George

5 (7 reviews)

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Number of students George has accompanied since joining Superprof

5 (7 reviews)

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English
Literacy
Creative writing
School Exam Preparation
Writing
13 Plus

Highly experienced tutor who went to St. Paul's teaches 11+ and 13+ online

English
Literacy
Creative writing
School Exam Preparation
Writing
13 Plus

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- online

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. George will be happy to arrange your first English lesson.

About George

I have been teaching the 11+ and 13+ for over 10 years, and have over 2000 hours worth of experience. Students of mine have been awarded places at all the top UK Independent schools, including Eton, St. Paul's and Godolphin and Latymer.

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My approach is centred around the curriculum and is strongly focused on past papers, so the student is fully prepared when exam season comes around. I also like to get to know the students I'm working with and keep the lessons as enjoyable as possible, so that the sessions are something that the students can look forward to.

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5 (7 reviews)

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Jenny
- 5
Perfect! An excellent teacher
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Jenny

Perfect! An excellent teacher
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Diana
- 5
Perfect! George tutored my son Alex for his 11 plus exams. He immediately helped him to feel at ease with his kind and patient nature. George focused on the areas which we felt needed the most practice. Despite only tutoring Alex for several months, in that time, he helped immensely with VR, English and creative writing specifically. Alex secured interviews at St Paul's, Hampton and KCS (our top 3 choices) and we are so grateful to George for his support and dedication. Aside from the sessions, he was always very quick to reply to text messages from me regarding various questions I had, related to the exams and preparation. I also recommended George to a couple of my friends and they are equally as happy!
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Diana

Perfect! George tutored my son Alex for his 11 plus exams. He immediately helped him to feel at ease with his kind and patient nature. George focused on the areas which we felt needed the most practice. Despite only tutoring Alex for several months, in that time, he helped immensely with VR, English and creative writing specifically. Alex secured interviews at St Paul's, Hampton and KCS (our top 3 choices) and we are so grateful to George for his support and dedication. Aside from the sessions, he was always very quick to reply to text messages from me regarding various questions I had, related to the exams and preparation. I also recommended George to a couple of my friends and they are equally as happy!

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Many thanks Diana - it's been a pleasure working with Alex and yourself!
- George's response :
  Many thanks Diana - it's been a pleasure working with Alex and yourself!
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Jie
- 5
Perfect! George is a good teacher, My son likes his lessons .
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Jie

Perfect! George is a good teacher, My son likes his lessons .
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Samuel

George is an excellent tutor; he taught my son and I am very proud to say he got into his school of choice on a scholarship. George is very professional, punctual and helpful. He has a great way of engaging with students, even though it's online, and he breaks down topics into simple, fun and interesting lessons that my son genuinely enjoyed.
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Samuel
George is an excellent tutor; he taught my son and I am very proud to say he got into his school of choice on a scholarship. George is very professional, punctual and helpful. He has a great way of engaging with students, even though it's online, and he breaks down topics into simple, fun and interesting lessons that my son genuinely enjoyed.
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Clare

George is an extremely professional and experienced tutor and has worked for our London tutoring agency for many years. He always has excellent reviews from our clients and has consistently successfully prepared many students for entry to the top secondary schools. Any student would be very lucky to have him as their tutor.
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Clare
George is an extremely professional and experienced tutor and has worked for our London tutoring agency for many years. He always has excellent reviews from our clients and has consistently successfully prepared many students for entry to the top secondary schools. Any student would be very lucky to have him as their tutor.
Ann

George has been an invaluable part of my son’s education. He has successfully supported Roman through his 11+ and his entrance exam for Winchester College. George has a wonderful ease with his students which allows him to really connect with them and keep them engaged, even for long sessions. Most importantly, George is a very skilled teacher who is able to break down and explain difficult concepts in a way that makes them digestible for young minds. He is both kind and patient, yet motivating and demanding, and fully invested in helping his students achieve stellar results on their exams.
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Ann
George has been an invaluable part of my son’s education. He has successfully supported Roman through his 11+ and his entrance exam for Winchester College. George has a wonderful ease with his students which allows him to really connect with them and keep them engaged, even for long sessions. Most importantly, George is a very skilled teacher who is able to break down and explain difficult concepts in a way that makes them digestible for young minds. He is both kind and patient, yet motivating and demanding, and fully invested in helping his students achieve stellar results on their exams.
Anna

George was a tutor to two of our children, Thomas and Charlotte, between summer 2016 and January 2018. He worked with Thomas during Year 8 on preparation for his Common Entrance in Latin, Maths and Science. He then worked with Charlotte in the run up to her 11+ school entrance exams, covering Reasoning, Maths and English. Thomas went on to do very well in his Common Entrance, getting As in all of the subjects on which he worked with George, and is now happy at St Paul’s. Having gained a number of 11+ offers, we chose Godolphin & Latymer for Charlotte, which was always our first choice school. George worked well with both Thomas and Charlotte, who have very different personalities. He was ambitious in terms of his expectations for their progress, and they both improved considerably during their time working with him. Of particular note is Thomas’s improvement in Latin, which went from his weakest subject to one his strongest under George’s tutelage, and is still one of his strongest subjects today as he works towards his GCSEs at St Paul’s.
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Anna
George was a tutor to two of our children, Thomas and Charlotte, between summer 2016 and January 2018. He worked with Thomas during Year 8 on preparation for his Common Entrance in Latin, Maths and Science. He then worked with Charlotte in the run up to her 11+ school entrance exams, covering Reasoning, Maths and English. Thomas went on to do very well in his Common Entrance, getting As in all of the subjects on which he worked with George, and is now happy at St Paul’s. Having gained a number of 11+ offers, we chose Godolphin & Latymer for Charlotte, which was always our first choice school. George worked well with both Thomas and Charlotte, who have very different personalities. He was ambitious in terms of his expectations for their progress, and they both improved considerably during their time working with him. Of particular note is Thomas’s improvement in Latin, which went from his weakest subject to one his strongest under George’s tutelage, and is still one of his strongest subjects today as he works towards his GCSEs at St Paul’s.
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1) When did you develop an interest in your chosen field and in private tutoring?
I started tutoring as my mother runs a tutoring agency. I was just starting at university and thought it would be a fun thing to do on the side. 11 years later, here we are!
2) Tell us more about the subject you teach, the topics you like to discuss with students (and possibly those you like a little less).
I teach various subjects, including English, Maths and Science (up to GCSE), reasoning, Latin, history, geography and religious studies (up to 13+). I don't have a particular topic I like to discuss with students - whatever is causing them difficulty at school really, though I'd say I specialise in the 11+ entrance exams.
3) Did you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?
I had a music teacher called Mr. Gritton at St. Paul's - he was very kind and encouraging.
4) What do you think are the qualities required to be a good tutor?
Obviously knowledge of the required syllabus, but also patience, kindness and personability; it's not just understanding the material, but being able to convey it to a student.
5) Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.
The first thing that comes to mind is helping my younger sister after school - she used to struggle with mathematics in particular, so we'd go through her homework together. That made me realise I could potentially be a tutor.
6) What were the difficulties or challenges you faced or still facing in your subject?
A slight challenge is when syllabuses change (which they frequently do, especially for GCSE), but as long as you're up-to-date, it's not a real issue.
7) Do you have a particular passion? Is it teaching in general or an element of the subject or something completely different?
I also love music - I'm a keen singer and songwriter. I also love football, and taking my lovely poochon on walks as often as possible.
8) What makes you a Superprof (besides answering these interview questions :-P) ?
My experience gives me a lot of confidence with helping students.

Highly experienced tutor who went to St. Paul's teaches 11+ and 13+ online

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1) When did you develop an interest in your chosen field and in private tutoring?

2) Tell us more about the subject you teach, the topics you like to discuss with students (and possibly those you like a little less).

3) Did you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?

4) What do you think are the qualities required to be a good tutor?

5) Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.

6) What were the difficulties or challenges you faced or still facing in your subject?

7) Do you have a particular passion? Is it teaching in general or an element of the subject or something completely different?

8) What makes you a Superprof (besides answering these interview questions :-P) ?

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