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Teaching is my third and final career and I love it. I have over 22 years experience of helping students of all ages and abilities achieve their goals. I am a qualified teacher with 14 years in classrooms, teaching English and law, and I'm also a qualified journalist and solicitor. I found school very challenging myself, so I completely understand why many very bright students don't do as well as they could at school. The truth is, school isn't always the best place to learn. The current situation means that by September, most of the current cohort of students in year 10 are not going to know what has hit them. GCSE has become increasingly difficult since 2008 and the 2015 reform means that it is exceedingly difficult to get above grade 6. I anticipate that this year's year 11 cohort hoping to study English at A level will be similarly shellshocked. The gap between GCSE and A level is enormous and even students with a predicted grade 8 or 9 are likely to find the A level daunting to say the least. I offer one to one support online  using facetime,  zoom and Google  docs for students able to type. I also offer small group preparation for both next year's GCSE and A levels in both language and literature to ensure that in September they hit the ground running. These sessions  are done using zoom or at my home in Ealing. Tutoring Experience:- Since 1998 I have helped literally hundreds of students to:- * achieve grade A/A*/9 in GCSE English both literature and language; * get into a wide range of top London schools both private and selective grammar schools including St Paul's Girls, St Paul's Boys, Henrietta Barnett, Tiffin Girls, Eton, UCS, as well as Merchant Taylor, Godolphin and Latimer, Haileybury, Hampton, John Lyons, Notting Hill and Ealing, Kew House, St James', Kings College Wimbledon, Haberdashers Askes, St Helen's Northwood, Northwood College, Royal Masonic, Habs Girls, Northbridge House and Latymer Upper * win scholarships to Harrow School, UCS  Northwood College and Notting Hill and Ealing High. I also help children aged 4 and above who are struggling with English, French or maths. In 2019 I had five GCSE students who attend state private schools, and three who attend private schools including St. Pauls Boys; six 11+ primary students and four home-schooled students aged 7, 12, 14 and 16. I am pleased to say that out of the 8 GCSE students, 7 got grade 9 for both English language and English literature. The other student got 9 for literstliterature for language  As for my 11+ students, in February this year all 6 of them got places at their first choice schools which were NHE, Latymer Upper, Kew House, Tiffin Girls, Henrietta Barnett and Northwood College. I also see several adults on a regular or ad hoc basis, for example Claudette who is 58. Initially I helped her with GCSE English in 2016.  I then supported her during her Access course. She's now halfway through her degree in physiotherapy at Birkbeck.  Background information:- My first teaching experience was as a volunteer, teaching Adult Literacy from 1985-1987 while working as a freelance journalist. From 1995-7 I taught at a local boys preparatory school - Durston House - while completing my vocational training part time as a solicitor. I began tutoring fulltime in 1998 when I realised that although working in the law is fascinating, it's not a lifestyle I want, and I have been tutoring ever since. From 1999 to 2012 I was teaching English fulltime in a sixth form college which specialised in English at all levels from Functional Skills and IELTS, to academic English i.e. GCSE, Access, and A Level language, literature and lang/lit. I continued to see a few private students, and in 2012 I returned to fulltime tutoring. Ad hoc help:- Apart from tutoring, I also help adult students with their theses and dissertations, teach them how to edit their work properly, how to ensure that they are not straying off topic, and how to improve their vocabulary and expression. I can do this online or face to face. Help with personal statements, applications for research grants and CVs is available face to face or via Google docs. Children- and adults- with disabilities:- In the last 22 years I have taught literally thousands of students and many of them have had disabilities including deaf students, visually impaired students and students with cerebral palsy, as well as students with learning difficulties including AS, APD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia and ADD/ADHD. I have studied the growing problem of both ESOL and native speaking English students who have difficulty in drawing inferences from what they read. My method of teaching uses a very carefully selected range of texts to focus on intensely in order to determine whether further investigation is appropriate. I am not qualified to diagnose autism but I have successfully taught many students on the spectrum. Tutoring Approach:- Alongside teaching, I have studied the psychology of learning and have many tools at my disposal to teach the skills that today's students and job seekers need. If you are struggling in school, college or university, it is not your fault. My job is to ensure that you do not need a tutor as quickly as possible while offering ongoing support if necessary. I believe that given the right atmosphere, attitude and support, anyone can succeed. A stressful environment makes learning almost impossible, so my lessons are extremely relaxing. Students are usually amazed at how fast the time passes. At the end of the session I ensure the student understands everything covered in that session, and may ask for the student to complete an appropriate length homework to bring to the next session. My motto is "self talk determines destiny" and I help students to unlearn the idea that they can't do something. My approach is first to ensure that I am the right tutor for the student. The first session is designed for the student (and their parents) to assess me, as well as for me to work out the student's current level of ability and their learning style. In subsequent sessions the most important thing is to ensure that the student has no gaps in their understanding of the subject and what is required. So I always begin at the beginning and usually students progress very quickly through the first phase. Once they are reasonably confident and have caught up with their school's expectations, I begin to stretch them, at their own pace. I believe that students want to do well but are self-conscious and dislike asking for help at school as it makes them feel stupid. Lack of basic understanding results in lack of self confidence which can easily develop into becoming withdrawn or disruptive in class, or hating the subject. It is quite easy to turn the student's attitude around once they realise that they can succeed, so I do a lot of confidence building exercises and use praise and humour to help them see what they are doing wrong and what they are doing right. As a result of this, their self esteem is enhanced and they become more willing to contribute in class and take risks, rather than sitting in the back of the classroom praying for the time to pass. I use my own resources which I have developed by studying assessment criteria and objectives of all of the boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC) as well as the specifics of GCSE and IGCSE. For 11+ and CE I use a wide range of texts that are demanding and lend themselves to students learning how to explore linguisruc effects. I prefer to tutor at the student's home because I think students feel more secure and relaxed in their own home, however students can of course, come to me if this suits them better. Parents are welcome to sit in on sessions as long as the student feels comfortable with that. I am always happy to consider teaching friends at the same time to keep costs down (max group size 4 students), and am happy to negotiate an appropriate rate for group sessions. Such sessions take place in my home. Please note the following:-1. I charge a supplement of £6.50 to travel upto 5 miles as well as a residents parking ticket if necessary or reimbursement for parking costs; 2. I require a minimum of 48 hours notice of cancellation or payment in full (except for travel time) under all circumstances including sudden illness; 3. On Sundays I only teach from my home; 4. For distances beyond 3 miles radius of my home, the minimum session is an hour and a half. This can be shared between siblings, or between subjects  eg maths and English, maths and French or English and French; 5. For distances beyond 5 miles radius of my home, I charge for one hour of my time, or an uber in both directions, whichever is cheaper, instead of £6.50. These sessions are also a minimum of an hour and a half, which can be shared between siblings or subjects; 6. All GCSE and A level students are welcome to send me essays of upto 1000 words to comment on between sessions. There is no charge.for this service. Finally, if you would like references from current or previous students (or  their parents) please just ask. Reviews from previous students:-  From First Tutors.com (2010 to present) • Anh Le: 07/02/2020 - Primary (Up to 11 years) English tuition   Rating: 4/5  Comments: She is punctual and nice tutor but her teaching method is not suitable for us. Thank you for spending time with us. • Catherine Burden: 16/11/2019 Rating: 5/5 Comments: We have found Laura to be excellent. Our son really looks forward to his lessons with her. Catherine, mother of Freddie aged 9. Maths tuition for 10+ entrance exams. • Emma Newton: 16/11/2019 Rating: 5/5 Comments: Laura is a fabulous tutor, who has reawakened my sons love of literature and is doing an excellent job of preparing him for his GCSE English exams. She is also extremely reliable and a pleasure to communicate with. Highly recommended. Emma, mother of Jude aged 16. GCSE  English  language and literature. Predicted grades  8+ literature and 7+ language. Jude was entirely home schooled  for the last 15 months of GCSE.  His grades at his school were borderline 3/4 for both literature and  language. We are using the summer holidays to get a head start on A level  Literature as he will start college in September 2020 • Tomoko Taketsume: 16/10/2019 - Secondary (11 to 14 years) Entrance Exams tuition Rating: 5/5 Comments: Thank you so much for fulfilling saturday morning for my sun! Tomoko, mother of Taichi aged 11, taking 12+ exam to move from the Japanese  system to a selective English  school. Taichi succeeded in the entrance  exam for St Benedicts. Taichi took the exam 3 months after moving to London  from Japan. • Genet Mengisut: 30/10/2019 - Primary (Up to 11 years) Entrance Exams tuition Rating: 5/5 Comments: Laura has made my child independent and extraordinary. She has developed his skills in comprehension and creative writing.I would reccomend Laura. Genet, mother of Yafet (achieved 10+  full 100% UCS scholarship) Creative writing tuition. Reviews from The Tutor Pages.com (now known as Superprof) 2011-2018 • Rita:  Thank you so much Laura. 1. for the lessons obviously! 2. the support & companionship you've shown to Louis and 3. moral support for us. He got A+ for English! Rita, mother of Louis, successful 13+ candidate for Harrow School • Carmela:  Rob got his A+ thank you. He absolutely loved his stint at the Sunday Times over the summer holidays. Thank you so much for organising that, it's given him a new lease on life and really helped to motivate him for starting his AS course. Rob, 16 I helped with GCSE French and English literature.  He got A* for both 2016 • Marie:  Hi Laura, just to let you know. I got my uni results and I got a 2:1!!! Thank you soo much for helping me and guiding me. Seriously I don't know what I would have done without you! Xxxx Marie, 21, I helped her with English and Mdfua studies A level and throughout her Llb degree. She's now a qualified solicitor.  2014 •Sidney's mum, Julie: Sidney came top in the whole year for English and has his place at St Paul's. Thank you. Can you help Elliot?! Sidney, 12+ successful candidate for St Pauls Boys, 2016 • Amy's mum,Trish:  You have made a big difference to Amy's work and confidence, for which I am eternally grateful. She now has her grade and can do A levels!Xx Amy, English language and literature 2015 • Emma, mother of Peter (2012) and Alex(2014) and Michael (2016):  Peter and Alexandra do not think they would have got the grades they did without your help and guidance. Alex commented that you really helped her with how to answer the questions to time more effectively and how to interpret the poetry in particular. Peter really benefited from you teaching him how to look at things in a different way, You gave him the confidence to write which he didn't have before. Thank you so much for your help at the last minute. Michael got A for Literature and A for language. •Shivam C, December 2013 successful applicant to Princeton:  Laura helped me with all the essays over whole weekends perfecting the essays. We were working in a very short time-frame. She was always very patient. Her calm demeanour and attention-to-detail was a huge aid for me to get into Dartmouth College (best undergraduate teaching in America). I would recommend anyone to get Laura to help them with any essays they have. She would be equally splendid as a teacher in English writing skills or grammar, and I am very glad that I had the opportunity to work with her.

I beleive in my skills and guidance. I can help childdren to reach their potentials. i have worked various children with different needs. i can help children to succeed and enjoy their learning in effective and through interesting activities.

I am a hard-working responsible and innovative graduate with a first class honours degree in education studies my degree specialisms have given me a very clear understanding of how children learn and appropriate teaching methods as an experienced grade 6 teaching assistant I have experience working with children in primary school settings and have worked as a variety of schools in England across the foundation key stage one and Key stage two as well as with children with sen including dyslexia and dysgraphia autism and EAL where I also believe my studies have enabled me to give appropriate and meaningful support my specialism is literacy and have devised and renewals intervention programs end up supporting and supplementing existing teaching. My interventions are designed to progress students learning and I implement work programs to individuals and groups in a range of classroom settings. this could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas to encourage students to become independent learners. I will assess the needs of children and use specialist skills, training and experience to support www.*** will establish a productive working relationships with children, acting as a role model and setting high expectations. I will support children consistently, whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs. I will support the role of parents in students' learning and provide constructive feedback on student progress, achievement and behaviour whilst maintaining  sensitivity and confidentiality at all times I will foster and maintain constructive and supportive relationship with parents/carers, exchanging appropriate information; facilitating their support for the child's attendance and access and learning and supporting home to school links.

The Education Centre is an Ofsted Authorised childcare provider and homework club. We are also an established tuition centre committed to providing a focused education of superior standard. We enrol students from Primary school to Year 13. Our objective is to educate the child while fostering intellectual, creative, social and physical development. The Education Centre has a friendly, warm environment, working with small classes and teaching students KS1/2/3, 11+, 12+, GCSE or A-Level. We ensure all students work to their full potential and make good progress. Provide Parents/carers with updates on their child’s improvement. Believing in the inherent strengths of a diverse background, we celebrate the cultural differences, individual interests and personal talents of our student body.

I do lessons online (skype, zoom and messenger) and face to face lesson  only at my home if students live up to 20 miles .Biology, chemistry, physics and maths are my favourite subjects that I  have been teaching and tutoring since 1990. Also I am  a part time lecturer and researcher for genetics at the university since 2009 till present time. I am very eager to tutor as teaching is a great job. Maths is my tool to teach and use in the three sciences as it will help students succeed more. I teach first few 15 minutes or twenty minutes explaining the ideas then the rest of the hour I work with the students on practicing how to answer different type of questions regarding the ideas we have went over. It is not an hour or two to write only notes but  to work with the students to be practical using the ideas in questions, how to apply them and why to learn about them. lesson should be interesting to attract students to love to learn and enjoy studying with me as well to leave the tutoring hour feeling there was a gain of knowledge, practice techniques to answer the questions and no need to go home and revise again and mostly to gain confidence. all this to be done from September not two weeks to exams.

I entered tuition in 2010 as part of the then governments' program of tuition boosting to secondary pupils who were underachieving. This included two terms during 2010 at Marriotts School in Stevenage tutoring in English, nearly two years at Stanborough School in Welwyn tutoring in Eglish & maths and a one-term return to Marriots School up till Easter 2013. After that, I worked more part-time for a variety of employers, including Regent College from 2014-18, Tutor Doctor 2014-20, and most recently for Prospero Education since early 2019. I have especially taught students at KS 2 & 3, but have done some work at KS 1 and GCSE maths [as I possess A-Level Maths myself]. I am keen to build on this diverse tuition background with new challenges at all levels in the future.

I have 8 years of teaching and tutoring experience in a variety of environments. I have always enjoyed teaching, tailoring my tuition to the individual and doing my utmost to ensure that each individual achieves their goals, whatever they may be. In addition to my education and training, I lived in Austria for 3 years working as an English Language Assistant for the British Council. This invaluable time enabled me to fully hone my German language skills, and I have since worked as an online translator.   Other website affiliations: www.*** www.*** www.***

Alan completed a one-year contract as a fulltime classroom mathematics teacher and form tutor at Barton Court Grammar School. He ran the successful afterschool Gifted & Talented maths club. Previously at Sandwich Technology school he completed four years at a mainstream secondary school teaching GCSE maths and some key stage 3 ICT. In addition to his main teaching role he also ran the school computer club and archery club. He was a key member of the Teaching and Learning team specialising in use of ICT in the classroom. View latest availability on  www.***  

Our Promise to Parents  “We have spent the last eight years refining the service we offer our students, and the parents who have faith in our ability to help their children. It might sound boastful, but we are exceptionally good.  The way we work is one-to-one, within a small group, with every student working to a customised learning plan (no more than four students per teacher at any time).  That’s really important.  We build and develop a bond of trust so that the students – far from thinking that they can’t achieve – work with their tutor to, first pass through their perceived barriers and then, fly well beyond them. Book a FREE consultation and educational assessment with us, and we will tell you exactly what we can do to help your child. We will:  tell you which areas need help in order to improve recommend & design a tailored learning plan give you regular feedback assess progress and amend your child’s workplan as appropriate  If your child is doing just fine, then we’ll happily say so. You don’t have to make any minimum commitment to attend because our success is built on results. That’s always been our approach and it always will be. It’s why over 90% of our students come to us from personal recommendation."  

I am a very dedicated and determined teacher who believes in spending time with pupils to help them understand the subjects they are learning. I am qualified, friendly and experienced teacher dedicated to student learning. I feel that I am able to connect with pupils through my friendly and personable nature. I love teaching and have the determination to provide the best possible education to my students. I am flexible, patient, and understanding. I am extremely keen to explore creativity within the curriculum, and am committed to high expectation and achievement whilst looking to make learning more accessible and fun. I am keen to be assigned to a position that will help me build up on my skills and grow as a professional in order to make me the best teacher that I am able to be.

www.*** a big impact on your children’s life as early as possible. I ran business for many years before I set myself up as a private tutor as well as an academic coach working with students of varying academic needs and I am intrigued to find out what this actually entails. I am a strong believer of early year’s education and I believe in individualized encouraging methods play significant role in academic performance and growth of confidence. I always remind parents that making a big impact on your children’s life as early as possible, to unlock their potentials, push their boundaries and prepare for the future challenge. I have been teaching English, www.*** and www.*** as a part-time private tutor and my result-driven and fun teaching methoads have helped my students to achieve short-term and long-term academic goals. My inspring attitude and encouraging teaching style have been approved successfuly by my students' school feedback and learning attitude change. Find me today and let's see what positive change we can make together for your children's future.

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Primary teacher of 20 years,  pro musician, musical director for theatre shows, freelance pianist and choral director, jazz improvisor. Holds A-level maths and teaches other subjects to primary level. excellent exam success. full DBS held through school

I have over forty years' experience of private tuition to students aged 3 to adult. I have taught maths and English to all ages, including preparing students for entrance exams and adult candidates for the QTS skills tests. I have worked with those for whom English is not their first language, to help them improve their skills. I have also led after school tuition centres for 25 years. Currently centres are open in Crofton and Wrenthorpe and serve students from Leeds, Pontefract and Barnsley as well as the greater Wakefield area. The centres provide individualised study programmes in maths, English and science for students aged 3 to 16 (or GCSE pass) in a friendly, supportive environment. A free assessment is carried out to ascertain what materials would best suit each student. Assessments are also carried out on an ongoing basis to monitor progress. Fees are reasonable; discounts apply for siblings and multiple subjects.

"Henry was a fantastic tutor with comprehensive knowledge of not only the A-Level syllabus, but also the content required to sit MAT/STEP for admissions into maths course. He understood our needs well and was able to provided targeted support and helped out immensely with not only maths skills in general, but also the university admissions process." (J. Wei, Sep 2020)   "Henry has been tutoring my daughter Maths for around 6 months now. Henry is not only extremely good at Maths but is also excellent at teaching the subject effectively. Henry's passion for Maths is quite contagious and has very quickly turned around my daughter's negative attitude towards Maths to her now considering Maths for her A levels! That is quite an incredible achievement by Henry and I cannot thank my lucky stars enough to have found Henry. We have been strongly recommending Henry for Maths tuition to our close friends and family and would like to do the same on here." (B. Nanu, June 2018)   "My daughter in Year 11 has struggled with specific Maths topics such as graphs, circle theorems, and polygons. I wanted to find a tutor with capability and awareness of the current GCSE syllabus. Lucky for us we found Henry’s profile and got in touch. His approachable, calm and clear style, and excellent knowledge, has already had an impact and I can see a renewed confidence in my daughter. She is even considering Maths at A Level! I cannot rate Henry as a GCSE Maths tutor highly enough." (J. de Villiers, Oct 2018)   "Henry has been a huge help in getting my daughter confident in maths again. He has been patient and his approach to filling in the gaps and teaching exam techniques has helped improve test results - this will hopefully put her in a good place for the final A level exam. Thank you!" (D Shingadia, Dec 2018)

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