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Polly

Polly
Polly
Tutor
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Feedback Score:
+2
Member Since: 09/03/2010
Last Login: 51 days ago
Response Rate: 100%
Expected Response: < 6 hours

My Qualifications

PhD
University of East Anglia (UEA)
English Literature
Pass  (2021)
MA
Kings College London
Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory
Distinction  (2017)
MA
University of Cambridge
English
Automatic  (2001)
BA
University of Cambridge
English
1st  (1997)

Verification Status

Tutors ID Verified
 Enhanced DBS Verified

GCSEA-LevelDegreeAdult Learner
Creative Writing---£103
English£103£103£103-

Information about Polly

I have been teaching GCSE and A-level students since 2009 and most of my students jump two grades after my intervention. With kindness and constructive guidance I enable my students to blossom. I also teach Cambridge University English undergraduates and Masters Songwriting students, as well as school-aged learners. In 1997, I was awarded a First in English Literature from Cambridge, and completed my MA in 2016 at London University and my PhD in 2020 at the University of East Anglia.

I help my students to prepare for their exams, using past papers to structure essays and organise responses, and I also provide them with essay-writing techniques they can use in other contexts. I also prepare students for university interview on request. I have now tutored over 100 students for hundreds of hours. I am also a signed and published singer-songwriter and author, and I bring all this experience to my tutoring and teach with a practical love of my subject. I am a friendly mum with two children and lots of animals; I enjoy running with my dog Charlie and drinking exotic teas! Whatever my students learn with me at my home will not just be to get them through their exams: they`ll gain a love of literature to last a lifetime.

I enjoy working with school and college students, home schooled students and students retaking exams or resuming education. I live in central Cambridge and I teach online and from my home. I have an enhanced DBS.

I am also a professional songwriter and write, record and release albums. I teach on the Songwriting MA programme at London`s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP).

Availability: Term-time: Wednesdays and Thursdays during the day.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: I have been teaching students one-to-one since May 2009 and notice grade jumps and significant confidence boost in my candidates.
I am also a professional songwriter and write, record and release albums. I teach on the Songwriting MA programme at London`s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP).

DBS Check: Yes

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Feedback For Polly (2)

We have a total of 2 review(s) for Polly.

Anne (Mrs)
30/12/2015

5/5 Rating

Polly has been extremely helpful to my son. He enjoys his sessions with her and is feeling more confident about doing well in his English Lit exams.


Hannah (Miss)
30/01/2014

5/5 Rating

Very friendly and approachable, excellent with prompt communication. Knowledgable about the examination requirements, helpful and already installed confidence in my daughter. Lovely person .