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Polly
- Hourly rate £30
- Response Time 19h
- Number of students 2
£30/hr
1st lesson free
- English
- English Literature
- School Entrance Exams
English tutor - with 1000+ hours of teaching experience - English tutor with Polly
Lesson location
- Online
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 50 km from London
About Polly
Humanities tutor with over 1000 hours of experience teaching. Specialist in English language, English literature, and creative tuition, as well as school entrance and university applications.
Have helped past pupils with everything from Oxbridge entrance and winning prestigious university scholarships to school entrance exams, and even submitting PhD research chapters.
Alongside tutoring, I am also an award-winning playwright and activist! My work has been featured in the national press, including The Independent, The Scotsman and on the Guilty Feminist Podcast (over 25 million downloads). I am founder of Power Play theatre, an award-winning think tank and theatre company that specialises in data activism and commissioning new work by women. I am currently working on a project at the Tate Modern, which is based around climate change. I am engaging, fun and have a lot of creative flair!
University :
- University College London - BA English [First class honours]
School :
Rugby School
A Levels
- English [A*]
- History [A*]
- Latin [A]
Rugby School
AS Levels
- History of Art [A]
Ipswich High School
GCSEs
- English [A*]
- History [A*]
- French [A*]
- Biology [A*]
- Physics [A*]
- Latin [A*]
- Maths [A]
- English Language [A*]
- Chemistry [A]
Prizes and Scholarships :
- Winner of UCL Miriam Stahl Reading Prize 2017
- Winner of UCL Rhiannon Jones Memorial Prize 2018 for best contribution to the life and work of the English Department
- Rugby School Academic Scholarship
Other Qualifications :
EDUCATION
2015 -2018 : BA English, University College London (UCL)
First-class honours
Selected as one of 85 students from over 1000 applicants
Modules ranging from Old English through to 21st century, with particular specialism in 16th and 17th centuries.
Awarded a special commendation for academic performance
Winner of Miriam Stahl Reading Prize 2017
Winner of Rhiannon Jones Memorial Prize 2018 for best contribution to the life and work of the Department
2012-2014: Rugby School, Warwickshire
Winner of Academic scholarship gained through selective admissions process
Academic prefect and in-house mentor
Received the Victoria Memorial Prize for History, the English Prize, and the Levee Prize for Best Prefect
A-Levels results: 2 A*s in English Literature and History. A in Latin at A2 Level. A in History of Art at AS Level
2003-2014: Ipswich High School for Girls
GCSEs: 8 A*s in Latin, English Literature, English Language, French, History, Biology, Physics, Thinking and Reasoning Skills. 3 As in Maths, Fine Art, and Chemistry.
October 2015- May 2016: English Language Private Tutor
Tutored South Korean UCL PhD Chemistry student in English as a foreign language.
Developed a curriculum, specifically tailored to his needs. This focussed on everyday conversation, academic writing, and a short story project.
Received high praise for PhD chapters and research papers, which I helped edit
Testimony: ‘Thank you for all your kind teaching and time, Polly. I’ve had a great time in our lessons and I have learnt a lot!’
SELECT THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
2017-18 : Power Play Theatre
Co-founder of Power Play, an organisation that analyses and exposes gender inequality in theatre using data activism and new writing commissions.
Organised award-winning site-specific showcase of four news plays at Edinburgh Fringe, a wide-scale publicity campaign, and launched the first ever statistical analysis of gender in grassroots/fringe theatre.
Power Play winner of prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award, Filipa Braganca Award, and shortlisted for Sit-Up Awards.
Received multiple five and four star reviews
Featured in national newspapers, including The Independent, Scotsman,and WhatsOnStage. Featured on the Guilty Feminist podcast (downloaded over 25 million times).
Currently in talks for publishing deal.
September - December 2017: As You Like It
Directed large scale production of ‘As You Like It’ at the RADA Studios
Led a team of over 50 people, ranging from actors to designs and composers.
Received praise from high-level industry figures.
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OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Languages: Latin (advanced), French (basic), Italian (basic)
Singing: Grade 7 with Distinction and previously member of the Arnold Singers’ Chamber Choir, with which I performed on BBC Radio 4 on multiple occasions.
Writing: Shortlisted for ‘Little Pieces of Gold’ playwriting competition at Southwark Playhouse (out of roughly 600 applicants). Awarded Best Writing at LSDF 2018, and play performed at West End theatre, The Duchess Theatre. Named 2013 Suffolk Young Poet of the Year(selected out of just under 1000 applicants).
Running: Completed Royal Parks Half Marathon, raising £1,433 for Future Hope School
Travel: Completed British Exploring expedition to Namibia 2014, travelled alone throughout South America and India.
First Aid: Have completed workplace training
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
As part of a tuition programme with my company, Polly taught History one to one to one of our pupils. She was a stirling tutor, preparing carefully laid out lesson plans for all the sessions, and having the family ecstatic for the kid's improvements. I would not hesitate to recommend her.
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Rates
Hourly rate
- £30
Pack prices
- 5h: £150
- 10h: £300
online
- £25/h
free lessons
The first free lesson with Polly will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
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