Jenny

I am a highly experienced Physics teacher and mentor - an ex-Head of Science and ex-Head of Sixth Form, and my most recent role was that of Deputy Head Pastoral at Francis Holland School, Sloane Square.

I gained my undergraduate degree in Physics from Oxford University in 2007, and during the course of this decided that I wanted to teach. I completed my PGCE (also at Oxford) immediately after graduating and I also have a MSc in Learning and Teaching (again from Oxford), which I completed part-time from 2012-2014.

I began teaching full-time immediately after completing my PGCE in 2008, and moved to London in 2011, where I worked until 2021 in independent girls' schools. Most recently I have stepped away from full-time work in schools to relocate and pursue personal interests including my small business.

My pastoral expertise allows me completely to personalise my tuition approach to each child, and brings an extra dimension to my skill as a 1-1 tutor. I care about your child's learning experience, enjoyment and engagement, as well as about their outcomes. Indeed, my ethos is that academic success can only be the product of confidence and motivation, qualities I will work to instil in your child if they struggle in these areas. I am positive and encouraging, and fundamentally believe in everyone's capacity for growth and personal achievement. I bring empathy, compassion and fun to the tuition process, and I have a full toolkit of mindset based activities I can use to help students whose difficulty lies in motivation or organisation, rather than subject-specific knowledge or skills.

I have a small business providing running coaching services online. I live near to the beautiful mountains and fells of the Lake District, and spend spare time exploring these. The online nature of my business gives me excellent flexibility to offer tuition at almost any time of day throughout the week.