Tutor profile - Sue

Sue has helped a range of pupils successfully gain entrance into independent schools, including Dulwich College. She has experience tutoring pupils of different ages for a variety of entry points, including the 7+, 9+ and 11+. Sue makes the most of each session by systematically analysing pupils' strengths and weaknesses, tailoring the teaching to meet their individual needs in order to promote accelerated progress. She creates a plan of action and gives clear feedback, enabling students to develop confidence when working towards a goal. In maths, Sue uses the Singapore method of teaching maths to help students attain mastery, using concrete and pictorial resources which enable pupils to develop fluency and problem solving skills. As an English graduate, Sue has a particular love of teaching reading and creative writing. She has a proven track record of improving pupils' comprehension skills - clarifying, retrieval, summarising, deduction and inference - and encourages pupils to immerse themselves in texts. Sue enjoys teaching creative writing, using a text-based approach as a springboard for undertaking different genres of writing: narratives, diary entries, letters, poetry, persuasive brochures, non-chronological reports and newspaper articles. For students working towards entrance tests, Sue carefully and sensitively assesses students, honing in on test technique as well as teaching the content that will enable a child to flourish.