As an experience Deputy Head, English Teacher and GCSE Examiner for AQA and Pearson Edexcel, I strive to create a welcoming and supportive environment for my students to feel as ease and confident when it comes to English and those all important exams.
Having taught for 15 years on First Tutors, which has ceased all operations, I am working on retrieving my feedback and ratings to support my tutoring work with TutorDex.
I have been teaching for just under 20 years, and tutoring for just under 15 years. Whilst I love my time in the classroom, nothing quite matches the one-to-one experience of working with students, especially supporting individuals to pass their GCSE English exams.
Every lesson is a collaborative journey that begins with a quick, high-energy check-in to see what is currently clicking — or clashing — in the classroom. We start with a "Mastery Minute" challenge, usually a creative writing prompt or a quick-fire analysis of an unusual text, to get your brain in gear and shake off the school day. Because no two students think alike, I swap rigid plans for a flexible toolkit. If you are a visual learner, we might map out a Shakespearean tragedy using digital storyboards; if you are more analytical, we will "live-mark" a model answer to hunt for those elusive top-tier marks. We always pivot based on your energy and focus, ensuring the pace feels challenging but never overwhelming.
We wrap up by distilling everything we have covered into one "Golden Takeaway" — a specific, actionable skill you can use in your very next class. You will leave not just with a better understanding of the text, but with the confidence that the lesson was built entirely around how you learn best.
I also provide detailed and tailored feedback to tasks set during our lessons, and will even support feedback for tasks done at school!
Fantastic teaching, thank you so much Jen, with just a few months before my daughters GCSEs the improvement, readiness and confidence in English Language has been huge, it is so impressive to see and definitely worth the investment!
Jen has been fantastic from the start. She put my son at ease with her friendly and personable demeanour. They quickly identified the areas that required improvement and Jen knew exactly how to aid him with putting pen to paper. His results have proven her worth and he now enjoys his lessons as he has the tools to tackle his English with confidence.
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Thanks Liz! I’ve loved tutoring Isaac. He’s been such a sport and has worked so hard since the first lesson.
Jen has been tutoring my son (now year 11) for the past 6 months. She has been fantastic. My son really enjoys his sessions with her and he’s made a huge improvement (first mocks were a 4 and last mocks he did he got a 7!). Highly recommend!
Jennifer has been an absoulte god send for my son. He has made so much progress in English since starting his one on one tutor sessions. He really looks forward to each seasion and has gained such much more confidence in English. Particularly with his GCSE upcoming. Jennifer is really kind and compassionate. She has a really good way of teaching and has done a fantastic job. 5 stars and some. I would highly recommend.
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I have loved tutoring J and I'm really going to miss seeing him on a Monday! He has been such fun and so committed to doing his absolute best. English hasn't come naturally, but he has come on so much! He's going to go so far, and has done you all proud!
My daughter enjoyed her learning with Jenny. The tuition is very helpful.
Eleanor's confidence in English is steadily building since she has started receiving your support. She has been able to focus on those areas where she has development needs and she is seeing improvements. She particularly finds your methods useful, specifically, your use of hints to tease our her ideas. She looks forward to continuing on with the tutor support
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Eleanor has been a joy to tutor. She is dedicated and commited to achieving her best at GCSE. The areas of focus are really developing and her style of writing it steadily changing. I look forward to our sessions!
Based on an initial meeting with Jenny she had excellent communication and personal skills and arrived despite the snow! From talking to her we felt she had a good understanding of our son's difficulties and how she would go about working with him.
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Thank you for your feedback, it was lovely to meet you and your husband - great news about your son's mock grade!
My son has enjoyed his first lesson with Jenny and feels that she will be able to make him reach his full potential.
Jenny has been a great help so far with Sam and has managed to give him confidence with regards his worst subject English. She has got to know his strengths and weaknesses and is working with him to help him get his C grade.
Jenny was patient and understanding of what Alex needed and also worked out what he was like and how he worked! She encouraged and helped him understand the pieces he needed to, while bringing out his own ideas. She was also strict with him and pushed him which is what he needed. He certainly went to both his English Literature and Language exams with more confidence, and for that I am very grateful. I have no hesitation in recommending Jenny to anyone requiring help.
Jenny was patient and understanding of what Alex needed and also worked out what he was like and how he worked! She encouraged and helped him understand the pieces he needed to, while bringing out his own ideas. She was also strict with him and pushed him which is what he needed. He certainly went to both his English Literature and Language exams with more confidence, and for that I am very grateful. I have no hesitation in recommending Jenny to anyone requiring help.
Hi Jenny - thanks so much for your work with Eva, she really enjoys it, and it has been a huge help; her confidence has rocketed. All the best Sarah
I feel I have found the right tutor for my son. Jenni seems to know how to connect and make my son work without making him feel inadequate. I think he will have to thank her to get the required grade in his GCSE exam and to get into his chosen college.I can really recommend her.
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Working with Adam has been a great joy. He is certainly enthusiastic about his progress and development. We have worked on past papers together, as well as strengthening his basic knowledge and how to apply this to his answers. Since Adam has been tutored by me he has started to create his own revision portfolio, which helps with his normal English lessons and time between our sessions.
