First Tutors is a service that helps you find a great tutor. Use the Search form below to find a match from thousands of quality tutors. For any support needed or questions, please refer to our Contact Us Page, we are happy to help. If you prefer to speak with an education advisor about a personalised tutor match, please call Varsity Tutors UK at 0203 962 1468, to connect with an education advisor.
If you prefer to speak with an education advisor about a personalised tutor match, please call Varsity Tutors UK at 0203 962 1468, to connect with an education advisor.
Rachel

Rachel

Maths and English Lessons in Sidcup

PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM CURRENTLY ONLY OFFERING FRENCH AND GERMAN TUITION (From May 2024)

After graduating from Edinburgh University with an M.A Joint Hons in French and German I taught Modern Languages for ten years in a Bexley secondary school. For seven years (from 2010 to 2017), I taught part-time in a local primary school, tutoring one-to-one and small groups in Maths and English. My children have both been through local grammar schools and so I am well aware, both as a teacher and a parent of the demands of the current education system. I have tutored for the 11 plus and am familiar with its requirements. For the last twelve years I have participated in an advanced German course in order to maintain a high level of fluency in this language and am also participating in an advanced French conversation class. I am also a keen tennis player.

Tutoring Experience

As already mentioned, after achieving qualified teacher status, I taught French and German at a local Bexley school for ten years. I subsequently tutored children with medical needs in Bexley for two years which involved teaching a variety of subjects such as French, English literature and Maths. In 2010 I was accepted as a Bexley tutor on the 'Making good progress' one-to-one tutoring scheme for Literacy in both a Bexley secondary and primary school. I was retained at the primary school for seven years to teach Maths and English in both small groups and one-to-one for years 5 and 6, keeping me up to date with current teaching. I have been a private tutor for several years now.

Tutoring Approach

I feel that one of my strengths as a tutor is that I am able to pitch material to my pupils' interests and strengths in order to make learning positive and enjoyable for them. As I have two daughters who have been through the Grammar system and ahave been to University so I am well able to empathise with the stress on both parents and children as they encounter the rigours of the 'National Curriculum', 11+, GCSEs, A levels and University......

LanguagesEnglish (British), French, German, Latin
AvailabilityWeekdays (all times)
References Available On File

Qualifications

University of Greenwich/Licensed teaching scheme.1992PGCEQualified teacher status.
University of Edinburgh1988MastersMAHons French and German

Rachel's Feedback

Feedback
2
Published feedback
2
Unpublished feedback (Usually negative)0
Rachel
Rating from 2 references
Reliability

Trustworthiness

Professionalism
Click here for more German tutors