Private Tuition (ages 11+)

Serious academic support for A-Level and International Baccalaureate students combined with intellectually ambitious enrichment.

I offer private tuition to students at leading international and independent schools, from secondary level through university preparation.

My teaching can be tailored to the requirement of a particular A-Level or IB syllabus, while also taking students beyond the immediate demands of the curriculum. I help my students develop the skills these programmes value: critical thinking, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, independent research, and clear, persuasive communication.

The emphasis is on understanding as well as performance: learning how to use evidence, question assumptions, evaluate competing interpretations, and arrive at independent, well-supported judgment.

Academic support

Tuition can include:

• Philosophy, politics, history, and literature (especially English)

• Close reading and textual analysis

• Constructig and evaluating arguments

• Essay planning, writing and editing

• Comparative analysis and interpretation

• Examination preparation and coursework

• IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK)

• IB Extended Essay and independent research

• Preparation for university study

Beyond the syllabus

My approach is informed by the tradition of liberal education, emphasising:

• Sustained attention and discussion

• Careful reading of texts

• Articulate speech and persuasive writing

• Development of memory, interpretation, and judgment

• Intellectual confidence without dogmatism

Students can also undertake guided reading and enrichment programmes designed around their interests and ambitions, preparing for university, or simply learning how to read difficult books and think about them seriously.

Depending on age and level, students may encounter writers including Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Wilde, Mann, Orwell, Arendt, Nabokov, Habermas, and contemporary critics and philosophers.