Hi there! I'm a private tutor and teacher going into my ninth year of tutoring and teaching experience. I hold a Master's Degree in English Literature and graduated from my Bachelor's degree with first-class honours in English Literature and Creative Writing. I studied English Literature at sixth-form, achieving an A, as well as two B's in French and Sociology. Amongst my GCSEs, I achieved 5 A*-A grades, including English Literature and Language. I was also nominated for my first tutoring agency's global 'Tutor of the Year' award in 2018 and I hold an Enhanced DBS certificate (background check).

I have taught KS3, GCSE, A-Level and University students alike, and have over 3000 hours of tutoring experience under my belt. I began tutoring full-time in 2022 and am entirely dedicated to helping my students reach their maximum potential and the grades they aim for. I've worked with students of all abilities - I've often helped students in the past raise their grades by two, and sometimes three grade boundaries. 100% of my students achieved the grades they needed to move onto A-Level or University. I've also worked across all the major exam boards, including AQA, WJEC, OCR and Edexcel. Alongside tutoring work, I also teach English as a Foreign Language, both privately and in classroom settings with companies like Education First (EF).

Tutoring, for me, is very intuitive. I get a sense of where exactly the student needs a confidence boost and what parts of their work need improving. As a result, every session is tailored to each of my student's unique needs. I'm a friendly, approachable and enthusiastic tutor and I find that students tend to feel at ease with me. I try to build a respectful rapport with my students in which they feel comfortable learning with me and I think that humour and a relaxed atmosphere always go a long way!

These are only a few of many happy students I've had the pleasure of tutoring:

"Hi Nathalie, I just wanted to let you know Hector got fantastic results. Thank you so much for all your input. He got a 9 in English language and an 8 in English literature. Overall he got five 9s and six 8s so he’s very happy! ... Amazing teacher. Has made such a difference. Excellent teaching, resources and marking" - Kiki P.

"Hi Nathalie, Millie just wanted to let you know she got a grade 7 in both English papers, which is the equivalent of an A! Thank you for all your help" - Emma S.

"Nathalie tutored our son on a 1:1 basis. He was struggling with GCSE English Literature and Language. Nathalie understood the problem areas that he needed to work on. We can’t recommend her highly enough, she is professional and encouraged our son to have a positive attitude towards his work. Under Nathalie’s guidance he got the marks he needed to do his A-levels. In addition to his improved English scores, his History mark went up 2 grades. As the tools he gained under her tutorship, helped him better interpret and answer questions in his subject. Thank you so much Nathalie! We are hoping she has space to tutor our daughter one day too!" - Janet W.

I help my students to: • Really get to grips with their texts and the content within them • Develop the skills needed to analyse texts with insightful and original ideas • Learn advanced literary techniques and how to identify them in a text that will make their work stand out from the crowd • Most importantly, to incorporate all of this into a well-structured, cohesive and clear answer • I also offer help with creative and transactional writing

First, I like to build my student's knowledge of literary devices and why they are used. We analyse texts in class and identify devices in them and then talk about their effect. Then, I turn to the structure of essay answers. This is arguably the most important part - using the devices and analysis we have worked on, I will work with students to teach them how to structure their answers clearly and concisely. I offer detailed feedback and guidance, sentence by sentence, that aims to show students exactly how they should be writing their answers. We also look at model answers in the lesson to give students an example of good writing. Ultimately, I aim to boost their confidence and help them write top-scoring answers that will gain them the highest grades they can!