English Language
Reading unseen extracts with precision, writing with control, and answering each question type the way the mark scheme is written — descriptive, transactional and analytical.
English Tuition
Online English tuition for readers and writers in the making
Specialist one-to-one lessons in English Language and English Literature, from KS2 comprehension to A-Level criticism — taught with patience, precision and real love of the subject.
Two subjects, one approach
Language and Literature, taught properly
English rewards students who can read closely and argue clearly. Both are teachable skills, and both are what our lessons are built around.
English Literature
Shakespeare, the nineteenth-century novel, modern texts and poetry anthologies — studied closely, with context and critical interpretation woven into every essay.
What we cover
The skills behind every English grade
Lessons are shaped around your child's specification, set texts and the specific question types they find hardest.
Reading & Analysis
- Unseen extracts
- Language techniques
- Structure
- Writer's intent
- Comparison
- Poetry analysis
Writing
- Essay structure
- Thesis statements
- Embedded quotation
- Descriptive writing
- Narrative craft
- Transactional writing
Literature Texts
- Macbeth
- An Inspector Calls
- A Christmas Carol
- Romeo & Juliet
- Jekyll & Hyde
- Power & Conflict poetry
Skills & Technique
- Timing
- Planning under pressure
- Vocabulary
- Punctuation for effect
- Spoken language
- Proofreading
Core skills
Reading, essays and creative craft
Reading comprehension
Students learn to read actively — annotating, questioning and noticing how a writer creates effect, so an unseen extract stops feeling like a trap.
Essay writing
A clear argument, evidence chosen deliberately and analysis that goes beyond spotting a technique. We teach a structure students can trust under timed conditions.
Creative writing
Voice, imagery, pacing and the discipline of a strong opening. Students build a bank of tested ideas rather than improvising on the day.
Exam technique
Knowing the text isn't the same as scoring
Many students revise thoroughly and still lose marks, because the paper rewards a particular kind of answer. We teach exactly what each question is asking for and how long to spend on it.
Students learn to plan in two minutes, open with a clear line of argument and use quotation sparingly but well — habits that hold up when nerves take over.
- Question-by-question strategy for your board
- Model answers annotated together
- Timed practice with detailed marking
Confidence & personalised support
A tutor who reads your child as carefully as the text
English can feel subjective, and students who lack confidence often stop offering their own interpretation at all. One-to-one lessons give them a safe place to think aloud and be taken seriously.
Every programme is personal: the texts your child studies, the board they sit and the specific gap between what they know and what they manage to say on paper.
- Personally matched specialist tutor
- Lessons built around your child's set texts
- Regular, honest progress updates
How lessons run
A clear route from first lesson to exam day
- 01
A piece of real work first
We start with a recent essay or extract response to see exactly how your child writes and thinks.
- 02
Targeted skill work
Lessons focus on the two or three things that will lift the grade most — usually analysis depth and structure.
- 03
Marked practice
Written work is set, marked against the board's criteria and returned with specific, actionable comments.
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Exam conditions
As exams approach, timed responses build the stamina and pace the papers demand.
Frequently asked questions
English tuition questions, answered
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English at every stage
Explore how English support is tailored to your child's year group.
Let's talk about your child's English
Share the year group, exam board and set texts, and we'll match a specialist English tutor after a free consultation with Bianca.