR, Lenin to Yeltsin
* Puritanism and Catholicism in Stuart England
• The English Civil War
• 19th Century Britain
• The Industrial Revolution
• Post War Britain – 1945 to 2010
* Inter-War Britain
* The British Empire
• Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman
Conquest
• Witchcraft in England and Europe -1540 to
1640
• The Cold War – 1945 to 1991
• The French Revolution – 1779 to 1815
• France 1815 to 1890
• Germany 1871 to 1990
• The American West and Expansion 1800 to
1900
• The Civil Rights Movement In the USA
• Tsarist Russia 1854-1954
• Communist Russia – 1917 to 1990

Tutoring Approach

I am now available for my Enhanced Essay Report system, which is an in depth, line by line, review of your ability to answer an exam essay. What you will receive are any necessary alterations to your essay via tracked changes, in addition to a 3 to 4 page report on the essay. This will explain why these alterations were made, how to develop your answer and a suggestion for how to insert judgement or link back to question properly.

Consequently, you will be able to significantly improve your own individual writing skills and analysis of questions very quickly.

Around 75% of my students choose to submit essays remotely, with questions either set by me or chosen by themselves, in order to receive the 3-4 page typed Report (A-Level. GCSE is 2-3 pages). This methods ensures students are then not confined to a specific time and you can send an essay when ever you wish.

A standard essay typically takes 1 hour and Interpretations or Sources take 1 1/2 hours due to the extra reading time.

This method is phenomenally successful, flexible and great for your time-management. It is also really helpful for longer pieces of writing, which you may also wish to submit.