Richard

Hello. I am a qualified English teacher with over 7 years’ experience of tutoring and teaching in London high schools. I love the English language, and I enjoy sharing the excitement and enthusiasm I feel for it with my students.

My approach to tutoring is flexible and creative, tailored to each student’s individual needs. I believe it is important to appeal to students’ interests and to build from what they already know. I work with a range of students from a wide array of backgrounds and of varying abilities. My lessons are both enjoyable and rigorous, and I foster a positive learning environment so as to facilitate rapid progress and to enable my students to fulfil their potential.

I can teach a number of subjects, but English is my speciality. The school where I work has been judged "outstanding" by Ofsted at its two most recent inspections. Within the English department, I have held a number of responsibilities, including managing the delivery of the GCSE curriculum. At present I am responsible for promoting reading and improving literacy across all year groups. I have taught a range of exam boards and am particularly well-versed in the new, reformed English GCSE qualifications – English Language and English Literature – which come into practice this year. I am a verified IGCSE English Language moderator for the Cambridge exam board. Having worked as a sixth form tutor, I also have experience in writing UCAS statements.

At the moment, I divide my time between teaching and writing. My first play recently received productions in both Dublin and London.

If you have any questions or would like any further information, please feel free to get in touch.

Availability: Most weekday evenings (not Mondays or Fridays).
Saturday mornings.

Willing to travel: 3 miles

Experience: I have worked for the last 7 years as an English teacher at a London high school. Prior to that, I worked as a librarian and admissions assistant at LAMDA drama school - and as a research assistant at University College Dublin.

I am a published/produced playwright.

I have experience as an academic proofreader.

I have an MA in English Literature from York University.