With a focus on comprehension & essay-writing for exams, this course from a bestselling author and experienced tutor will be perfectly tailored for your child’s English curriculum. It can be used in preparation for entrance assessments at 7+, 11+, PreTest, or 13+, &/or enhancement of any aspect of school English.

Our tutor will engage closely and in an original way with your child to unlock their full creative potential, allowing their imagination to roam free, and producing vivid, evocative and well-structured stories and poems. The tutor will apply his extensive experience and success as a writer to teach the key ingredients of good storytelling and, more than anything, will encourage them to develop and express their distinctive voice, firing them with a lifelong love of literature. 

 Voyage through time and space to Ancient Greece, Rome, Medieval London or the Aztec Empire to explore these cultures’ distinctive mythologies and societies, laying bare their novelties and cruelties, their humanity and horror, sparked by artefacts such as the mummies of Ancient Egypt or the witch-fending weathervanes of medieval England. Your child will immerse themselves in an historical time period & work closely with the tutor to bring that period back to life in the words that spill from their mind upon the page.. Elements of this course can take place at the British Museum, the V&A, or other cultural institution.

The aim of this course, through close, intuitive engagement with your child, and a very carefully curated selection of texts, is to inspire a love of reading, lighting the path to authors that will become sacred to them. This course can be adapted to any age & level and will build strong and enduring reading tastes, for there is a voracious reader in us all.

Develop & hone skills for public speaking & debate: your child will be guided through the process of bullet pointing a strong argument, & delivering this will eloquence, flair & conviction.. Great for interview preparation, assemblies, & persuasive writing for English or history. The tutor has decades of experience in public speaking, television and radio.