Tim

ONLINE TUTORING AVAILABLE!
I'm a retired English teacher, holding BA Hons Literature Upper Second Class, PGCE, and a DBS clearance (it used to be called CRB) and have now been tutoring for three years, with only excellent feedback. As you'll see under Introductory Discount (below), you won't pay for the first session; it's an introduction. I tutor English and English Literature at all levels, although my absolute specialism is A-Level English Literature, for the administration of which I was responsible at Wilmslow High School over many years. We sent many students to Oxbridge - but, perhaps more importantly, we achieved very high grades generally, and enthused almost every student we had.
I have many additional interests, for example in music (guitar/singer/songwriter), in fitness work, and am qualified as an amateur boxing full coach. I also have A-Level Spanish and French, both to grade B, and have taught English in Spain, so I offer those two languages as shown below. I've also taught GCSE History recently, very successfully.

Tutoring Experience

I taught English as a classroom teacher, at all levels, for 38 years, specialising in A-Level English Literature but covering all ages and abilities from KS3 upwards.
Having taught English in Spain, and therefore having taken my ability in Spanish beyond A-Level, I am also confident in teaching Spanish at all secondary levels, so long as I feel that the student might benefit from my teaching.
Since I have A-Level French at Grade B, I will also tutor French to GCSE, if I think the student will benefit.
I've also been teaching GCSE History: my student moved from a disaffected F grade to a grade C pass (it was the old-style A-G exam), despite having answered the wrong question in the last of four sections, so must have gained at least a level B on the other three! I'm therefore offering GCSE History from now on, and would love to repeat the experience.

Tutoring Approach

I'm enthusiastic about my subject, and I work as a private tutor because I wish to succeed on a one-to-one basis in the same way that, as a classroom teacher, I knew collective success with colleagues.
It's vital, in my opinion, that the tutee trusts the tutor: not simply trusting in the tutor's subject expertise, but having confidence also in the tutor's concern for, and assessment of, the student's progress. Simply put, that means that an enjoyable working relationship is an absolute essential.
With school age students, of course, a parent or guardian must also be present on the premises. Fortunately this requirement provides an opportunity, at the end of the lesson, for the parent/guardian to hear. from both tutor and student, how the lesson has gone, and what topics have been covered.
Of course, there are times when a lesson might not go ahead, for example because of adverse weather making travel difficult, but in the event of either party needing to cancel an appointment, I'll always try to add an extra lesson at the earliest possible opportunity, if required by the parent.
So my approach is, I hope, sympathetic, informative and thorough. In short, I enjoy teaching.