Language and Literature for AQA, Edexcel and OCR, from essay writing to analysis. First 4 lessons from £15 each, then from £24/hr, with a free 15-minute intro first.
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Ashly J. · University of NottinghamA* GCSE English Language
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Friendly, approachable medical student with tutoring experience in every board . I can make learning clear, engaging and stress-free. I tailor every session to you, so you feel confident, supported and never afraid to ask questions!
£19/session for the first 4, then £30/hr
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Daisy H. · Newcastle UniversityA* A-Level English Language
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I’m a caring and supportive tutor with a passion for English as well as helping students to learn how they learn.
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Saina S. · University of WarwickA* GCSE English Language
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Hi! I'm Saina, a 1st year undergraduate Politics student at the University of Warwick
£15/session for the first 4, then £24/hr
Book a free introThey took their GCSEs and A-Levels on the current specifications, so they know how the papers are set and how the marks are given.
They can tell your child what a degree is like week to week: the course, the workload, and the grades it took to get in.
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Your first 4 lessons are an intro rate, from £15 each. After that you pay per lesson, from £24/hr. No sign-up fee, no subscription.
Two GCSEs, four exams, and set texts your child has to know without the book in front of them.
Yes. Our tutors teach both GCSEs, and we match to whichever needs the work.
Language leans on creative writing and comprehension; Literature on analytical essays about set texts. Whether your child needs help with creative writing, analytical essays or understanding a set text, we match them with a tutor who specialises in it.
The major ones for AQA, Edexcel and OCR, plus the poetry anthologies.
An Inspector Calls, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm, with the themes, characters and context examiners ask about.
Yes. Essays are the core skill in both GCSEs.
Tutors teach structure, analysis, how to embed quotations and how to write under timed conditions. On the interactive whiteboard they annotate a text together and build the essay plan in real time.
Language. Two papers of 1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks each, both ending in a 40-mark writing task: descriptive or narrative in Paper 1, a viewpoint in Paper 2.
Literature. Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel (1 hour 45 minutes, 40%), then modern texts and poetry (2 hours 15 minutes, 60%), with a 32-mark unseen poetry section.
Language. Fiction and Imaginative Writing (1 hour 45 minutes, 40%) opens with an unseen 19th-century extract; Non-fiction and Transactional Writing (2 hours 5 minutes, 60%) sets two linked non-fiction texts.
Literature. Shakespeare with a post-1914 British play or novel, then the 19th-century novel with poetry, including two unseen contemporary poems.
Language. Two 2-hour papers of 80 marks. The 19th-century text is non-fiction and comes in Paper 1; Paper 2 is modern literary prose and creative writing.
Literature. Modern and 19th-century texts in one paper, poetry and Shakespeare in the other. The unseen texts include a modern prose or drama extract, not only a poem.
Not a screen share. Tutor and student write, draw and solve on the same canvas in real time, exactly as on paper, and every board is saved for revision.
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After every paid GCSE English lesson you get a recap: what was covered, how your child did, and what to practise before next time.
See how progress tracking worksMacbeth: ambition in Act 1
Picking short quotations and planning a paragraph that analyses the language.
Knew the plot well, analysing the language was trickier
Needed a nudge on linking the quotation back to the question, then finished the rest on their own.
One timed Macbeth extract question
Plus a paragraph plan for a second theme.
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