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Alastair
- Hourly rate £39
- Response Time 24h
- Number of students 7
£39/hr
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- English
- English Literature
- Classics
- School Entrance Exams
- Ancient Greek
Cambridge MPhil in Classics Graduate English teacher at London - Alastair
Lesson location
- Online
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 50 km from London
About Alastair
I am an enthusiastic, highly qualified tutor. I believe students do best when stretched not just in one specific subject but in their intellectual development generally.
I graduated with an MPhil in Classics (Distinction) from the University of Cambridge, and am able to tutor Latin, Ancient Greek, English Literature and Oxbridge Admissions.
While at Cambridge for undergrad and postgrad, I won 10 prizes and scholarships for the whole range of academic skills: translation, prose composition and essay writing. I bring this academic rigour to my tutoring.
There are three key aspects to my tutoring philosophy. The first is the importance of excelling in the exam format. While exams can be narrow, hoop-jumping exercises, it is nevertheless crucial to use them as a platform to demonstrate academic ability. After a long period of doing very well in exams, I have many tips and tricks to help maximise exam results.
However, I view tutoring as the opportunity for much broader intellectual development than the narrow confines of the exams. Through probing questions and challenging ideas, I seek to put in place critical thinking skills and the ability to explore issues independently that will enable tutees to respond creatively to problems throughout life, and particularly at university and Oxbridge level. Cultivating academic rigour and curiosity early on pays great dividends in later life.
Finally, the great opportunity that tutoring offers is an unparalleled level of personalisation. What's the point in getting a tutor if every lesson isn't perfectly tailored to your requirements? This is why I target every session at each of my individual tutees, taking into account their strengths and weaknesses, in order to help them achieve their goals most effectively.
University :
- University of Cambridge - Classics BA [2.1]
- University of Cambridge - Classics MPhil [Distinction]
School :
Merchant Taylors' School
A Levels
- History [A*]
- Greek (Ancient) [A*]
- Latin [A*]
Merchant Taylors' School
AS Levels
- English Literature [A]
Merchant Taylors' School
GCSEs
- Biology [A*]
- Chemistry [A*]
- Physics [A*]
- English Language [A*]
- English Literature [A*]
- French [A*]
- Greek (Ancient) [A*]
- History [A*]
- Latin [A*]
- Maths [A*]
Prizes and Scholarships :
From the University of Cambridge, 2012-16: Griffiths Roman Prize; Stuart Perowne Prize x2; Fanshawe Prize; Moule Prize; Laurence Scholarship; John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship; Henry Arthur Thomas Exhibition.
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
English teacher at London.
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Review
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4.6 (5 reviews)
Perfect! Alastair - brilliant tutor
Alastair tutors both our children in Latin and Greek. He is very enthusiastic and thorough in his teaching at whatever level is required. We would have no hesitation in recommending him in the strongest terms.
Subject : ClassicsPerfect! Alastair is a very good teacher who helps students develop their skills and make them be the best they can be.
Subject : English
Outcome : The outcome was very goodPerfect! Excellent tutor
Alastair has been tutoring my 12 year old son in Latin for the last couple of months. He is a knowledgable and engaging teacher, who I highly recommend.
Subject : LatinExcellent! Subject : Latin
Excellent! Enthusiastic and encouraging, able to discuss relevant topics with good knowledge of events. Also able to constructively criticise and provide active lessons with obvious lesson prep
Subject : Classics
Outcome : I will be scheduling a lesson for next weekView more reviews
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Rates
Hourly rate
- £39
Pack prices
- 5h: £195
- 10h: £390
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- £39/h
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