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Finlay
- Hourly rate £45
- Response Time 24h
£45/hr
1st lesson free
- English
- English Literature
- Creative writing
- School Entrance Exams
Highly experienced English tutor English teacher at London - Finlay - London
Lesson location
- Online
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 50 km from London
About Finlay
Finlay is an enthusiastic and engaged tutor who believes in helping students achieve academic success by building confidence and instilling a passion and curiosity for the subject. He has experience tutoring age ranges 8-18, tutoring both within schools and with private clients. He has successfully tutored students for entrance examinations to Alleyn’s, St Dunstan’s, Dulwich College and many others, as well as for academic scholarships to St Dunstan’s, Dulwich College, Trinity and Whitgift, and has worked across GCSE and A Level English Literature and Language.
Finlay holds a First Class Honours Degree in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin and won an Entrance Exhibition Award for his studies at university. He has a love of teaching English and Drama, working closely with both students and parents, whilst also ensuring that his student’s work aligns closely with what is expected of them by the exam boards so they can achieve the highest grades possible.
University :
- Trinity College Dublin - English Studies [First Class]
School :
Alleyn's School
A Levels
- English Literature [A*]
- History [A*]
- Politics [A*]
- Drama [A]
Alleyn's School
GCSEs
- Drama [A]
- English Language [A]
- English Literature [A*]
- Geography [A]
- History [A*]
- Maths [A]
- Spanish [A]
- Biology [A]
- Chemistry [A]
- Physics [A*]
Prizes and Scholarships :
Entrance Exhibition Award - Trinity College Dublin
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
English teacher at London.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
My family and I moved to London from the United States last fall. My oldest son is in year 6 and we quickly discovered that in addition to the need to prepare for the 11+, the American English and grammar standards are quite different from those in the UK. My son has always been advanced in his studies in the US, so when we realized that his grades were not what he was used to, we knew we needed to secure a tutor after school. We requested a reference from my son’s English teacher who put us in touch with Finlay.
Finlay was always prompt and very pleasant. He typically came to our home to tutor twice per week for a total of 3 hours and came more frequently in weeks leading up to my son’s entrance exams. It’s clear that Finlay has a passion for this type of work, as he was marvelous at keeping my son motivated and excited, even during double sessions. They worked together on creative writing, grammar, verbal and non-verbal reasoning, among other areas.
Over the course of the months, we saw a distinct difference in my son’s grades and the quality of his writing – he even had one of his passages selected for publication, which was an especially proud moment for my son.
As a parent who has been fretting over the entrance exams, we were delighted when we received notification that our son scored satisfactory testing results and received a place at Whitgift, his first choice school. We largely credit Finlay’s masterful tutelage, dedication and encouragement to helping our son with this accomplishment.I would highly recommend Finlay. He is extremely able and bright, interesting and motivated in his teaching. Always reliable, punctual and prepared for lessons. He gives effective feedback on progress and moreover all students say he is fun, sociable and very good.
My son achieved an academic scholarship to all his schools at 13 plus and I know Finlay played a large part in that success.View more recommendations
Rates
Hourly rate
- £45
Pack prices
- 5h: £225
- 10h: £450
online
- £45/h
free lessons
The first free lesson with Finlay will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
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