Alice

Professional Keystone Tutor

Alice is an Oxford graduate with a passion for academia and learning. She enjoys working with children across the age range and can also help with Oxbridge preparation. Alice is completing a PhD in archaeology alongside her tutoring work and has delivered 3,000 hours of lessons with Keystone families.

Alice is a professional Keystone tutor. This means Alice:

✔ 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

We believe these factors combine to make a unique difference to the level of commitment we can assure, as well as the quality of teaching that our professional tutors offer.

Alice teaches: 7+ English, 7+ Maths, 8+ English, 8+ Maths, 11+ English, 11+ Maths, 13+ History, 13+ Maths, GCSE History, AS/A Level History, School Entrance Interviews, Special Educational Needs, Motivation, Exam Preparation and Study Skills, Oxbridge Preparation

''He now looks forward to his time with Alice and even shares his learnings with us! It’s beautiful that she has achieved one of the highest goals we set out, to ignite and engender his love of learning.''

Mother of year 3 student

About Alice:

Experience
Biography
Approach to Tutoring
When not tutoring

Experience

I have successfully prepared students for St Mary’s Ascot, Latymer Upper, JAGS, Francis Holland Sloane Square, Francis Holland Regent’s Park, Queen’s College, Queen’s Gate, Kew House School, Putney High School, Surbiton, City of London, KCS Wimbledon, Brighton College, Dulwich College, Harrow, Highgate, South Hampstead, Channing, North London Collegiate, City of London School for Girls and Eton.

I am also able to provide tutorials covering the following:

• 7+ English & Maths: public school entrance exams

• 8+ English and Maths: public school entrance exams

• 11+ English and Maths: ISEB and public school exams, including pre- tests

• (I)GCSE Latin, Ancient Greek, History, and History of Art (All exam boards)

• A-level Latin, Ancient Greek, History, and History of Art (All exam boards)

• Oxbridge preparation

• Interview preparation

• Study skills

I have completed Keystone’s in-depth 7+/8+, 11+, and SEN training programmes and have a wide range of resources to help students with their studies. I can help students work towards specific exams and goals in addition to providing confidence boosts in subjects and supporting students with their ongoing learning. I am also able to provide Personal Statement guidance and subject specific expertise in Archaeology, Anthropology, and Museology.

Biography

I come from the North East of Scotland and undertook my secondary education at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen. In my final year, I was awarded A grades in Advanced Higher Latin, Classical Greek, and History and obtained a place at Magdalen College, Oxford where I read Archaeology and Anthropology.

During my time at the University of Oxford, I was president of the University Archaeology Society and course representative. I also assisted with the interviewing process and spent the summer vacations on fieldwork in the UK and Cyprus.

I have completed a Masters in Heritage and Museum Studies at Universiteit Leiden, during which time I co-curated an exhibition on the role of women in the university and assisted with the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden’s Cyprus exhibition.

Prior to my time at Keystone, I worked as a political and cultural journalist, and art writer. I am currently pursuing a PhD in archaeology alongside my tutoring work.

Approach to Tutoring

I believe that the best education is one taught with passion. With a brief period as a home-schooled student, I appreciate the importance of adopting a style of teaching which best suits the student. I believe that children can learn best when they are taught with enthusiasm, and that setting clear expectations allows pupils to meet them.

When not tutoring

My love of Vermeer was established early, when I was a semi-finalist on BBC Junior Mastermind at the age of ten, with the Dutch artist as my specialist subject. Since then, my interest in art and archaeology has grown, and I have volunteered at a range of museums and archives for over a decade, including the National Museum of Scotland, the Sir Duncan Rice Library, and the Haarlem Museum of Archaeology where I wrote the city’s first English children’s tour.

I am an active archaeologist, excavating across the UK and am currently working on my doctoral thesis. I have recently co-ordinated a successful NLHF grant application to return the Book of Deer to the North East of Scotland for the first time in several hundred years. As part of this project, I was involved in our first BBC Alba Documentary Air Toir Manachainn Dheir/The Lost Monastery of Deer in 2018, and our second - Larach Leabhar Dheir/The Missing Monastery broadcast in 2023. My site director and I are also featured on Aberdeen Art Gallery’s Podcast, talking about the 2022 excavation. We have also spoken at CA Live on the project. Following the successful 2022 excavation, we can confirm that the Monastery has now been found.

As of 2024 I am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

What clients say about Alice:

"Alice is a wonderfully engaging tutor who has completely changed our daughter’s online learning experience. We constantly hear how much fun each lesson with Alice has been and how she has made every subject more interesting to learn. It is fantastic to see a 9 year child, who had become disillusioned with remote learning over the course of a year, suddenly perk up and look forward to her sessions with Alice."

Parent of a Year 5 student

“Alice has been tutoring my son since September and my son has flourished with her help. He looks forward to class with her every week and truly enjoys learning thanks to her. She encourages him to gain confidence in his skills and gently pushes him to surpass his goals. Alice is truly a gifted tutor and a gem of a human. We are so thankful to have found her.”

Mother of year 7 student

''Alice has been teaching our children (currently 8 and 12) for almost 3 years and she has become one of our our favourite teachers in our 6 years experience of home schooling . Alice makes every lesson, not only, educational, but also enjoyable and stimulating, which can be quite challenging for many teachers online, especially in that age group. Alice enters every lesson with an infectious enthusiasm which creates a positive energy."

Mother of 8 and 12 year old students

''My 10 year old son actually looks forward to his tutor sessions with Alice. That is no mean feat considering his previous view on tuition classes. Alice has invested time and effort to get to know my son, his personality and interests which has made him feel appreciated and valued. She assigns him homework which he is independently keen to dive into because it’s fun as much as it is educational.''

Mother of year 5 student in Singapore

''From striking up lively conversations, to diving deeper into the amazing world of English literature, Miss Alice has indeed piqued my interest in writing, speaking and appreciation of English works, as well as strengthened my understanding of various aspects of the learning of English.''

Year 8 English Student

“Alice is a fantastic tutor. She is engaging and fun. My 11 year old daughter very much looks forward to her sessions with her every week. She is always energised and comes out of her room full of confidence after each and every session and comments how much fun she's had with Alice. She wanted to continue with her session even during the half-term break!”

Parent of 11+ student in Hong Kong

''Alice is a wonderfully engaging tutor who has completely changed our daughter’s online learning experience. We constantly hear how much fun each lesson with Alice has been and how she has made every subject more interesting to learn. It is fantastic to see a 9 year child, who had become disillusioned with remote learning over the course of a year, suddenly perk up and look forward to her sessions with Alice.''

Parent of a Year 5 student

''I have never met a Keystone Tutor who is not on top of her brief but what was most welcome was that the kids absolutely loved being with her as well. “But, lessons are fun with Alice”, said my daughter when the 11+ exams ended. Quirky, intelligent, flexible, fun and worked a treat for my kids”

Parent of Year 6 and Year 8 students

''Alice is an extremely talented individual with the right balance of cerebral and emotional intelligence which is why my son really enjoys his lessons with her.''

Father of year 5 student

''Alice has been a wonderful tutor for our 10 year old twins heading towards their 11+. She has a way of making their tutorial sessions fun but also incredibly helpful. I have noticed a huge increase in their confidence tackling both English and Maths under her care. I could not recommend her highly enough.''

Mother of 11+ students

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