Tutor profile - Rachel

Rachel has worked in Primary Education for over 20 years and is now a full-time, professional tutor, specialising in 7 Plus preparation. She has been with Owl Tutors since 2015 and her wealth of teaching and tutoring experience is evident in the progress her students make and consistent good results: those she supported for the 2022/2023 school entrance exam cycle had a 100% success rate.

Rachel previously taught as a Year 1 Teacher at Northbridge House Pre Prep in Hampstead for 10 years. She has a thorough understanding of the most competitive schools in and around North London (and beyond), and is happy to advise parents on suitable school options for their children. She has successfully prepared students for entry to a variety of top London schools including Highgate School, North London Collegiate, St Pauls and University College School.

She has been working as a private tutor for most of her career and relishes the opportunity to work with children on a one to one basis. She builds a fantastic rapport with both children and parents and understands fully the demands and pressures on families during this time. She is there to fully prepare and help ease the journey through entrance exams or home schooling.

Rachel is able to differentiate lessons to pitch learning objectives at the perfect level for your child. Her lessons are fun, memorable and she is consistently able to extend prior knowledge and build children's confidence across all areas of the curriculum.

Her drama background makes her a suitable candidate for hot seating and developing interview skills so that children can confidently communicate their knowledge and attributes to others.

Her creative background has given her an edge when developing pupils' imaginative and creative writing skills. She uses a range of tools to enable every child to become a great storyteller! She has quickly adapted to teaching online and finds it easy to engage pupils with very positive results. While she finds online tutoring to be a really effective method of teaching (via Zoom), she is usually able to accommodate arranging an initial face-to-face session at her home.

She has worked with many EAL pupils and spent a year working at a top Private School in Madrid teaching English to native Spanish speakers. She extended this knowledge by working at Stewart International Bilingual School (Le Petite Ecole) as a Year 1 English Teacher. During her three years there she also ran extra curricular English Classes helping children from Year 1 to Year 6 develop and improve their English vocabulary.

She has a wealth of experience with both special needs children and those who find learning more challenging and prides herself on building confidence and enabling them to access the curriculum with more ease.

Rachel also runs her own 7+ Mock exams enabling children the perfect opportunity to practice the skills they have learnt and be fully prepared for exam day. She is able to set targets and focus areas so that parents have a really clear idea of how their child can work towards and achieve their goals.

She loves to travel and has volunteered at several schools around the world including Brazil, Laos and Cambodia.

In her spare time Rachel loves the great outdoors and can be found swimming in lakes, kayaking and hiking or doing a spot of outdoor yoga.