Sanjay

Experienced teacher with a PGCE from Cambridge and a First in Classics, I have taught at some of the UK’s most academic schools. Most recently, I have been teaching Latin and Greek full-time at City of London School for Girls and Wellington College, from the Prep Department – where I implemented a new course in liaison with Cambridge University – up to Y13. The majority of my students went on to Oxbridge/Ivy League. I supported these candidates closely, marking work sent in support of their applications and providing wider reading. I have also been a Year 6 Tutor, English teacher, and Head of Debating at a leading London Prep School.

Digital learning is embedded in my classroom. I created a QR code treasure trail, and used an online learning platform to enable students to stream their critical responses in real time, and an autistic student to engage fully with her learning. I worked closely with colleagues in trialling innovative teaching tools such as “Pear Deck”, “Showbie”, “Socrative”, and “iDoceo”. Drama and flipped learning make my lessons interactive, effective, and fun.

I adapt my teaching and resources to meet special educational needs of my students, such as in my second placement where I taught a Y9 boy who is deaf, whilst my mentor noted that I ‘tailored materials particularly well for one of our Year 7 students who is severely visually impaired’.

I consider myself fortunate to have had fantastic teachers at school, who captured my imagination and taught me to think. For me, good teaching is about establishing positive relationships in which a student feels safe, challenged, and empowered to learn.”

TESTIMONIALS:

"Cambridge offered me a place! I honestly cannot thank you enough for all your help ... I am eternally grateful." Cara, A Level Latin student, 2023

"I got an A*! Thank you very much for all your help, I doubt I could’ve done it without you." Athanasios, A Level Classical Civilisation student, 2022

“I got an A*. Thank you very much for your help. No doubt you played an important role in my success!”
Stefanos, A Level student, 2019

“Thank you for having been such a brilliant teacher this past year. Your infectious enthusiasm for all things classical has served as a constant reminder that there is so much more to the classical world than A-Levels and you have inspired in me a real affection for Virgil which I look forward to exploring deeper at university.”
Rose, A Level student, 2018 (now at Oxford)

“Thank you so much for being such a dedicated and invariably cheerful teacher… You have taught me to appreciate the beauty of language over these two years; thank you for this invaluable gift. Thank you also for marking my Oxford application essays when I left you such a tight deadline!”
Alice, A Level student, 2017 (now at Oxford)

“Thank you very much for all of your help throughout the past two years... I have also really enjoyed all of your lessons and feel that they have prepared me well for my exams.”
Pria, GCSE student, 2017

“It has been an inspirational start to my study of Greek!”
Mike, adult learner on Beginners Greek course at UCL

“You’ve been so welcoming, friendly, and patient. Your passion is infectious. I won’t forget it!”
Irini, adult learner on Beginners Greek course at UCL

"Thank you for making the texts come to life for me!"
Emma, A Level student, 2017. Now at Oxford.

AREAS IN WHICH TUTOR CAN ADD VALUE:

o Critical Thinking
o Executive Functioning (organizing workload; time management; multi-tasking)
o Creative Writing (story composition for 6-13 year olds)
o Reading Comprehension strategy
o Essay Writing
o Reading Skills (reading for meaning; critical analysis of texts; identifying themes etc.)
o Literary appreciation/ creation of recommended reading lists for set age groups
o Verbal Reasoning/ Non-Verbal Reasoning
o Mark scheme explanation and application to questions
o Exam technique and revision skills
o Online tuition
o Interview technique
o UCAS applications
o Oxbridge preparation
o Sports coaching and fitness (field hockey skills; cricket; football; rugby; conditioning)
o Debating
o Public speaking/presentation/vocal skills
o Music (Drum Kit to Grade 8; Tenor with an international choir)
o SEN (dyslexia / ADHD / ASD learning strategies)
o Advanced linguistics (nuance, syntax, grammar, decoding invented languages)

Availability: Monday to Sunday, flexible timings.

Happy to offer teaching online, and marking of work.

NB all my rates are negotiable.

Willing to travel: 4 miles

Experience: Six out of seven of my 2019 A Level Latin students 2019 secured an A* (one achieved grade A).

2015-2019: full-time at London`s leading independent girls day school. Nine years` full-time teaching from Year 5 to adults across all sectors. I have tutored across all subjects to 13+, with recent tutees getting into schools such as St Paul`s, St Paul`s Girls, and Marlborough. Recent Y13 tutees have secured places at Oxford and Harvard.

During the PGCE I taught A Level Latin and Classical Civilisation at one of country`s best Sixth Form Colleges.

I have taught Ancient Greek to adults at UCL at the London Summer School in Classics. I`m currently teaching Greek, Latin and Classical Civilisation up to IB/A Level/Oxbridge.

DBS Check: Yes