Toby

Tutor profile - Toby

Toby

11 Plus, 13 Plus, University Admissions, English & Maths

Like all our tutors, Toby is a qualified teacher Like all our tutors, Toby holds a degree from a top University Like all our tutors, Toby holds a full, clean criminal records checkToby either works or has worked as an examiner for an exam board
Toby is a professional tutor and he does his lessons to perfection. He is highly recommended.

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Toby's biography

Toby is a qualified teacher and published novelist with over a decade's experience teaching Maths and English in schools and one-on-one. He specialises in preparing students for exams, whether that's Key Stage 2 students applying for school entrance, or older students sitting their GCSEs and A Levels. He received his first degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and his Masters in Creative Writing from New York University.

Toby has been tutoring one-on-one since 2012. As a private tutor, his work has concentrated around 11+ and 13+ preparation, English A Level and GCSE, and Maths GCSE. He has helped failing students go on to get 5s and 6s, he has helped other students achieve top grades, and he has successfully coached students who have been accepted at some of the top
schools in the country. In addition, he has worked extensively with SEN students, especially those with ASD diagnoses. In total, I has over 4,000 hours of one-on-one tutoring experience.

Toby has taught English literature extensively to A Level and Pre-U. He has taught all aspects of the exam, including support with coursework, and has seen many students get top grades, (A*s at A Level and D1s at Pre-U), and then go on to take up places to study English at Oxbridge and other Russel Group universities. He has taught across several different exam boards, and has worked as an A Level examiner for OCR across several different papers, which has given him a precise idea of what is expected of students at A Level. During his masters degree and shortly afterwards, he taught in higher education in the US. At New York University, he taught an undergraduate creative writing course, where he designed his own syllabus introducing students to the craft of both fiction and poetry. And at City University of New York, he taught essay writing to adult learners, some in their late teens, others in middle age.

Overall, he has worked with a great range of ages and ability levels, which has helped shape him into a flexible tutor who can get the best out of all his students.

Toby's availability

All times are displayed in UK time.

Wednesdays: 3.30 - 6 pm Sunday: 10.15 - 4.45pm

Toby will have further availability from Sunday 5th January 2025.

School entrance experience

Toby has worked with children aiming to attend the following schools:

Over the last ten years, Toby has worked with dozens of students who have successfully won places at the following schools:

Wycombe Abbey
Latymer Upper School
North Bridge House
St Dunstans
Channing
The John Lyon School
Colfe's School
St Paul's Boys School

Last year, Toby worked with 3 students at 11+ and each one was successful in winning a place at at least one of their chosen schools.

Toby's qualifications

Toby qualified to teach English in 2023, and holds a Qualified Teacher Status from Department of Education.

University name Name of degree Year of graduation
University of Oxford English Language and Literature 2012
New York University Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing 2015

Subjects tutored:

11 Plus (English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Science)

13 Plus (English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning)

University Admissions (Oxford Admissions, Cambridge Admissions and English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT))

English (General, KS1, KS2, KS3, GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, A Level AQA, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, Pre-U, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level, Advanced Placement and Undergraduate)

Maths (KS1, KS2, KS3, GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE and IGCSE additional)

SEN (ASD)

SEN experience:

Toby has specific experience with the following:

ASD

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