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John

English

Like all our tutors, John is a qualified teacher Like all our tutors, John holds a degree from a top University Like all our tutors, John holds a full, clean criminal records checkJohn holds a degree from a Russell Group University

John's biography

Highly successful English exam specialist with experience teaching IB and iGCSE, along with UK qualifications.

John has led an Outstanding English department in the UK, and was Second in Department in an Outstanding International School, helping to lead the planning and delivery of the English IB and iGCSE curriculum. He has exemplary understanding of how to plan a sequence of lessons so that the students improve dramatically, retaining the core knowledge needed and applying it eloquently and cohesively in the rigours of exam conditions.

John builds a positive and productive relationship quickly, meaning that his students have high levels of engagement and make rapid progress. The lessons that he plans are tailored specifically for the individual, and he welcomes feedback from the student and/or their parents to ensure that the planning is exactly what the student needs.

IB Experience

John taught English Language A: Literature for the IB Diploma Programme at an Outstanding British International School for two years. His students made excellent progress under my highly effective classroom teaching, diligent marking, bespoke feedback and impactful passion for English Literature. He thoroughly enjoyed supporting students to succeed within the rigours of the course, with expertise in planning lessons on all three aspects of the course: Readers, writers and texts; Time and space; Intertextuality: connecting texts.

For his second year at the International School, he was promoted to Second in English, supporting the Head of Department with coordinating the delivery of the curriculum. As a result, he has a very good understanding of how to plan to support IB students to achieve the grades they deserve, for both Paper 1 and Paper 2, along with the internally assessed prepared oral response and the Higher Level written coursework component.

John's availability

All times are displayed in UK time.

Monday: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Tuesday: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Wednesday: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thursday: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Saturday: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Sunday: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM.

John's qualifications

John qualified to teach English in 2007, and holds a QTS from Teach First.

University name Name of degree Year of graduation
University of Leeds BA (Hons) English Language and Literature (Euro) 2006

Subjects tutored:

English (KS3, GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, IGCSE (Cambridge), A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level and ESL)

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