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“Olly is amazing, he is so engaging and has built a rapport quickly with my son. He used to reluctantly go to extra tuition before. He now looks forward to the session and is proud of his work.”

Parent

11+ English and Maths: ISEB and public school exams, including pre-tests.
13+ English, Latin, Ancient Greek, History and Maths: ISEB and public school entrance exams
13+ Scholarship Latin, Ancient Greek

Successful schools admissions:

Eton College
Harrow
St Pauls Girls
Winchester
Radley
Westminster
Bradfield
Haileybury
North London Collegiate
City of London Girls
Godolphin and Latymer
Francis Holland
Latymer Upper
Dulwich College
GCSE/iGCSE Maths, Latin, Ancient Greek, German (All exam boards)
16+ Maths and Latin: public school entrance exams
A-level Latin, Ancient Greek (All exam boards)
University Admissions: Classics, Humanities (Oxbridge specialist)

I have been tutoring and mentoring students from age 8 all the way to undergraduate level for over five years now, and I am comfortable teaching both face-to-face and online.

Currently, I am tutoring 11+ Maths and English, helping with entrance to Eton, Radley and a range of Consortium schools. I am also preparing students for their Common Entrance exams and scholarship in Latin, Maths and Ancient Greek and older students for their Oxbridge CAT exams in November. I am preparing students for scholarship entry to Winchester, Westminster and Eton this year.

Last year, I helped two students through interview and CAT tests secure places at Oxford and Cambridge universities respectively. Every summer, I run a Maths class for the Bridge Programme at Godolphin and Latimer school.

Outside of tuition, I worked as an Outreach Assistant for Oxford University during my studies, which involved me leading a workshop in London encouraging 10 year-olds into Classics and teaching them some elementary Latin and Ancient History. On top of this, I worked for Boardworks a few years ago, narrating their GCSE History and Geography syllabi for use on classroom Smartboards.

I am a tutor and theatre performer from Oxfordshire. I grew up in Goring on Thames and went to school nearby at St Andrews Prep before moving to Abingdon School when I was 12. I had a wonderful time at Abingdon; I discovered my love of languages, literature and debate and had excellent teachers to guide me on my way.

I chose to study Classics at the University of Oxford, where I got to explore language, literature and history even further, and whilst at uni I found that I also loved the theatre & comedy worlds; I took part in countless productions over my four years, acting, directing and producing shows in equal measure, which was such a joy!

During my time at Oxford I also began tutoring privately, online at first but then expanding into mentoring face-to-face. I took evening classes in German too, as I wanted to develop a modern language to sit alongside my ancient ones.

I graduated from Oxford in June 2017 and since then I have taken two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe festival and spent the winter months working in Austria to perfect my German.

“Olly, my daughter is enjoying her tutorials with you immensely. A wonderful example of your teaching skills is her using points she has learnt in every day conversation. Thank you.”

Parent

“Olly brought great structure and insight to my daughter’s preparations, enabling her to achieve A*/A in English language/literature at GCSE. Highly recommended!”

Parent

“I find my lessons really good. I love having Olly as my teacher. He makes me understand things and is very good at explaining. He is the best maths teacher I have ever had”

Parent

“Olly is amazing and the help he gives to my daughter is incredible. She looks forward to her tutoring session each week and it is helping her with understanding each unit and boosting her confidence.”

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I think students perform the best when they are the most engaged in what they are learning, when they can connect their learning to things they already love, whether that’s activities, interests or hobbies. The most important aspect of private tuition, in my view, is that I develop a relationship with my students which goes beyond the teacher-pupil arrangement, so they can grow in confidence with the knowledge that they have a mentor to support them both academically and in personal development.

My passion outside of tutoring is in comedy, theatre and sport and this is what I occupy my spare time with. I am a member of an improv troupe and you can find me most weekends in the theatre or playing badminton.

I have written for the BBC Radio 4 Show 'Newsjack' and occasionally for the London Review of Books.