Comfort, familiarity, and rapport comes first. My priority is ensuring my student always feels respected in our time together; tuition shouldn’t be something they dread.

Student control: the content we cover, the style of lesson, and the pacing. Not only does this foster a deep understanding of the structure of the course they’re studying, but prepares them for higher education and gives them a real sense of agency - making the course less intimidating and mysterious.

We take breaks. This reduces the academic/social pressure, and facilitates the spaced repetition and active recall that is woven into all our discussions.

Lecture-style teaching - for learning content, or when focus/energy levels aren’t allowing for more active contribution.

Active learning - I use the blurting method a lot with students as a good active recall exercise. For moving content to long-term memory and ensuring our lesson is equivalent to multiple hours of independent revision.

Essay planning and writing - for consolidating content and preparing for exams.

Lessons are typically one hour. Students might need longer lessons sometimes, especially as exams approach, so up to two-hour sessions are also offered. Twice a week is recommended in order to keep active-recall up throughout the week and reduce writing anxiety.

Payment is exclusively the parent’s domain, and I take care to keep you in the loop academically. Their requests for extra lessons and marking add-ons will always go through you.