Laura's Feedback

From Maria

Laura’s teaching approach is fantastic! In 6 months she has tutored my home schooled daughter who was very low in confidence due to issues at school and not only has she had fabulous results in her GCSE’s her confidence has also come on leaps and bounds to the point where she is looking forward to her A levels and getting back into college. I really cannot recommend Laura highly enough!!

From John

Laura was very helpful, patient and supportive highly recommended.

Many thanks

Thank you John! John studied the Edexcel A level English Literature course - in the tuition we covered The Handmaid's Tale, Frankenstein, Othello, A Streetcar Named Desire and poetry.

From Lailah

Laura was very patient and helped me gain my confidence in english language! She really helped me understand things in english language that I never have been able to before. Laura is very knowledgable and supportive, she is also very kind and I looked forward to our lessons every week :)

Thank you Lailah! It was a pleasure teaching you. Lailah was studying A level English Language (AQA syllabus).

From lorna

Laura is a friendly tutor, who engaged well with my child. She proactively provided homework and subsequent feedback. I would recommend Laura for GCSE studies. Thank you Laura.

Thank you! The student was studying the AQA syllabus and hoping to improve their English Language GCSE grade. We worked a lot on past papers and exam techniques to enhance their understanding of the requirements of each question and therefore pick up more marks.

From Sara

My daughter has really benefited from your sessions with her. She is always enthused and positive following a session, thank you. She is full of praise for you and looks forward to continuing into her final A level year.

Thank you! This student studied A Streetcar Named Desire, Jane Eyre, as well as Philip Larkin and Carol Ann Duffy poetry. We revised the texts together and worked on how to answer exam questions.

From Sam

Laura was excellent, we only needed a few sessions to get my daughter through her rather challenging module. We wouldn't hesitate to contact Laura again if we needed her help going forward.

Thank you! Sometimes a few lessons with a private tutor are all that's needed to get to grips with an aspect of the course or to boost confidence.

From Karina

Laura helped my daughter with A level poetry, very reliable and flexible with days time.
Easy to get on with, Leah enjoyed her lessons and got alot out of them.

To prepare for the EdExcel English Literature A level poetry paper, Leah's tuition involved thorough reading/analysis of the post-2000 specified poems (from the "Poems of the Decade" source booklet). This was followed up with exam practice, discussing essay writing techniques and comparing the anthology poems with unseen poems.

From Marcia

Laura has been such a lucky find for us with our second year A- level daughter. We are so grateful that she has managed to squeeze Natalia in. She thoroughly enjoys her lessons with Laura and always feels more empowered in her knowledge. Thanks to Laura our daughter is feeling much more positive, confident and motivated with her English A-level.

It's been a pleasure to teach Natalia. She is studying the OCR English Language and Literature A level course and we've been discussing Atonement, The Importance of Being Earnest and creative writing, as well as essay technique.

From Natalia

I had my lessons with Laura to improve Academic English to pass The Duolingo test.
Our lessons were very helpful, Laura found the training program for me and also helped with working upon the most hard tasks, such as: writing small essays, speaking about the image (description task), speaking on the topic with the arguments (discussion tasks). Laura also helped me to use the correct structures for each answer what made me feel more confident while taking the tests.

It was a pleasure to meet Natalia. The Duolingo Test is very thorough and involves a lot of time pressure, so we practised a lot to help her feel more confident about approaching each question under timed conditions.

From Clare

Laura quickly edtablished a positive relationship with my daughter, assessing gaps in her learning and building her confidence. She was always willing to provide additional tailored support between sessions and my daughter benefitted hugely from Laura's input.

Thank you Clare! And all the best to M in her future studies - I hope she's enjoying post-college life. Laura

From Linda

Laura has been helping my daughter for the GCSE exam preparation, we are very happy with the quality of her teaching. Laura is very professional and personable, she has taylored the learning to my daughter's needs, thanks to Laura's support my daughter has managed to obtain GCSE results B for English Literature and C for English Language although she only achieved D in both subjects mock exams a year ago before learning with Laura , we are very grateful for her great support!

Thank you! Linda's daughter worked hard to improve her English skills and it paid off! She had good responses to texts but needed guidance to structure her thoughts in a coherent and logical way.

From Chris

Extremely pleased with the expert tuition given by Laura to my son Jon - all made in a and friendly manner.
The tuition given made a huge difference to Jon, giving him a much needed boost in his confidence when sitting both his English Language and English Literature GCSE exams armed with the improvements he had made with Laura.
On the way nothing was too much trouble for Laura, being a delight to work with. I would not hesitate to recommend Laura to anyone looking to improve their child’s abilities and skills in English language.

I had no regular space in my week to offer Jon a face-to-face lesson, so I offered to tutor him via email instead. I set a task each week along with guidance on how to answer the question. He then emailed me his answer, and I returned the document having marked it, providing detailed feedback and other tips for improvement. I think it was an arrangement which worked well for us both.

From Philippa

My daughter previously excelled at English and enjoyed it but in Year 9 was struggling to identify what she needed to do to progress and as a result was losing confidence. Laura has been excellent in providing her the guidance and tools she needs to approach a task with a clear understanding of what is required and how to achieve this. As a result both her grades and confidence have rapidly increased and she will hopefully achieve her end of KS3 target which was looking very unlikely last December. She really enjoyed lessons with Laura, always coming home happy and smiling - thank you very much!!!

Daisy had a strong response to literature but needed some more academic vocabulary and structure to boost her written analysis. I have really enjoyed teaching her and building her confidence in English.

From Karen

Laura has been helping my son Jack for the past 10 weeks. So far he has made good progress and seems to be enjoying the sessions with Laura. It has given him more confidence in his ability and the one to one support has allowed him to ask questions and find out what he needs to do to improve. Laura has been patient, flexible and responsive to e-mails.

Jack is re-sitting English GCSE and I am helping him work towards securing a C grade this time round. He has great ideas which I am helping him articulate on paper. We are working on improving his analytical vocabulary, spelling and grammar.

From Helen

Laura did an excellent job tutoring my daughter through her GCSE English exams. I would thoroughly recommend her. She was very good at assessing the issues involved and helping my daughter to achieve her full potential. Thanks Laura.

Nicola was a pleasure to tutor. She worked hard in tuition sessions and, as a result, ended up achieving A grades in both English Language and Literature at GCSE. I wish her all the best for the future.

From Joanna

It's not often that my ideal is matched by reality but this was certainly the case for you Laura - you did a brilliant job at, not only teaching my daughter, but boosting her self confidence. We all thank you very much, and I would have no hesitation in highly recommending you as a tutor, - we wish you much success, Thank you, Laura.

Thank you! I always aim to boost the confidence of the student I am working with, as confidence in their own abilities is a major factor in achieving success.

From Patrick

Despite meeting our son shortly before he re-sat one module for his AS in English Language Laura quickly pinpointed his area of weakness, she showed him how to analyse texts and gave him the tools to tackle questions in an efficient way. She has given him much needed confidence to realise that if he worked harder he could achieve a higher grade and he now looks forward to his lessons.

Many students lack confidence, and I feel that Patrick was one of these students when I first met him. However, throughout our sessions, I have seen his enthusiasm and confidence growing, which has led to a more interrogative approach to his course. He now asks questions and makes points of which I'm sure - at one time - he didn't think himself capable. Patrick should be proud of the effort he has made so far, and I look forward to seeing his progress in our future tutoring sessions.

From Ewa

Laura is a fantastic tutor and I have already learned many things. She is well orgenised, her lessons are fun and enjoyable. Learning with her has already given me loads of new knowledge. I realy like her and her lessons.

Ewa (Ania) is a very conscientious student who wants to learn and do well, and I really enjoy our sessions together! English is her second language but she articulates herself beautifully and has some very imaginative ideas. I wish her all the best in her educative life and beyond.