Tutor profile - Julie

Julie is a kind and empathetic teacher with over fourteen years experience in the classroom. As a class teacher and tutor she has successfully prepared students for the 7+ and transition to Year Three and has experience teaching children on each step of their learning journey from Reception through Key Stage One. Currently, she is a Year Two teacher and English Coordinator at a leading independent school in London that achieves outstanding academic results. She has a degree in music from Trinity College Dublin and a PGCE from the University of Exeter where she was awarded the Ted Wragg Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Julie’s style marries creativity with rigour and she incorporates growth mindset dialogue into all lessons in order to empower learners to fully actualise their potential and to go beyond. She prides herself on building relationships and getting to know learners’ interests to plan and teach personalised, challenging lessons. She also believes that learners are motivated by assessment and so every lesson incorporates personalised targets and self-reflection skills. She is flexible in her approach to teaching and knows that the learning environment has a causal relationship on attainment. With this in mind, she utilises play and games to further reinforce knowledge and skills.