As an experience Deputy Head, English Teacher and GCSE Examiner for AQA and Pearson Edexcel, I strive to create a welcoming and supportive environment for my students to feel as ease and confident when it comes to English and those all important exams.

Having taught for 15 years on First Tutors, which has ceased all operations, I am working on retrieving my feedback and ratings to support my tutoring work with TutorDex.

I have been teaching for just under 20 years, and tutoring for just under 15 years. Whilst I love my time in the classroom, nothing quite matches the one-to-one experience of working with students, especially supporting individuals to pass their GCSE English exams.

Every lesson is a collaborative journey that begins with a quick, high-energy check-in to see what is currently clicking — or clashing — in the classroom. We start with a "Mastery Minute" challenge, usually a creative writing prompt or a quick-fire analysis of an unusual text, to get your brain in gear and shake off the school day. Because no two students think alike, I swap rigid plans for a flexible toolkit. If you are a visual learner, we might map out a Shakespearean tragedy using digital storyboards; if you are more analytical, we will "live-mark" a model answer to hunt for those elusive top-tier marks. We always pivot based on your energy and focus, ensuring the pace feels challenging but never overwhelming.

We wrap up by distilling everything we have covered into one "Golden Takeaway" — a specific, actionable skill you can use in your very next class. You will leave not just with a better understanding of the text, but with the confidence that the lesson was built entirely around how you learn best.

I also provide detailed and tailored feedback to tasks set during our lessons, and will even support feedback for tasks done at school!