Simon

I grew up in Lesotho and South Africa, went to boarding school in England, and worked hard to get straight As at GCSE and A Level, and a Double First in Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. I carried on to gain a Distinction in a Masters in Anthropological Archaeology. Classics teaching has become the main thread of my working life but I have a great interest in working out what makes people tick, and in pastoral work. This led me to travel much of the world, particularly the developing world. I have worked in many types of school, including special schools, and I specialised for almost two years with ASD and dyslexic pupils. I have also spent several years working as a tutor, much of it residential. The family feel of my current school, St Philips, strongly appeals, as does the age group (7-13), although I work happily with the 13-18 age group as well. I run a Classics department that is mentioned in the Good Schools Guide (North London) 2018 as `particularly strong` and has several lines in the main Good Schools Guide 2018, which says `the teaching is dynamic, making effective use of technology without sacrificing the rigour of more traditional methods. In a Year 8 Latin lesson boys were highlighting words they had problems remembering followed by a session based around pictures to assist visual learners. The image of a shouting clam (clamo) or a vampire sinking its teeth into its victim’s jugular (neco) certainly seemed to do the trick.` In the 2020 Tatler Schools Guide it says of my school that `both parents and pupils are enamoured with Classics teacher Mr Simon - one of them explains that ``the boys feel they can confide in him.";`

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: TUTORING:
Currently tutoring CE/GCSE Greek and CE/Scholarship/GCSE Latin. Private residential tutor for London and international tutoring companies (2002 -2008) teaching a range of ages and subjects, and including various special needs. Placements varied from game reserves to film sets. I have most experience in CE, Scholarship and GCSE work; I have tutored Latin up to degree level.

TEACHING:
2010-2021 Teacher of Classics and sports, St Philips School, London SW7
2008-2010 Special needs TA, Falmer School and Varndean College, Brighton
2004-2005 Special needs TA, cover teacher, St Dominics Special School, Surrey
2002-2004 Head of Classics and History, sports coach, Barrow Hills Preparatory School, Milford, Surrey
2001-2002 Latin/Greek/Class Civ teacher to A2, English to KS3, Elizabeth College, Guernsey
1999-2000 PGCE Classics (Secondary), Cambridge
1998-1999 Latin/Greek teacher to A2, sports, boarding master, St John `s Leatherhead 1998-1999

DBS Check: Yes