Online History Tutor Nicholas

Lead author of multiple A-level and GCSE textbooks. I was recently teaching history and economics in an independent school teaching at both GCSE and A-level.

The most important thing from your tutor is their depth of subject knowledge so I can offer real expertise in a number of GCSE and A-level modules having written several school textbooks across 6 different topics.

I have been a full time tutor since February 2024 and have already taught over 50 students. My tutoring style is definitely not to lecture and instead I tend to ask a lot of questions to engage the student for the whole session. There is no fixed lesson style as it depends on the student's needs but generally a good way to learn when not close to the exams, is to go through the key themes of a particular topic together and then to ask the student to work through an exam question from a past paper focused on that topic to ensure the knowledge and exam technique guidance is fully locked in. As we get close to exam time, the emphasis is less on tutor led learning and much more about working through past papers. Typically I would create a model answer and then the student can read what I have written and I would normally ask them to compare their own answer to mine so they can easily identify any areas that need improving or where information has just been left out. Exam success is 80% knowledge and 20% technique. I'm very confident I can make a big difference with both.

GCSE:
● Germany: 1871 - 1955 (including the very popular Weimar to Hitler module)
● WW1 and WW2
● Medicine through time
● Medicine: 1848 -1948
● Crime and punishment through time
● Cold war and superpower relations
● Civil rights in America 1945 - 1974

A-level:
● Modern Britain: 1900 - present
● Russia: 1855 - 1964
● Germany: 1871 - 1955
● France: 1774 - 1815
● Industrial revolution: 1750-1900
● Britain: protest and parliamentary reform: 1780 - 1918