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Oscar
- Hourly rate £100
- Response Time 24h
- Number of students 7
£100/hr
1st lesson free
- History
- Geography
- General knowledge
- Humanities General
Fully qualified international teacher and Oxford graduate - History tutor with Oscar
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About Oscar
I am a UK-qualified secondary educator with fifteen years of international teaching experience and a very strong academic background. I have taught in the UK, Sudan, Angola and Madagascar, and am currently based in Tunis. This experience encompasses curriculum and examination design as well as Oxbridge interview preparation, which allows me to help students understand curriculum content and testing requirements across a broad spectrum of humanities subjects. The majority of my time is currently spent helping students aged 11 to 19 with History, Geography, Humanities, Archaeology, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Extended Essays and Oxbridge interview preparation. Using clear communication and custom-designed teaching materials, I aim to demystify the assessment process and set high expectations for student achievement.
I particularly enjoy helping gifted and talented students reach their academic goals, whether these are securing a 13+ academic scholarship, achieving an A* at A2 Level or successfully navigating the Oxbridge admissions process. I also have a strong track record of helping students with exam retakes and covering the study skills required to succeed under exam conditions. My experience covers all the major exam boards in the UK (AQA, OCR, CIE, EdExcel), as well as the International Baccalaureate MYP and DP Programmes, Cambridge Pre-U and numerous specialist scholarship exams.
Outside the classroom I am an avid travel writer and student of languages. My latest book, a travel guide to Angola, was published by Bradt Travel Guides in July 2019. I am currently writing the Bradt Travel Guide to Tunisia. I am also spending my free time learning Portuguese and Arabic, to add to my base of French, Italian and Spanish, as well as to remind me what it feels like to be a student again!
*I am currently only accepting bookings for online support (via Skype and email)*
University :
- University of Oxford - History and Archaeology [2:1]
- King's College London - Warfare in the Modern World [Distinction]
- University of Exeter - PGCE Secondary History
School :
Ardingly College, West Sussex
GCSEs
- History [A*]
- Maths [A]
- Latin [A]
- Spanish [A*]
- Italian [A*]
- French [A*]
- Biology [A*]
- Chemistry [A*]
- Physics [A*]
- Astronomy [A]
- English Language [A]
- English Literature [A*]
Ardingly College, West Sussex
AS Levels
- Physics [B]
Ardingly College, West Sussex
A Levels
- History [A]
- Anthropology [A]
- Spanish [A]
- Italian [A]
Prizes and Scholarships :
11+ and 13+ academic scholarships to Ardingly College, West Sussex
Other Qualifications :
Cambridge CELTA English teaching qualification
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
History teacher at London.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
Oscar was engaging and inspiring. He exceeded expectations. In very few sessions he helped my child close knowledge gaps. Oscar prepared for every session! He instilled in my child a sense of excitement about the topic. I think my child said it best with "I can tell Oscar cares!".
I learnt a lot. I started from a very low standard and I improved very quickly.
He is very available and I felt well and secure. Thanks to OscarOver the course of the last few months, Oscar has been prepping my son for the Winchester entrance exams. Oscar is always punctual for lessons and is very well prepared with an abundance of geographic sources and educational material. From this it is possible to see Oscar's effort both inside and outside lessons. I highly recommend Oscar to any 13+ student.
Oscar's support made such a world of difference to my son's preparation for his scholarship exams. The customised revision packs he put together for History and Geography were a brilliant resource and covered a breadth of material in each learning topic. His feedback and support with polishing my son's skills made a tremendous impact in a matter of hours!
Oscar is without doubt the most professional and well organised tutor I have come across. His pro-active and well prepared approach made the tutoring sessions run much more efficiently. Her improved results speak for themselves.
Oscar worked very well with my daughter for GCSE history. She had gaps in
knowledge which he help to close and link together. He also gave her clear
understanding of how an exam and mark scheme work so she could upgrade her
attainment in GCSE. Lovely manner and very well prepared. Would definitely
recommend and use again.Oscar was able to greatly help me with my preparations for the OCR History A level exam. We met twice weekly, and he helped me greatly not just with the content (the topic for my exam was 19th Century German nationalism, something he was very knowledgeable of), but also with useful advice and techniques to help me to perform to my full ability in the exam. These included both memorisation and revision strategies, as well as looking at past paper questions and thinking about time management in the exam. I was particularly impressed by his attention to detail when it came to the mark scheme for the exam. This meant that he was able to advise me best on how to write my answers in the exam in such a way that best satisfied what the examiners were looking for. Oscar was also able to be very helpful on my coursework for the exam, which was a 5,000 word extended research paper.
Oscar gave my son 2 practice interviews
for Oxford. He imparted sound advice and gave him confidence.I would very much recommend Oscar Scafidi as a tutor. He's tutored me this term for Oxford entrance for Classical Archaeology and Ancient History . All of our sessions have been not only very well-prepared and efficiently targeted but also lively and interesting - totally reaffirming my interest in the subject. I look forward to lessons and I feel my knowledge, skills and confidence have improved.
From my mother:
Oscar has been great. Completely reliable, calm and clever.I have been Oscar's IB History Higher Level student for the past year. During this year, I have seen steady improvement in both the quality and grade achieved in my coursework and timed in-class essays.
Oscar approaches class using a variety of different teaching methods. Through the aid of videos, timelines and IB past papers, Oscar has managed to elevate my interest in history, as well as enhance my analytical and argumentative skills. The work he assigns me also constantly increases in level of complexity, which ensures that class is always intellectually challenging.
I especially appreciate the time Oscar takes before major exams to go through different study skills and methods. Although facts and dates aren't all that makes up a good history essay, they are still necessary in ensuring a good history grade. He has taught me a variety of different memory tricks to aid me in this aspect, and these techniques have actually been incredibly useful not only in my study of history but also in the variety of other subjects I take at school.
I also really enjoy the way his classes are focussed around the IB curriculum. We constantly assess my performance using the IB's grading rubric, which is something that I had not done with my teacher at school. I believe that a clearer understanding of what the course expects from me is an instrumental factor to my progress in the subject thus far.
Oscar's classes are always dynamic and exciting, and his help has been invaluable to my performance at school.I would like to take this opportunity to personally recommend Oscar, who I worked with via Skype and email. As a tutor, he is very well-prepared and familiar with the syllabus and its requirements, keeping up with changes in the new syllabus. The guidelines he set out were very clear and easy to follow, which helped me work more efficiently. My achievement is testament to Oscar’s ability and effort as tutor.
Oscar helped me improve my essays significantly. He was well prepared and had exam-specific materials. I was impressed with his familiarity with the course and with his ability to anticipate and accommodate my learning needs, even during the first lesson, based on what prior communication we had. His knowledge made a similarly positive impact on my Internal Assessment and Extended Essay.
Oscar is a terrific tutor. Highly intelligent, organized, experienced. My son certainly enjoyed working with him and did far better than predicted on his history GCSE. I am only sorry Oscar couldn't make time to continue working with my son for A-level history.
Oscar was a really wonderful tutor for our son Ned, who was revising for his History A level in spring 2015. He was knowledgeable, inspiring and refreshing. He focussed a lot on memory techniques and essay structure - practice that gave Ned, who is dyslexic, a lot more confidence entering the exam. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this charming young man as a tutor.
Oscar was brilliant. He was funny and interesting, available at short notice and really gave useful input.
He was also firm and inculcated good disciplneOscar helped my son to prepare for 13+ History and Geography.
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- 10h: £1000
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