Julia Maxfield - Tutors - Keystone Tutors

Experience

Tutoring Experience includes:

♦ Cambridge Pre-U in English; six months of home schooling for twelve hours a week (London)

♦ LNAT and Oxbridge interview preparation; two hours bi-weekly for one year (London)

♦ A Level English revision; fourteen two hour sessions (London)

♦ A Level English and Classical Civilisation revision; four hours a day for two weeks (Berkshire)

♦ A Level French tuition; two hours a week for six months (London)

♦ GCSE revision in humanities, sciences and Maths and 11+ tuition in English and Maths; four hours a day for three weeks (Galle, Sri Lanka)

♦ GCSE revision in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and English; four hours a day for four days (Northhamptonshire)

♦ GCSE sciences tuition; seven two hour sessions (London)

♦ GCSE sciences, French and Geography tuition; three two hour sessions (London)

♦ 11+ and 13 + Maths tuition; five pupils each taught for one hour a week over past year (London)

♦ 13+ Maths and English entrance exam preparation; four hours a day for three weeks

(France and Spain)

♦ 11+ Science revision; weekly for two months (Oxford)

♦ English as a foreign language tuition for pupil aged 12; approximately 35 hours total (Champagne, France)

♦ French tuition for pupils aged 9 and 11; (bi-) weekly for three months (London)

Classroom Teaching Experience:

♦ English language teacher for pupils aged 12 -18; Oct 2004 - May 2005 (Lycée Molière, Paris)

Recent Keystone Work:

11+ Science, Middle Years (Year 6 - 9) Science: SCIENCE REVISION for a 9 year old girl (Started: June 2011)

11+ English, 11+ Maths : 11+ English and Maths (Started: July 2011)

13+ English, 13+ Geography, 13+ History: CE English and other Humanities subjects (Started: September 2011)

13+ Maths, 13+ Science: Common Entrance Maths and Science (Started: September 2011)

GCSE English: Macbeth - GCSE Controlled Assessment (Started: November 2011)

13+ Maths, 13+ Latin: Maths and Latin CE (Started: November 2011)

Biography

I hold a first class undergraduate degree in English and French and a Master's with distinction in English from Oxford University. I have tutored in a wide range of subjects and contexts, both while pursuing my studies and while working as an associate at a London-based investment consultancy.

Personal Approach

My tutoring style is upbeat and approachable. For short term revision, one of my major priorities is to help pupils create a 'road map' conceptualising the challenges presented by their exams. Where exam performance has been compromised by low self-esteem, my aim is to counter pupils’ preconceptions about their academic limitations by identifying and building upon their distinctive strengths. Especially where more time is available, I work to develop in pupils a curiosity which helps them get beyond the often dreary demands of their textbooks and achieve a greater degree of imaginative and critical independence.

Although I have no formal training in helping pupils with learning difficulties I have significant experience, both personal and professional, in tackling these and associated confidence issues.

What I do when I am not tutoring

I have just embarked on a PhD (working on Shakespeare) and am continuing my tutoring work alongside my degree.

Testimonials

''Julia Maxfield has visited us twice in the capacity of Tutor to my 18 year old daughter, Daisy, who is sitting her A Levels this summer. Daisy found her extremely helpful, enthusiastic and very encouraging. From our point of view she was very flexible over timings and was prepared to take on all the challenges thrown at her - i.e. different texts in English and areas of Classical Civilisation that may have been less familiar together with a student who at times struggled to concentrate and absorb information! She was generally good to have around and certainly has given Daisy some confidence which she desperately needed.''

''Julia has been brilliant so far; lovely personality and approach to teaching, extremely prompt and well-prepared for the lessons. We are very pleased.''

''I wanted to say that your advice and coaching brought fantastic results – Anna’s personal statement proved to be successful and was favoured by the law departments in all five universities – Cambridge, UCL, LSE, Nottingham and Manchester !''

''We found Julia to be very reliable and conscientious. She quickly gained Serena's confidence and made real progress in developing her Maths. So much so that she achieved an A* at Common Entrance - somewhat to our amazement.''

Passport: Keystone Tutors has a copy of Julia Maxfield's passport and therefore can confirm that Julia Maxfield is a UK / EU national or has the appropriate visa to be eligible to work in the UK.