Online English Tutor Daisy

Daisy

Daisy

English and Drama PGCE / English Literature First Class

5.0

$85/hr

Limited spaces for 2024/25 students. I am a creative and intuitive PGCE trained Secondary level English and Drama teacher, with a First Class English Literature degree. I am available to tutor students across key stages 3, 4 and 5 and at undergraduate level.

Daisy
5.0
921 classes

London Metropolitan University / University of Kent - English and Drama PGCE / English Literature - First Class

Limited spaces for 2024/25 students. I am a creative and intuitive PGCE trained Secondary level English and Drama teacher, with a First Class English Literature degree. I am available to tutor students across key stages 3, 4 and 5 and at undergraduate level.

Recent Students: 11
Total Hours: 1135
Last Online:
All-time Students: 51
Total Classes: 921
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Recent Students: 11Total Hours: 1135Last Online:
All-time Students: 51Total Classes: 921Signed Up:

About Me

I am a trained English and Drama teacher with a First Class English literature degree and a lot of passion for my subjects! I am also an ICF trained mental health and academic coach, which underpins my holistic and pastoral approach to tutoring. I am particularly interested in and enthusiastic about teaching creative writing and poetry. During my undergraduate degree, I focused on postcolonial and feminist literature.

I strive to make my lessons as fun and interesting as possible by using a variety of exercises, multimedia and learning my students' interests outside of school to support my teaching. I'm an empathetic and intuitive individual who has a strong track record of quickly developing rapport and supporting struggling students beyond academia.

In my spare time, I write as part of an online international writing community and currently manage a community of over 75 writers. I am passionate about teaching creative writing and encouraging the next generation of writers.

As a fully trained teacher with years of experience and a track record of success, I typically charge £55 for KS3 and below, £60-70 for GCSE and A Level. I am open to reducing prices if you can commit to a block of lessons, but cannot go below £55. I tutor Mondays - Thursdays.

Please note that my evenings are almost all full so I'm only taking on daytime (GMT) students. I have very limited slots available!

My cancellation policy
Free cancellations up to 24 hours before the class
100% charge for cancellations within 24 hours including missed lessons

I will always try and give you 24 hours warning if I need to cancel, too, and there will of course be no charge to you if I need to cancel.

Tutor Experience

I am a fully qualified and trained English and Drama secondary school teacher, with one years experience teaching both subjects in the classroom with groups of 25 students in inner-London secondary schools. I was praised during evaluations for my ability to focus on individual student needs and for my ability to establish rapport very quickly.

I have been tutoring for three full academic years and in that time, I've seen huge success with the students I've worked with. Last exam results day, all of my students achieved their target grades, with the majority achieving a grade boundary above. I am also proud of how many of my student's confidences flourished through working with me, an area I focus on and have a lot of passion for.

My biggest success was with an English as a secondary language student, who had missed a lot of secondary school and started studying for her GCSE exams with me in March, to take the exams in May. I was extremely proud that she achieved two B's on results day, having worked with me 3 hours a day towards the exams! I also worked with an A Level student who was predicted a D but received an A on result day, so I have a strong record of grade success.

I have experience with students of all abilities, from higher ability to students with specialist educational needs and English as a secondary language. This was further developed during my time as a cover teaching assistant, where I worked with SEND students during their exams, and during my time volunteering at a school in Spain, where I supported the English teacher and taught English as a secondary language.

Topic Expertise

I have taught English GCSE and A Level across all exam boards, but have worked more specifically with the Cambridge, Edexcel and AQA. I am familiar with marking criteria across my subject area and have supported students through the examination process.

I am also a trained ICF coach, and am available for (and particularly interested in) providing that support for students.

I have also taught across key stage 3 in both subjects. In English, this includes poetry, prose, plays (both modern and Shakespeare), creative writing and English language. In Drama, I have taught classes on a variety of acting techniques and texts, including devising performances for Drama GCSE.

I have also taught IB students, AP English students and students following the 11+ system in Australia. I have also supported personal statement writing.

Client Reviews

Daisy is an amazing teacher! I came into an international school and had very little background in english language especially in literature. However I started having classes with Daisy in grade 10 and started improving and went from having 3 and 4 to 6 and 7 as I skipped grade 9 and attended only grade 10 I only had one year to prepare for the exams of a 2 year programme however Daisy prepared me so well that I scored both A’s on my language and literature exams I can confidentially say that I enhanced my skills in english so much. She is also really supportive and kind and always come to class with a positive mindset and ready to help. Best tutour I had so far.

- English Language

Daisy's teaching is both engaging and effective, thanks to her personalised approach. She has been great in giving me constructive feedback about my weak areas in English. This has helped improve my analysis of texts and the structure of my writing. Additionally, as a student taking International A-levels, she has shown me her broad understanding of different exam boards, displaying how she also personalises the way she teaches to meet my exam board's specific requirements. Through Daisy’s lessons I have developed skills that make my writing stronger and have gained more confidence in my abilities as an English student.

- English Literature

I had an amazing time with her! Her explanations are clear and easy to understand. She is also a very fun and kind person, making subjects less boring. Very trust worthy and also always on time.
I could confidently go to my exams, after her tutoring. I highly recommend her to anyone :)

- English Language

You are the legit best!!! Thank you so so much :))

- English

This was a fantastic lesson, it really helped me focus on my areas of weakness and how to improve upon them in order to maximise my grade. I have left todays lesson with valuable insight and would rate 10 starts out of 5 if I could.

- English Literature

This class was fantastic, writing from a student's perspective, Daisy was very enthusiastic and gave constructive and detailed explanations for how I could improve the structure of my essays. I am very exited to work with Daisy again and would give her 10 out of 5 stars if I could, she really helped to motivate me :)

- English Literature

Amazing class! Daisy helped me thoroughly analyse the play which we are studying!

- English Literature

Extremely good tutoring. Helped a lot. Thank you.

- English

Very good class. Thank you.

- English

daisy is great and really helps explain the work and get a good amount done whilst also being friendly and. chatty :)

- English Language

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Qualifications

ENGLISH & DRAMA SECONDARY PGCE WITH QUALIFIED TEACHER STATUS
London Metropolitan University, 2019-2020

ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE FIRST CLASS BA
The University of Kent (included an Erasmus Year in Montpellier, France), 2012-2016

A LEVELS – SOCIOLOGY (A*), ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (B), DRAMA (C)
Brooke House Sixth Form, London, 2010-2012

GCSEs – 6 INCLUDING ENGLISH (A) AND MATHS (B)
Summerhill School, UK, 2008-2010

Availability

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