Deborah

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I`m an experienced and qualified tutor with a First-class Honours BA and an MA in English. My empathic and flexible style of tuition reflects my care and commitment to the success of my students.

After two decades of working in the public sector as a politics graduate and the director of a project management consultancy, I returned to higher education to follow a lifelong passion for English literature.

I have Enhanced DBS clearance and am a quality-assured member of Qualified Tutor.

Availability: Sunday to Thursday.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: The majority of my students see their confidence soar and their academic performance excel.

In the final 2023 GCSE exams:

40% of my students improved their results by four or five grades.
60% were awarded grades 7 to 9; half of these attained an astounding.
100% of the students who had feared they would not pass accomplished grades of either 4 or 5.


During each session of one-to-one tutoring, I will:

- tailor each lesson to the precise needs of each student
- nurture confidence in any challenging areas
- accommodate any areas of learning difficulty
- deliver an engaging and bespoke lesson
- demonstrate patience and commitment


At KEY STAGE 4, I will develop a GCSE student`s ability to:

- critically evaluate a range of challenging fiction and non-fiction;
- master essay writing and answers to exam-style questions;
- analyse the use of language and structural features and their effects;
- compare and contrast writers` perspectives and language techniques; and
- progress in both descri ptive and narrative writing skills.

Texts taught for English GCSE (AQA, Edexcel and OCR) and iGCSE (Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel) include -

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Journey’s End, Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm, An Inspector Calls, Lord of the Flies, and the poetry anthologies.

At KEY STAGE 5, I will develop a student`s ability to:

- manage the transition from GCSE to the more in-depth study at A level;
- structure a robust line of argument in essays;
- critically and creatively engage with set texts;
- master an informed personal response; and
- use initiative and independent thinking in preparation for undergraduate study.

Texts taught for English literature A level (AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC) include -

King Lear, Othello, Songs of Innocence and Experience, the Selected Poems of Christina Rosetti, The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, The Handmaid`s Tale, The World`s Wife, and The Kite Runner.

DBS Check: Yes