Wendy

I have been teaching Law for 25 years in schools and further education colleges with a good track record of getting top grades with both AQA and OCR A Level boards, although I presently specialise in the OCR H418 specification (covering legal system, law making, nature of law, contract law, tort and crime) as this is the syllabus that I teach at school. I do not teach the Human Rights option.

Tutoring Experience

I started teaching Law in 1996 and have taught A Level, GCSE and Cilex. I have experience of teaching adults and sixth form in further education colleges and schools. I teach in school three days a week, and have also taught online from home via Zoom and from school via Teams (as required) for the last two years. I have been delighted with how effective online teaching can be; it has worked very well.
It is vital that students understand how to obtain marks by thoroughly understanding the three assessment objective categories (AO1, AO2, AO3) and we go through this with practice questions to find any weak areas. Examination technique is also crucial along with strict time management to ensure every question is attempted.

Tutoring Approach

My resources are varied and I like to use handouts fleshed out by PowerPoint explaining key concepts and cases. In addition, I have a bank of short questions for each topic to help students get the maximum AO1 knowledge marks that they can, these are especially useful for revision. Students are encouraged to use summary case grids, checklists and AO3 summaries; these can be printed to enable completion of tasks.
Online teaching avoids any need for travel thus reducing costs and can continue despite any Covid or health related issues. It also allows a suitable time to be agreed which is convenient to the student and tutor, and encourages independent learning skills and resilience