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Jessica

A graduate from King's College London, Jessica is an experienced entrance test tutor who joined the team in 2015 but has been teaching since 2011. She has taught over 6,800 hours with Keystone and worked for over 220 families.

Jessica is an employed Keystone tutor. This means Jessica:

Engages with Keystone's bespoke professional development programme
Works exclusively for Keystone on a fully employed basis
Is committed to tutoring as a career and profession

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“As always, your lessons are wonderful, and above and beyond satisfactory; we are very thankful.”

Parent

Primary English and Maths (Key Stages 1 & 2)
7+ English & Maths and prep school entrance exams
8+ English & Maths and prep school entrance exams
11+ English & Maths and public school entrance exams, including pre-tests
13+ English and public school entrance exams, including pre-tests
English as a Foreign Language: Cambridge English Language Assessment exams KET, PET, FCE, CAE

I have been tutoring professionally since I graduated from university in 2011. I have provided tuition to students at 7+, 8+, 11+ and 13+ common entrance level and interview preparations, and successfully placed students through their exams to a number of London schools.

I have also tutored English as a foreign language to students in Barcelona at levels ranging from complete beginner to advanced level, as well as tutoring students who were preparing to sit their Cambridge English Language Assessment exams.

I was born in Edinburgh to Chinese parents and thus grew up bilingual. After taking my Advanced Highers, I went on to study at King's College London where I graduated with a Geography degree in 2011. I have been teaching and tutoring professionally ever since. I moved to Barcelona shortly after graduating to obtain my CELTA and taught English as a Foreign Language there for three years. More recently, I lived and worked in Hong Kong as an English tutor. I have now been back in London since 2015 and have started a career as a professional tutor with Keystone Tutors.

“I would really like to thank you for our interview sessions as they have really helped me in my interview. I have gotten my results from Charterhouse today, and I have been accepted. Thank you very much Jessica, for helping me. I couldn’t have done it without you.”

Parent

“I wanted to thank you for the work you have done with him over the last few months. He has made real progress and gained enormously in confidence with your help.”

Parent

“Jessica has incredible patience and manages to get the best out of him, whatever that may be at the time. ”

Parent

“Both my wife and I are very impressed with Jessica and know that as she gets to know X better and better, she will continue to make good progress. As importantly, X is also a big fan!”

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It is imperative to set clear goals with each individual tutee and over the course of the lessons, achieve these goals in a direct and rewarding manner. The methods used to reach these set incentives will change according to the situation and needs of the student. However, there are some central principles with my approach to tutoring that do not change. I seek to inspire confidence and motivation by drawing out enthusiasms of the subject to ensure on-going interest in the lessons. I also focus on building strong and trustworthy relationships with the students which in turn make for positive and successful lessons.

When I am not tutoring I enjoy spending time in the hills. I am a keen cyclist and whenever the sun is out, so am I. I love discovering new parts of the UK and Europe on two wheels, secretly hoping that my call-up to the Tour de France is yet to come! In the meantime, my challenge is to conquer the 100 toughest cycling climbs (I've done twenty-two so far!) and to qualify for the UK National Hill Climb Championships this year. Also, having lived abroad in Barcelona and Hong Kong, I like to keep up my language learning by attending language exchange meet-ups.