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A very effective tutor for both Drama & English.

We are so grateful for Charles’s unwavering support during an incredibly difficult time. Charles is not only a very knowledgeable tutor with a significant amount of resources and material that he can provide to help revision. He is also incredibly skilled at adjusting his teaching style to the individual needs of the student. Charles was also great at advising us on choices and strategies after exams.

We recently engaged Charles (at very short notice) to help our son with a critical year 9 English exam. The challenge was significant - boost 5 grade points in around 2 months, for a child who was previously struggling with motivation towards the subject, at a time when Charles was already heavily committed to other students who were also taking exams at the time.

Fortunately for us Charles agreed to take on the challenge, quickly earning the respect of both us and our son - his attention to detail in determining exactly which areas my son needed help with, and how to give that help in a way that my son would to respond to, was immediately very encouraging. Within a very short space of time confidence and enthusiasm for the subject reached uncharted territory, followed shortly afterwards by the exam results, which actually exceeded the 5 point target.

I honestly can’t speak highly enough of Charles - professional, punctual, likeable, clearly gets on well with his students. Absolutely no hesitation in recommending.

Charles is an exceptional coach. I guarantee you will never look back once you engage with him as he delivers on everything his profile says he is - and more. You don’t find many coaches that care as much as he does and really go on the journey with your child in the way he does. He helped my son with A-level drama and English (very useful to be able to cover both!) I’ve had many coaches over the course of my children’s education - all from reputable companies - and Charles is without doubt - the best. And I’m hard to please! Having done English myself… He has extensive knowledge across English and Drama and most importantly, knows how to translate that into learning. He also has a great way of “nudging” my son along and made sure he met his deadlines and helped him organise and plan for his exams. He helped him across all aspects of the subjects, from performing to the more complicated written work in Drama and he established simple techniques that helped my son achieve his top grades. But more than that, he ended up being a mentor to my son and being a backbone of support through the whole exam process. Thank you… forever indebted…

Charles, tutoring and supporting my son in his university application was a game changer… !".

In few days his focused, determination and confidence significantly improved and he was accepted in January 2024.

His guidance was instrumental in motivating my son to have clear objectives and to progress on them, I can see he really matured during this process… !” Thanks Charles

Charles is absolutely excellent, i would strongly recommend. He has supported my son through his A Level and Further education application journey, professional, knowledgeable and strongly recommended.

Charles tutored my son for GCSE Eng Lang. Charles demystified English for my son and provided clear instructions and advice on how to improve and what examiners are looking for in the exam. Charles is also very organised with lessons and punctual

Charles' enthusiasm, supportive and understanding attitude was cruical in giving me the confidence to show up and get work done in every session.
His clear guidance and ability to explain and break down revision techniques as well as note taking styles helped me gain a greater understanding of what worked for me. He is kind and also pushes you to do your best. Charles is a wonderful tutor and I can highly recommend him to any A level student.

Charles gave my daughter much needed confidence in her English ability and she felt very well prepared going into her English GCSEs. Thank you Charles!

Charles is well organised, friendly and encouraging.

My daughter has just started working with Charles . The process of connecting up with him has been very efficient . We found his video very helpful as was the introductory appointment. Charles is very informed reassuring and inspiring . My daughter is looking forward to working with him on her Drama and Theatre studies A level

Very engaging and easy to communicate with. Very knowledgeable on topics and essay structure with a student that lacked that knowledge and needed incentivizing to end with a final A grade

Charles is helping my son build his confidence in English literature and his preparation for GCSEs. He is helping him in areas he needs support with and making the subject more enjoyable. He is a nice and reliable tutor. Thanks Charles!

After a long, tedious and fruitless search for a brilliant English GCSE tutor for my daughter, Serendipity delivered Charles.

The list of superlatives one might use to describe Charles is lengthy and still would not adequately convey Charles’ skill as a tutor.

My daughter already had a challenging academic schedule along with a full complement of extracurricular commitments. Charles’ sessions for her are designed to extrapolate from the work already being set by school, bringing out the nuances in approach and instilling self-belief in her own creativity. Since working with Charles, not only has her pace and fluidity in writing improved enormously but so has her confidence across the subject.

Wholeheartedly recommended!

Charles tutored my son for his GCSE drama, without his help my son would have really struggled with the theory. Charles is methodical and assisted him in making an detailed set of notes to work from. He is very knowledgeable on what needs to be included to gain marks. I believe my sons grade was 3 grades higher than it would have been without his help. I would not hesitate to recommend him. My son also really enjoyed his lessons with him.

"We are so incredibly grateful for the high level and excellent quality; tuition my daughter received from Charles, which has helped her so much to reach her potential.

Charles was absolutely wonderful, reliable, and patient with my daughter in the most challenging time in her life. My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 16 and found academic work extremely difficult at school.

Charles went above and beyond to assist my daughter; he re-structured my daughter's English literature and Drama assignments and broke them down in different ways, allowing her to enjoy her English literature work and be more focused. Most importantly, he understood my daughter's weak areas to build her confidence.

Honestly cannot praise Charles enough! My daughter received a 'Distinction 'for BTEC Drama course work, he worked very well with my daughter, and she learned quickly and started to improve her grades at school, going from 'Fail' to 'Distinction' in a matter of weeks.

She is now applying to University where she will be studying BA Drama course,

A very special heartfelt thanks to Charles; it would have been impossible for my daughter to remain in school without his knowledge, patience, and teaching methods.

Charlie is fantastic, pure and simple. He is enthusiastic to help and patient in understanding where my son needed most help.

He is very supportive in his attitude. Not only helping build confidence but solidifying strategy and building contextual knowledge. My son said Charlie was fun to work with and yet every session had been meticulously planned.

Charlie inspired my son to want to achieve the best and my son went from a grade 5 to a grade 9 at GCSE all thanks to Charlie!

We contacted Charles to write up some copy and correct the grammar on our website. He was highly professional throughout the process and really helped to enhance our wording on the site. We would highly recommend him as a copy-writer in the future. His attention to detail was superb.

Charlie has been the most amazing tutor! My son is doing A level drama and says through his online sessions Charlie has quickly identified areas to be worked on. This has given him the confidence and inspiration to tackle increasingly challenging pieces of work. He says Charlie is a patient, kind and extremely knowledgeable tutor. He is always punctual, cares for his students and really goes the extra mile. We feel very lucky to have found him. Thank you Charlie!

my son is really motivated with Charles. charles is a really good friend and a good tutor. If you love your child, Charles is the best one.

Charles has restored my daughter's confidence in her ability and helped through her drama A level. Communication has been excellent and he is alwaya available to discuss, give extra work and genuinely cares.

Since working with Charles my son is much more motivated and is feeling very confident with his writing.
Charles has inspired him to work hard which is reflected in improvement on his lates assessment.

The month before my A-level exams I spent working with Charlie, my ability to understand and write answers improved massively over my sessions with him. Charlie offered an efficient and enjoyable teaching style, which allowed me to easily engage in the content, as well as being super friendly; his praise really boosted my confidence for the final exam. I cannot thank him enough for the help he gave me during that stressful period, he literally saved my A-level!

Before the first lesson, I was very impressed by Charlie's approach to tutoring and how he explained that he would help my daughter. Although she has only had a few lessons with Charlie, she likes the way he teaches and feels that he is helping her already.

I am happy to comment that Charlie provided a depth of expertise and experience which was much needed and instrumental in helping my son attain an A* in is A level Drama October exam (my son's predicted grade was a C).
My son felt at ease with Charlie immediately and was impressed that Charlie was able to quickly identify the areas that needed improvement.
Charlie is a fantastic tutor, very professional, energetic, his work and attitude, manner and ability to inspire were all exemplary.
In these challenging times of Covid-19 it was amazing how Charlie was able to inspire and provide this level of tutoring and support all online.

Charlie has been a wonderful tutor to my son who was struggling with A level English essay structures. He took the time to understand exactly what was needed and we watched my son's confidence grow even after a few sessions. Charlie is always professional and reliable and did a great job of keeping us in the loop. My son found him warm and engaging and always looked forward to their sessions. We wouldn't hesitate in recommending Charlie and are very grateful for the help he gave.

We can’t recommend Charlie highly enough. He was fantastic and really helped our son who wanted some extra help with his A level English . Charlie completely understood what G ( our son) needed and where the gaps were and helped him enormously . We also had a great working relationship with him in that he kept us posted throughout on how G was getting along ,which was very reassuring .He’s a really nice guy ,and very easy to get along with .

Charlie is a truly exceptional tutor, I am so so thankful we found him. We were in desperate need of support for my 17 year old Daughter who was taking her A-level English and Theatre Studies exams. She had recently received 2 Cs in her mocks when she needed an A in both subjects in order to go to her first choice University. Luckily we found Charlie. After just a couple of sessions, he managed to improve her confidence and encourage her to revise new techniques and strategies. He was incredible, always willing to help meet a last minute deadline (sometimes providing sessions at 5am in order to submit her English Coursework on time). All of his sessions were prepared in advance, providing a detailed and structured approach. He often sent over articles and exemplar essays in between sessions in order to support her revision. Charlie went above and beyond the call of duty and Annabel was delighted to achieve the two As she needed this Summer. Book him if you can. thanks again Charlie.

We found Charlie to help our son resit his English GCSE after a disappointing first attempt. He was charming, enthusiastic, highly professional and inspired Marcos to work harder. In the short time of 5 weeks, Charlie identified where our son had dropped marks, gave him a clear understanding of what was required and what to focus on in order to improve his grade. This structure hugely helped him to regain his confidence. We were over the moon when our son passed the exam with flying colours. achieving 2 grades higher than his first attempt.
We would thoroughly recommend Charlie and we will always be grateful to him for his help with Marcos.

Charlie is a really personable guy who my daughter is finding really helpful with her drama A Level written work. He has been reliable and efficient and we expect to use him for English Literature as well. We are only a couple of weeks in but it’s going well so far.

Charlie is a wonderful tutor . He is professional but extremely personable . My son liked and respected him after just one session and it gave him enormous confidence and a much needed boost before he starts his GCSE's .

Charlie was simply amazing. I've had bad comes for my English GCSE after several attempts and in result i just gave. However after meeting Charlie and getting to improve my understanding of the questions and different techniques to enhance my writing, i got my confidence back after failing for so long. Charlie was always organised and always ready to tackle any problem no matter how difficult it is. He made the question look easier every time we attempted it and also worked at the same paste as the student, to give the best understanding for the student.

Overall Charlie was just Excellent and extremely reliable for any help on any question.

Thank you for all the help.

Super friendly and punctual. Took time to chat to my daughter and I. Explained how he will work with my daughter to help her. Felt very comfortable around him and you can tell he knows what he’s doing. Highly recommend Charlie.

The sessions were really helpful in improving my exam technique. I would strongly recommend Charlie as a tutor, he is professional and really helped me feel more confident with sitting my exam.

Charlie is a great tutor, he helped my daughter prepare for her A Level English exam. He came in at a very stressful time and we were grateful for his dedicated support. He was friendly, communicative and competent.
Mrs. Hibon

Very organised and approachable. Really helped with exam prep and essay writing/ marking. Would highly recommend.

Charlie has helped my daughter so much with her English A level… she has become more and more confident and he is not at all intimidating which works well with my daughter.

Charlie has been really helpful and friendly in helping my daughter to understand exam technique with her drama preparation. She has really enjoyed her lessons with him. Thanks to Charlie , My daughter feels much more confident with her exam. Thank you Charlie.

Was very helpful and i would highly recommend him to others

My tutoring sessions with Charlie have given me a much greater level of confidence in my essay writing structure and my course work. He has made me look at my knowledge from different angles which has broadened my ideas and thought processes. Charlie has been invaluable in his feedback on my personal statement, his experience and approach to learning and support is exceptional.

Charlie has a very encouraging and positive approach to how he deals with students. My daughter feels able to discuss her work and problems she is having with him and it has proved to be a very promising start to the tutorials.

After one session my daughter felt more confident and felt Charlie is really helping!

Charlie tutorials have been of enormous helpful to my daughter. She has struggled with essay structure and content and they have worked successfully on both. He also helped with her personal statement and she now has offers from top universities. Charlie is approachable but professional and reliable.

Charlie has been a huge asset for us in the run up to my daughter's A level English Literature. He has instilled confidence and enabled her to reach her potential. He has done this by encouraging her to think in a more creative and challenging way than at school, which has complemented the knowledge of the texts she has been studying. We would definitely recommend Charlie as a tutor as he is very approachable, knowledgable, reliable and has kept all of us calm in the lead up to A levels.

Charlie is very dependable, organised and willing to be flexible when required. He very quickly formed a great rapport with my son which facilitated stimulating, enjoyable lessons and enabled lessons to continue over Skype when Charlie was out of the country. My son's attitude and ability with regard to his GCSE English has improved hugely over the time Charlie has been with us and he has instilled in my son a confidence that has exceeded my expectations.

I had the absolute pleasure of having Charlie as my tutor. After several attempts of completing one particular module on 'Theatre Reviews' I was struggling with starting off. I contacted Charlie at last minute to help me with structuring my essay review and he was so helpful.

He responded to my message rapidly and was such a pleasant, helpful and genuine person that showed so much passion in his profession. Charlie helped me not only with that particular assignment. He also provided me with great feedback on how I can progress and tackle future assignments. I must say his positive support has motivated me to break through my struggle with writing reviews at a university level.

I will most definitely recommend Charlie as a tutor. I will be contacting him again.

Thanks again Charlie.

Following a series of poor marks for her English, we recruited Charlie to get our daughter's confidence back before her AS exams.

Charlie turned out to be reliable and delightful and our daughter not only regained her confidence but a much higher grade than she expected. The delight on her face when she saw her results was a picture.

Thank you Charlie

Thank you for swift response.

I highly recommend Charlie as a tutor,

I first contacted him regarding my A Level In Drama and Theatre Studies, he replied within the hour and was very flexible with his time

He has been so helpful, especially with the written elements of the course. He clearly has a great knowledge and understanding of what is needed to achieve top marks.

Charlie is very reliable, friendly and I am now confident with all written elements of my A level.

Charlie is very responsive, personable and helpful. He is easy to deal with, and is very accommodating and flexible with regard to organising tutorials. My daughter has found his approach instructive and supportive and she is benefitting from his input, which is ongoing.

Charlie bent over backwards to help us last week when we needed a tutor at the eleventh hour. Fate brought this brilliant tutor to our door and we are so glad. My daughter had an extremely productive and lengthy session brainstorming A level english coursework with Charlie, disentangling a complicated essay question. He was well informed, interested in her ideas and skilled at drawing out her knowledge. He really went the extra mile and is a great mentor and tutor who we definitely hope to work with in the future. Book him if you can. thanks again Charlie.

Really helpful and really nice guy would recommend highly.

Charlie is highly professional and really helps to motivate my daughter to giver her absolute best. She has lots of fun in Charlies lesson and is benefitting hugely from his help.

Since having several tutor sessions with Charlie, I feel more confident that I can achieve the high grades I want at A Level. He has specifically helped me structure my essays, as well as teaching me to back up my ideas with context and reason. I’m also now aware of the specific areas I need to focus on (for example with one of the plays we’re working on, I need to expand my knowledge on every individual character).

Charlie is clearly very talented, kind and approachable. I have learnt a great deal in the tutor sessions and already my grades have gone up. Now it’s just about maintaining these new skills!