Joe

‘He’s the man parents call to get their children into Eton and other top schools’ - The Times

Hi, I’m Joe. I’ve been a tutor for 15 years. Before that I studied at Winchester College and Oxford University. I’m also the author of ‘The Super Tutor’ book, which contains my best seven lessons.

Willing to travel: 50 miles

Experience: I tutor ages 10-13 in English, Maths, Latin, pre-tests, interview practice, creative writing, essay writing, exam technique, and scholarship General Papers.

I teach boys and girls, but I specialise in admissions to the four top boys` schools - Winchester and Eton, Westminster and St Paul`s. It’s hugely competitive, but I have a success rate around double the usual one. In part this is because I actually went to one of these four schools, so I know exactly what they`re looking for in a candidate - in two words, it`s intellectual curiosity.

Learning, like TS Eliot said, ‘must be difficult’. It should be fun, too. Part of my job is convincing my students that ‘fun’ and ‘difficult’ are not only co-existent, but are almost coterminous. Easy work is boring work. Seven students of mine have won scholarships to Winchester, Westminster and Eton in the past seven years.

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