Michael

I am a relaxed, ambitious and very well informed teacher who has featured as an "inspiring teacher" in an article of the TES magazine (10 March 2017).

I recently took early retirement from a long career teaching English Literature and Language to a wide range of pupils at a well known independent school. I have always enjoyed passing on my love of the subject to students and I am enjoying continuing to do so. I particularly enjoy teaching A Levjel Literature and I have extensive experience of teaching a variety of exam boards. While working, I studied for, and achieved, an MA in Literature with the Open University, specialising in modernist novels for my dissertation.

I also enjoy teaching GCSE Literature as I have always had great success teaching Years 10 and 11, forming a productive rapport with pupils of all abilities.

I enjoy all sports, especially golf, tennis and football and I also love travelling.

Availability: I am pretty much available at any time to come to a students home, depending on the convenience and preference of the student.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: I have taught English for 30 years. I was the Oxbridge mentor at school and have taught many different exam boards for A Level Literature and GCSE Language and Literature. I was in charge of Year 9, coordinating the curriculum and managing a sizeable team of teachers. I set all the entrance exams and was responsible for the CE marking process.

As a Sixth Form tutor for many years, I have written hundreds of UCAS references and being a key part of the university application process was very rewarding.

My school is well known for its sporting successes and, during my time there, I enjoyed coaching many football teams as well as tennis and badminton.

DBS Check: Yes