Barbara
Tutor
My Qualifications
The Open University
Combined Studies (Humanities)
Lower second class h (2004)
Hammersmith and west London college
TEFL
Pass (1994)
Verification Status
Tutors ID Verified
Enhanced DBS Verified
ProfessionalismReliabilityTrustworthy
Information about Barbara
I am a fully qualified GCSE English language and literature tutor I have been tutoring for over 20 years and cover all the examining boards. I can provide excellent references and I have a very good success rate and all of my students pass the exam with very good grades I believe can achieve with the correct support and motivation to do this. Every student has their own strengths and I all students will have their tuition according to their requests as everybody is unique and learns differently. I am very patient and make my lessons enjoyable if your child has not been successful this year in their GCSE language or literature exam now is the time to begin tuition for the retake I am also a native German speaker and offer GCSE German. I will offer a free 20 minute video chat because it is very important to bond and feel happy with the tutor. my tuition is mainly online and if you do happen to live in my area then the tuition can be one on one taking place either in My Home or in your home or in a neutral environment if you so wish I look forward to hearing from you.
Availability: I have availability throughout the week and at weekends and if you are homeschooled, I can also tutor during the day maybe in the mornings or afternoons but generally speaking my tuition would start after school until around 9 pm . Saturdays I tutor all day
Willing to travel: 20 miles
Experience: I offer a wealth of experience as I have been tutoring for a very long time I will always endeavour to make my tuition interesting and motivating which is a key point to achieving success. I have previously taught in schools and I have a teaching qualification. I am also well known in the local community where I live and I am always highly recommended . This year all of my students passed their GCSE English language and literature exam with flying colours.
DBS Check: Yes
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Feedback For Barbara (8)
Zainab (Mrs)
24/07/2023
Barbara has been great at helping my 9 year old son with inference skills and creative writing. Would recommend!
Pui (Ms)
07/07/2022
Lesson was not well organised nor prepared although topics to be covered were communicated 3 weeks before the class. Lesson invite link was not sent until 10 minutes before lesson started, teaching materials were sent via whatsapp at the first 10 minutes of the class. It took me another 5 minutes to print them out and luckily I have a printer at home! Teacher did not know how to use technology to facilitate online learning. She used excuse as she was familiar with Teams but did not want to use Zoom because she has to pay for the usage. Time was not compensated while she was waiting for me to print. During the waiting time she did not conduct any teaching till I prompted her. My child found the lesson very boring and not interactive so that was the main reason I chose not to proceed tutoring with Barbara. However I received two long messages asking me to give an explanation why I did not want to continue lessons with her. I was told to be rude not having an after class discussion with her because I was busy preparing dinner for my family, not to mentioned I was not expected to do it. Time and money spent plus being blamed at as a client.
Tutors Response :
This is just pure malicious untrue slander. I don`t think in all my 12 years on this website have I ever come across such a nasty and despicable customer ever!!! I have a 12 year five star track record to prove that all my students were and are totally satisfied with my tuition. It`s such a shame that there are bad apples like you out there who try to ruin a tutors good reputation and even more unacceptable that tutor hunt does not protect long-standing tutors from such vile abuse. Shameful indeed .
If any other tutors have experienced this on here please let me know as I`m contacting the ombudsman about this total unfairness and injustice.
Ash (Mr)
30/06/2022
I’ve completed several sessions with Barbara, who is friendly, professional, patient, has an excellent sense of humour and has tailored the tuition to my particular needs, existing German comprehension and accommodated by timetable needs. The lessons are enjoyable, well-paced and varied, combining grammar, translation and comprehension, pronunciation and conversational practice. I find this a useful and enjoyable combination and I look forward to our tuition sessions. I highly recommend Barbara as a tutor.
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