Personalised English Tuition
I offer friendly, tailored and personalised English tuition to students across UK primary and secondary school years and to international students of all ages. I have experience working with young people with a wide range of academic abilities and those with special educational needs, from A-Level English Literature students vying for a place at Russell Group universities, to students with complex learning needs looking to develop their functional literacy skills.
Key services include: KS2, 3, 4 and 5 English, the 11+ and other Common Entrance Exams, GCSE and A-Level revision, exam marking and feedback, SEND support, SPaG focus, academic writing, creative writing, primary-secondary school transition, functional English, spoken language and oracy.
I provide a free 15 minute consultation with parents prior to the first tuition session.
I have an up to date, enhanced DBS certificate which is renewed annually and shown to parents prior to the first session, alongside a conversation about safeguarding procedures.
I am a member of The Tutors’ Association. Evidence of academic qualifications and professional references can also be shared in advance.
Fees
Tuition sessions are 1 hour - either online, or in-person. I also offer extended sessions, paired/group tuition and residential placements.
Fees for this are discussed during the enquiry process.
Parent reviews
Dominic has been tutoring my Year 10 son since September 2024 in preparation for his GCSE English exams next year. From the first lesson, Dominic quickly established a positive relationship with my child. Dominic’s calm, patient manner – combined with his gentle questioning skills – enabled my son to engage with the GCSE English course content in a stress-free, enjoyable way. As an experienced teacher, Dominic has excellent subject knowledge and a thorough understanding of the GCSE syllabus. He tailors the lessons to meet my son’s individual needs; his input has enabled my son to develop a deeper understanding of the texts studied and to write more effective topic sentences, demonstrating an understanding of authorial intent. Most importantly, my son can feel himself improving in class and the positive momentum has been noted by his class teacher.
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Dominic has been tutoring my son virtually for the last 6 months, since just before he started in Year 7 at a competitive grammar school. The objective of the tutoring was to support my son to get ahead in his English work in school and work with him on areas for improvement. Dominic has been absolutely fantastic from Day 1 and very responsive to mine and my son’s requests. I email him regularly with updates of the curriculum and work being covered in school and Dominic tailors his weekly lessons to mirror these, stretch and enhance hisgrasp of the relevant topics. The online format works seamlessly via Zoom and a Googledocs document which both Dominic and my son work on simultaneously. My son has not had a formal assessment in Year 7 yet but has done well in class tests, which I am hoping will continue with Dominic’s guidance. Most importantly, my son very much enjoys the weekly lessons and engages well with Dominic’s personable tutoring style.
NS, Birmingham, UK