Lucy

Experience

• 7+/8+ English & Maths: school entrance examinations

• 11+ English & Maths: ISEB and public school entrance exams and pre-test

• 13+ English & History: ISEB and public school entrance exams

• I/GCSE English Language & Literature & History (AQA, CIE, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC)

• A-level English (AQA, CIE, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC)

• Interview technique

• Acting and performance (both stage and screen acting)

I am a very experienced 7+, 8+, 11+ and 13+ tutor and have a successful record helping to prepare students for entrance examinations. I have excellent knowledge of UK schools and what is required.

I have undergone extensive training with Keystone including 7/8+ and 11+ English and Maths.

I also have a huge amount of online tutoring experience, with many of my students based in Singapore, Hong Kong and China.

Another of my areas of expertise is interview technique and conducting mock interviews with students. Prior to working as a tutor, I assisted a Performance and Presentation Coach in a Corporate environment to train professionals in Public Speaking.

I taught Acting at Stagecoach for 2 years and it was rewarding watching the students’ confidence grow and providing them with useful transferable skills.

Biography

Having completed my A-levels in English Literature and Language, History and Drama and Theatre Studies at Fortismere School, North London, I went on to read English at the University of Nottingham. Here I gained a 2:1 degree, whilst also sitting on Society Exec two years running for Nottingham University's 'New Theatre'. In my spare time I performed in a number of productions, from Alan Bennett's 'Habeas Corpus' to Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

After graduating I did an MA in Acting at East 15 Drama School.

Before becoming a tutor, I had extensive experience working in the Higher Education sector, both at University College London and LSE. Whilst there I worked in Student Support and Wellbeing, Admissions and Student Complaints. Working in this environment was very insightful and kept me up to date with current University students' issues and requirements.

Personal Approach

For me, tutoring is about engaging with the student and unlocking the joy in whatever it is they're studying. It is my job to improve their knowledge and hone technique but equally to build their confidence and boost their self-belief.

I am very thorough in my planning of lessons and like to have a clear idea of what I want to achieve with the student each session. That said, I recognise the importance of needing to be flexible.

We all absorb information in different ways so I like to use a varied mixture of learning techniques in all my sessions. Due to my Arts background, I believe in inspiring young people with creative thinking. I like to find interesting and imaginative ways to approach a subject. I structure my lessons in a way that will prevent them from losing focus, breaking it up into sections and interspersing the learning with activities, audio/visual clips, images and quizzes.

What I do when I am not tutoring

I enjoy writing plays and have written and produced several pieces for the London fringe. I co-wrote a piece called 'After Penelope' a few years back about women in wartime. The play had 2 London runs and then went to Rome.

I love to ski in the winter and swim in the summer (and I run all year round).

Testimonials

''Lucy is a very experienced teacher, she is very kind and patient and accurately addresses the areas that my daughter needs to improve. She is able to keep my daughter engaged throughout the whole online lesson and always encourages my daughter to do her best. She enjoys having lessons with her very much.'' (Mother of Year 6 student in Hong Kong)

''It was great, thanks! My daughter said she was 'amazing' (this is high praise from a quiet 7 year old).'' (Mother of Year 3 student)

''I think it was a big success. My daughter seemed to enjoy it and said it was useful. Lucy was very nice with her and think really helped her with a few things she was feeling shy to ask about.'' (Mother of Year 5 student)

''My daughter had a wonderful session with Lucy, who was so good with her! My daughter managed to stay motivated and focused for the whole hour and commented that was so short.'' (Mother of Year 6 student)

''Thanks for the email. It went really well and my daughter seemed to enjoy her company so we are excited.'' (Mother of Year 3 student)

'Lucy I just wanted to let you know that Sid has got an offer at Sevenoaks. We wanted to say a big thank you for all your hard work with him.' (Mother of a 13+ student.)

'I want to reiterate my thanks for all you've done with him in the short time you've had, we're over the moon that he was able to secure a place at BSC.'

(Father of an 11+ student.)

'Lucy is a very experienced teacher. She is very kind and patient and could accurately address the areas that my daughter needed to be improved. She is also able to keep my daughter engaged the whole lesson. She always encourages my daughter to do her best and my daughter enjoyed the lesson with her very much.'

(Mother of 11+ student who successfully gained a place at Benenden.)

'We appreciate your patience and your wonderful teaching... Kathryn definitely enjoyed learning from you and she was very fond of her time spent with you.'

(Mother of 13+ student now at Cheltenham Ladies College)

'We cannot thank you enough. You've done an amazing job and taught him practical ways to show his insides out. Thanks a million again.' (Mother of 11+ interview student.)

'Annabelle enjoyed having lessons with you tremendously. She told us you taught her a lot and she learnt a lot of new things from you.'

(Mother of 13+ student.)

'I just really like Lucy's teaching style. She really seems capable of commanding authority over him (8+ student), and being engaging and playful at the same time.'

'We absolutely loved Lucy and should we need to do more tuition in the future we would definitely come back and resume lessons with her.' (Mother of 11+ student)

'Thank you for all your support. She has adored working with you and it's going to be great to get you both together again in preparation for the ISEB.'

(Student going into Year 5.)