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“My son is delighted with Lou and says she has inspired her to speak French for the joy and not just the exam. Very much a success!”

Parent

I have been tutoring for over ten years - in London from 2011, and online since 2016 when my husband’s work took us to Rome and now the Wye Valley. My specialist subjects are French, Latin and English, General Common Entrance preparation in the Humanities and 11+ preparation in English.

I teach both Latin and French from beginner level, and have developed my own course of topic worksheets to complement any set textbooks a school may prescribe.

I have experience tutoring students for national exams (with experience of all major exam boards) and entrance exams to a wide variety of schools, including many leading London schools (Westminster Upper, Under & Cathedral Choir Schools, St Paul's School and Cathedral School, Sussex House, NLCS, UCS, City, Channing, Francis Holland, Queen's Gate, Queen's College) and independent boarding schools across the country (Eton, Winchester, Harrow, Bryanston, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Ampleforth, Downside, Bradfield College) as well as Bristol, Leeds, Exeter and Goldsmiths University. I also prepare students for MLAT, interview and work submissions for Oxbridge applications.

Born in North London and raised in a tiny village in Somerset, I grew up interested in everything: school, sport, theatre, art, wildlife. Now in my 30s and settled in the beautiful Welsh borderlands near Hay-on-Wye, I'm still just as enthusiastic and keen to learn new things (I have been learning Welsh for the past year since moving here for my husband’s work!). I did my first degree at Christ Church College, Oxford in Classics and Modern Languages, and completed a 2 year postgraduate acting training at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Tutoring is a passion as well as a job, and the successes my tutees and I have had over the years have been incredibly rewarding. I recently spent a year working in an Early Years (Montessori) setting, and the training I received there has continued to fuel my passion for education, reflecting on how we learn and how important it is to set the student at the heart of everything we do as educators.

“Lou is a fantastic tutor so thank you for sending her our way.”

Parent

“Lou has been fabulous with my daughter and is so enthusiastic about her subject that it would be impossible not to be inspired by her. They have covered such interesting material already and have barely started. My daughter is really enjoying it.”

Parent

“Lou is a tremendous French tutor. Lou is very detailed and helped my daughter improve her vocabulary, verbs and syntax so that her sentence structures were grammatically correct. She also taught her to write more eloquently and fluently. Lou has a deep understanding of what the exam boards require to award an individual the highest grades. Consequently, my daughter prepared well-structured answers for multiple scenarios. Lou always ensured the lessons were enjoyable. She exudes positive energy and patience and takes the time to build confidence by creating a permissive atmosphere that encourages questions and discussion such that the learning sinks in. I wholeheartedly recommend Lou.”

Parent

“My daughter's first lesson went very well and she seemed to have enjoyed it very much. Lou is lovely and very engaging. IGCSE French student in Singapore”

Parent

I take teaching very seriously, and always try to form a solid, professional and hopefully friendly relationship with both students and parents. The student's experience is my number one priority, and I very much believe in finding exactly the right way to help an individual understand or to encourage him/her to think about a topic. I tailor my sessions for the individual student, not the topic and stay in regular contact with parents to ensure we all know what our objectives are and how progress is being made. As students often come to me feeling they are behind due to the speed with which content has been introduced in class, I hold it as imperative that the student be allowed the time to work and learn at his/her own pace in this enriching one-one-one environment - if I feel this means we will need more sessions to achieve the stated goal, I will communicate this promptly.

I’m an actress, so sometimes I’m rehearsing or filming. I'm also a mother, so juggle my teaching with parenting responsibilities. If I do find a window of time to myself, I love to watch films (especially European cinema) and go for a walk in the beautiful Bannau Brycheiniog, which we are lucky enough to have on our doorstep, with my border collie Badger.