School entrance experience

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

• Cheltenham Ladies’ College
• City of London School
• City of London School for Girls
• Francis Holland SW1
• Francis Holland School (NW1)
• Godolphin & Latymer
• Highgate School
• Ibstock Place
• Latymer Upper
• North London Collegiate School
• Queen’s Gate School
• South Hampstead High School
• St Paul’s
• St Paul’s Girls’
• Westminster
• Eton College
• Sevenoaks School
• Henrietta Barnett
• Colet Court
• King’s College School
• Wycombe Abbey

Sobia's biography:

Sobia is a highly experienced tutor in English and the Sciences at all levels. She is also an experienced private school entrance tutor. She has been teaching and tutoring for fifteen years, and is skilled at preparing students for both Maths and English as well as Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. Sobia is also highly experienced at tutoring English, English Literature, Psychology and Biology to A level and IB, as well as Chemistry and Physics to gcse. Sobia has worked with huge numbers of students both face to face and online international students.

Sobia's speciality is rigorous preparation for Sciences and English; and also both 11+ and 13+ examinations. She has a strong track record of success in preparing students for top London schools, as listed on her profile. Sobia has also helped numerous Biology, Psychology and English students gain excellent gcse, A level and IB results.

Sobia's science and humanities background means that she is able to prepare students equally well across all the entrance examination areas, Maths and English as well as VR and NVR. She has prepared students for Common Entrance pretests in these areas too. Sobia has also worked successfully with children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia, and she is interested in enhancing learning in a way that suits the individual child's learning style. She has also coached children and helped them with interview techniques for schools such as Eton and Westminster.

Sobia holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Science, and degrees in Biomedical Sciences as well as English Literature.

Sobia's qualifications:

Sobia qualified to teach Science in 2002, and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from Kingston University.

University Name	Name of degree	Year of graduation
Essex University	PhD English Literature	2012
Open University	MA English Literature	2006
King's College London	BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences	1995

Sobia's International Baccalaureate (IB) experience:

Sobia has extensively tutored IB Biology, Psychology and English/English Literature over the last three years.

Recent testimonials:

"It has been great to find Sobia through Owl Tutors. She is a great teacher, kind, rigorous and with a great understanding of the subjects she teaches. Our daughter is preparing GCSE's with her. They are studing together Physics, Biology and Chemistry and the experience is being outstanding. Doing the tutoring remotely through skype is also being great. I do recommend very much Sobia as a tutor. "

Monday, 27th August 2018

Parent of online student

"We have known and worked with Sobia for nearly four years (in which time she has helped both of my daughters with GSCEs and sixth from entrance exams) and we honestly could no recommend her highly enough, particularly if you have children who want to do well and are motivated.

Sobia is extremely unusual in that she is equally brilliant at teaching the sciences and English. What makes her so effective in her science is her ability to really break down concepts and ensure that they are fully understood, not simply learnt. In English she skillfully coaxes students into expressing their own unique take on the texts and then helps them ladder these up into the major themes (rather than just teaching the themes).

Sobia manages to demand the best from her students in the time she has with them, but the room is always filled with animated conversation and laughter.

She is truly committed to delivering a bespoke approach and is someone who is all about building confidence. She is kind and caring without taking any nonsense, and the result is that students want to be the best they can be.

Hand on heart we can say that Sobia doesn't just make a difference. She makes the difference.

A rare gem in the teaching profession."

Wednesday, 8th August 2018

Mother in London

"Sobia was really good at helping me understand the more challenging topics in the GCSE Biology course. She also provided a lot of email support if there was something in one of our sessions or a task that she had set me that I needed some extra help with. Sobia made me feel very comfortable in the sessions so that I could confidently ask and answer questions. "

Tuesday, 10th July 2018

Parent of student

"Sobia was a great IB English tutor. During the few months of tuition, we focus a lot on discussion and my ability to make and prove points. Her ability of listening and being able to understand my point of view is amazing. I had a really great time with her and hope every one can enjoy English as much as I did with her. "

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

IB English Student in Switzerland

"Sobia was very thorough, taking on board our concerns about our children’s weaker areas, and addressing them carefully during all the sessions. Thank you!"

Mother of Twin 11+ Students

"Sobia is an excellent tutor. From the moment we met her on Skype, she was warm and friendly and made us feel very comfortable. It was important to me that my daughter worked with someone she was comfortable with, and she was.
Sobia understood our goal and prepared Açelya accordingly within the short time frame we had. Working with Sobia had definitely improved Açelya's chances of achieving her aim.
Furthermore, Sobia always made sure she answered any questions or problems we had outside of tutorial times. This was much appreciated.
I would definitely recommend her to anyone."

Wednesday, 9th May 2018

Parent of student

"Sobia worked with my children aged 12, 10 and 8 years. She supported them in homework preparation as well as specific work on exam technique and covering exam material.

After much hard work they have been successful in gaining places at Eton College, Godolphin and Latymer School and Westminster Under School. I would recommend Sobia to anyone looking for support in both exam applications as well as supporting school work."

Mother in London

"Excellent focused sessions which allowed William to reach his goal for IB.

Thank you
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Wednesday, 2nd May 2018

Mother of IB student, Switzerland

"With Sobia my son has made a massive step forward with science and he really enjoys studying with her."

Thursday, 11th January 2018

Mother of IGCSE Biology student

"I would like to thank Sobia, whose help in June/July was critical for the good performance in the grammar exams.



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Monday, 27th March 2017

Father of 11 Plus student

"Sobia has been fantastic. The relationship and synergy she develops with her student is evident from day one. Sobia is always in contact regarding lessons and tries her best to accommodate timing requests. I would highly recommend her."

Thursday, 18th August 2016

Parent of 11 Plus student in East London

"Sobia was absolutely fantastic. My daughter couldn't have been better prepared for her IB English, Biology and Psychology exams, thanks to Sobia. I would highly recommend her and can't praise her enough."

Wednesday, 3rd August 2016

Mother of IB student, London

"I saw Sobia for four sessions in preparation for my QTS Maths test, having recently failed the test. During the sessions we worked through the questions I had struggled with in my revision, and Sobia explained the solutions to me in ways that I could more easily understand. She also showed me some very useful shortcuts in method for the timed mental arithmetic, which meant that I was able to answer the questions in the given time. Over our sessions I grew in confidence, and Sobia was very supportive in honing my exam technique so that I wouldn't panic when faced with difficult questions in the timed section. I passed the test after my four sessions with Sobia, and I couldn't recommend her enough!"

Monday, 1st August 2016

QTS Maths student, London

"She was very helpful and I appreciated that she took notes prior to our sessions so that the sessions ran smoothly!"

Monday, 15th February 2016

Online IB Psychology student in Indonesia

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Sobia is available for online tuition

Sobia is available for online tuition to students anywhere in the world. Find out more about online tuition.