Sophie

I have a wealth of resources for both English Literature and Language and I am familiar with AQA and CCEA, Pearson & Cambridge exam boards.

I have experience teaching children with special educational needs.

I also am available as an English as a foreign language conversation partner and essay proofreader up to masters level.

Tutoring Experience

I am a secondary English Literature and Language teacher with qualified teacher status. I studied and achieved a PGCE in secondary English in 2019. I have experience teaching: KS3, 4 & 5. I also hold a ATHE Level 4 Subsidiary Award in Teaching Online and worked for two years at a leading UK online school.

Tutoring Approach

My methodology is firmly based on reader response theory; the idea that pupils can and should respond personally to a text. Examiners do not want to see the same recycled interpretation of texts. Which is why I do not “teach to the test” or “give answers” to the students I teach. Instead, I guide learners to be able to analyse texts critically and personally.

Every pupil is different which is why every lesson will be different. I will assess each pupils’ needs during our first lesson to find out exactly what they wish to gain from our sessions and exactly how I can help them progress.