Jonathan

I am a qualified teacher of Spanish, French and German. I`m enthusiastic, friendly and have a reputation for putting people at ease.

While I love the classroom, my passion has turned towards one-to-one tuition, simply because the learning gains are so quick. Since taking on a new role for the Department for Education in whole-school improvement, I have more flexibility to offer private tuition, bringing my experience of Ofsted-outstanding teaching and learning to my online lessons.

Something I place a high value on is explaining to you, where appropriate, the language learning process so that you can begin to map out your learning journey towards fluency.

I offer lessons at every level. Whether you`re someone who has never tried a language, a GCSE student, or someone who`s looking for a conversation partner, I`d love to meet you, and I`d love to teach you. Get in touch!

Availability: I`m flexible across the working work.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: I have taught in the classroom and been a private tutor for six years. This includes working as a Head of Languages in a secondary school for four years. I studied Spanish, French and German at University so am equally proficient in all three. I also earned a Masters in Education Leadership in 2014.

I`ve always been passionate about languages. But when I was a pupil, with an overemphasis on vocabulary and an underemphasis on grammar, the teaching limited my progress. This motivated me to become a languages teacher who gives students the underlying framework of a language in order to accelerate their progress toward fluency.

I`ve had proven success. Due to my GCSE results, I was promoted to Head of Department within two years of stepping foot in the classroom - success which I sustained at KS3, GCSE and A-Level.

I have been working as a private tutor for six years.