Tutor profile - Kate

Katherine has 7 years of History tutoring experience, assisting students from GSCE through to Undergraduate level. At GCSE this has focused around general content tuition and exam technique. Katherine has taught WJEC, OCR, AQA and EdExcel. She has helped A Level students through their coursework assessment, working with and providing resources, alongside providing proofing and meaningful feedback. Katherine has assisted students with their undergraduate thesis in History, Politics and Sociology. She has provided proofing and stylist suggestions whilst checking for clarity and meaning. Her tutees have commented that they felt significantly more confident in their study following on from Katherine's help, and felt they could apply their new knowledge to further study.

Katherine has a good academic track record. Katherine studied History, Religious Education and English Literature at A Level, finishing with AAB. She is a graduate from the University of Manchester, where she obtained a 2.1 reading History. Following on from this, she went on to complete a master's degree, specialising in police brutality toward African American women. Katherine graduated from a PGCE with QTS in Secondary History from the University of Manchester. She achieved a distinction in all of her assignments, for which she won the Wither’s Prize for excellence in academic writing.

Katherine is trained as a Secondary History Teacher who has experience of three highly dynamic yet contrasting schools around the Manchester area. This has allowed her to develop her subject knowledge and pedagogy tremendously. Katherine has had her interpersonal relationships, creative teaching methods, and subject knowledge cited as strengths throughout her classroom career. Katherine has taught KS3 and KS4, and has experience with KS5. Katherine has worked with a wide range of ability, and can make resources for students accordingly. Katherine is also well versed in creating audio and video revision content, which she has heavily used during the period of online learning for schools. She is currently undergoing a PhD in Welsh History at Bangor University. Alongside her PhD research, Katherine lectures seminars for the first year History undergraduates, and marks their assignments. Katherine is also a Head of English in Alternative Provision school, teaching both English Language and History to GCSE level.

Katherine is highly proficient using online methods of teaching. Katherine facilitates learning online for her students, ensuring that sessions are engaging, foster a love for learning, and promote independent learning too. Katherine can share slides and homework tasks in advance so that her students feel best supported. Students will receive meaningful and bespoke feedback.