Hi I’m Samantha. I am an English secondary school teacher with twenty years of experience. I enjoy working with young people; helping them to achieve their goals and discover the joy and excitement that an appreciation of English can bring. I am enthusiastic, patient, calm and organised - important qualities that enable my students to gain in confidence and flourish in their exams.
Tutor Profile
Teaching Experience
I have taught in secondary schools across London and have taught across the age and ability ranges. This means that I have a lot of experience in helping students who have difficulties in accessing the curriculum. I have been Head of English, in charge of a large, successful department as well as an examiner and moderator for GCSE and A Level exam boards. Therefore I have a very detailed understanding of what is required of students for their examinations.
Tutoring Approach
My experiences in teaching a range of students from diverse backgrounds and academic capability mean that I am completely aware of how to tailor my lessons to suit the needs of individual students. I understand that many students who come for tuition may feel worried and unconfident about their exams or an aspect of the syllabus that they are studying. My aim is to develop their confidence whilst enabling them to really understand how to get the best possible grade they are capable of achieving. I believe that good communication is important in developing a good working relationship and I encourage input from my students with regards to how they want their tuition to develop.
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Qualifications
QTS
QTS · General Teaching Council for England · Pass · 2003
BA English Language and Literature with French Minor
Bachelors · University of Leeds · Honours 2:1 · 2002
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KarenFirst Tutors
Samantha is really raising my daughter's confidence in her A level English progress, and giving her excellent advice and feedback. She is just what she needed and we are really grateful for her input
Tutor response
Thank you for your lovely review!
JulieFirst Tutors
My daughter has had a few lessons now with Samantha and has settled well with her. She is very knowledgeable and lessons are well planned with excellent feedback both to my daughter and myself. Would highly recommend her.
GillFirst Tutors
My daughter has been working with Samantha on A level English Literature. Samantha has been amazing. She’s helped and supported my daughter with all of her studies. She’s been informative, thorough, flexible and extremely organised. My daughter achieved the grade she needed to get into University. Without Samantha we very much doubt this would’ve been possible. Our daughter said this: Samantha has been a great help with my English literature Alevel, she’s approachable and structures the lessons in an easily understandable way, and by the end of each lessons I feel a lot more secure in my learning and what I need to do for my exams. We do written work in the lesson, and I also have the opportunity to write essays for her outside of the lesson, which she marks and gives me feedback on, which is extremely helpful. I feel much more comfortable in what the exams expect of me and it’s only been a few weeks.
Tutor response
Thank you for the lovely feedback. I have really enjoyed working with your daughter and am thrilled to hear that all of her hard work has enabled her to achieve her target grade. I wish her all the best for the future.
RoseannaFirst Tutors
I requested Samantha as a tutor due to her senior school-based experience. I am training to become a teacher and required some support with my curriculum knowledge audit. Samantha was extremely helpful, we discussed the curriculum, the reality of teaching the syllabus and she listened to my concerns. I really appreciated the advise given, and the suggestions made in regards to my audit. Prior to the meeting Samantha had prepared for the task by requesting my current audit and making detailed notes and proof-reading my work, as a result I feel I got value for money out of the session. Samantha followed-up on my progress post-meet, and congratulated me on successfully passing the audit. I would highly recommend her as a tutor.
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Thank you for your comments Roseanna and good luck with your teaching career!
AlisonFirst Tutors
My daughter's confidence has improved immensely and we are extremely pleased with the tutoring. It is nice to have the tutoring outside our home and my daughter enjoys her sessions saying that Samantha is very patient and encouraging, knows the curriculum and texts extremely well, and explains things thoroughly and clearly. I have no doubt that the tutoring will help my daughter approach exams with more confidence and achieve well.
