Deborah

I am an excellent teacher practitioner. With over 22 years teaching at Claires Court Schools under my belt, a good English degree from a prestigious British university and a Secondary English teaching qualification as well as over 17 years examining experience, I can offer a top quality service with a guaranteed outcome.
Exam SOS - GCSE AQA Edexcel OCR - I have limited availability for Oct 2023 - contact me and I maybe able to fit you in .

About myself: I am a mother of four (now all out in the world), a yoga teacher and a meditator. So now I have the time to share my skills to all those pupils who need some focussed, specialised expert English attention and activate some deep learning. I do have my own channel ActionmediaUK (take a look) with almost 3000 subscribers where you can hear me teach and see my resources.

Tutoring Experience

I teach English Language and Literature at GCSE (AQA/Edexcel/OCR) and Literature up to A level .

Since 2000, I have examined English for a national exam boards (Cambridge, AQA, Edexcel) at both GCSE and A Level.

In addition, I now tutor 11Plus and Common Entrance; we cover general reading, comprehension, vocabulary building, and creative/persuasive writing. I have extensive experience of preparing youngsters for these milestones; they are such a lovely age to teach - full of openness and enthusiasm. Primary English from year 4 onwards is very popular indeed - this gives your child a powerful and lasting academic boost at an influential stage in your child's school career.

I have also been in charge of an A level paper and I am currently involved with A Level exam coursework moderation. (AQA)

English is the key to success in all subjects at all levels and it is vital to develop these comprehension and language skills at as early an age as possible.

Tutoring Approach

I am an expert tutor with a track record of success and 30 years of examining and teaching. I truly enjoy teaching and every lesson is a joy - so I feel very blessed - my vocation is my vacation!
I have my own YouTube channel and you can see some examples of my teaching there- look at Removed
I have a series of references from past and current students of all levels to verify this. I have increased results at A level from D to A and at GCSE I have a track record of getting very under performing students through with a pass at least.
Many of my GCSE students go on to achieve level 9 from significantly lower predictions.

I have solid experience with SEN especially Dyslexia and Aspergers. One of my home-schooled students with Aspergers has just been accepted to study medicine at Oxford. What a joy!
I believe in making tutoring fun and a rewarding experience. We focus on reading and extrapolate the other skills from there.Without a reading habit, it is very difficult to develop the attendant skills of writing/comprehension and speaking articulately. I will , if at all possible, let the pupils guide me in his or her interests and/or we will supplement what they are doing at school.

Home schooling :
I home schooled a family in Luxembourg last year - the two daughters took A level English and the son took IGCSE English Language and Literature - all tuition was online. It was a huge success!

If you feel your son or daughter may benefit from home schooling either online or face to face please contact me for a chat about possibilities.