Justin

I am a highly experienced teacher of English with almost 30 years in the profession, including over 25 years teaching in state and independent secondary schools. I am a current AQA GCSE English Language and Literature specialist and a practising AQA English Examiner.

I was Deputy Head of English at a top UK independent boarding school, with responsibility for coordinating Key Stage 4. I am also a qualified teacher of EAL (English as an Additional Language) and have worked as an Education Consultant and online tutor for an academy in Hong Kong. I have been tutoring students online since 2021.

Many students benefit from the individual, collaborative attention that one-to-one lessons offer, which encourages them to participate actively and take ownership of their own learning. Working one-to-one, students tend to grow in confidence and feel more able to ask questions and raise concerns. I adapt my teaching style and create bespoke resources to meet the needs of each individual student.

*AVAILABILITY UPDATE JULY 2026*

I am now taking on new students for a September start. Please get in touch if your son or daughter is working towards AQA GCSE English Language and Literature and you`d like further information or to book lessons. If you know their set texts for GCSE Literature, do include these in your opening enquiry.

NB: I am also offering a small AQA GCSE Language group for Year 11s only, starting in September. This runs at a lower rate of £38 per lesson, on Thursday evenings at 7.00pm, and new students are welcome to join at any point in the year.

Please see below for availability of specific time slots.

Availability: *Availability from Mon 7th September 2026*:

Monday: (AM Fully Booked) (PM Fully Booked)
Tuesday: (AM Fully Booked) 4.45pm available, 5.50pm available, 7.00pm available
Wednesday: (AM Fully Booked) 4.45pm booked, 5.50pm available, 7.00pm booked
Thursday: (AM Fully Booked)4.45pm available, 5.50pm booked 7.00pm available (Language class)
Friday: (AM Fully Booked) (PM Fully Booked)
Saturday: 9am available, 10.05am available 11.15am available

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: I have over 25 years` teaching experience across the state, independent and international sectors, working with students of widely differing backgrounds and abilities. This includes several years teaching in international schools in France, Poland, Spain and Italy, alongside senior roles in two well-established UK schools. That range has given me a clear sense of how different students learn, and the flexibility to adjust my approach to each one.

For seven years I was Deputy Head of English at a top UK independent school, with full responsibility for GCSE English Language and Literature at Key Stage 4. My role covered planning Schemes of Work, setting and moderating mock examinations, keeping the department current with AQA specification requirements, and mentoring trainee teachers on PGCE placements. Earlier in my career I spent eight years at a large and successful comprehensive school, where I was Whole-School Literacy Co-ordinator and deputy Head of Sixth Form.

I am a practising AQA GCSE English Language examiner, working with the 9–1 specification. This keeps me closely involved in current marking standards and grade boundaries every year, and gives me first-hand insight into exactly what examiners reward — insight I use directly when preparing students for their own exams.

Since leaving my school role, I have also worked as an Education Consultant and online tutor for an academy in Hong Kong, which has broadened my experience of teaching English remotely to students from a range of educational systems and cultural backgrounds.

I hold a PGCE and a BA(Hons) in History and English, and I am also a qualified EAL teacher, with extensive experience teaching English as an Additional Language to students whose first language is not English.

I have been tutoring for five years, initially alongside my school role and, for the past three years, as a full-time private tutor specialising in AQA GCSE English Language and Literature and AQA A Level English Literature (Specification A). I draw on all of the above when working one-to-one with each student I teach.

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