Catherine supported my daughter throughout her A Level English Literature studies and exam preparation, and we are extremely grateful for all the help and guidance she provided. She was immensely helpful in developing my daughter’s knowledge of the subject, as well as strengthening her exam technique and confidence. Catherine’s advice extended beyond the syllabus too, including thoughtful and valuable discussions around university, which my daughter found very helpful. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed her lessons with Catherine and always felt supported and encouraged. Catherine created a positive learning environment, offering clear explanations, constructive feedback, and well-planned tasks that helped my daughter make real progress. My daughter has also shared the following feedback: “Catherine helped me to understand and break down each aspect of my paper, focusing carefully on each Assessment Objective so that I could maximise my marks. She gave very effective feedback on practice essays and organised extremely helpful lesson tasks, such as practising unseen extracts and breaking down the method for strong unseen analysis. She was also incredibly supportive and helpful with my coursework. She was very ethical and fair in the support she gave me.” We would wholeheartedly recommend Catherine as a tutor. She is knowledgeable, supportive, professional, and genuinely committed to helping her students succeed.

Catherine tutored me for AQA A-level English in the run up to exams as an independent candidate aiming for an A*. I have nothing but good things to say in this review. She was able to identify and improve my weaknesses, rather than waste time on extraneous materials. She was always very quick to get back to me and flexible if I needed to change lessons. Having Catherine as a tutor meant I walked into exams with the confidence I had done everything I could to put my best foot forward. I can see a stark improvement in my essays before the exam in comparison to those I wrote before she took me on as a student. Not only do have I improved as an A-level student, but as an independent reader of literature. These lessons have helped me in understanding and analysing literature outside of exams in a way that I feel will be very helpful for university. As someone with quite a lot of exam anxiety, I also appreciated how understanding and accommodating she was with this. Her advice was practical and sympathetic, and definitely helped a lot.

My daughter has loved Catherine as her English tutor and the sessions have made a significant difference in her understanding of what it takes to do well at A-level as opposed to GCSE. Catherine is very professional and quick to respond to requests. We will definitely ask her to work with our son if he chooses English as one of his A-levels.

Catherine helped our daughter enormously when preparing for her A level in English literature. She was a strong student and held an offer from Cambridge to study English, but was not confident that her school was covering the material thoroughly enough to get her to the high grades she needed to be accepted onto her course. Catherine was very helpful in identifying areas where there were shortfalls in her preparation in school, both in terms of the texts covered and in the techniques needed to answer questions well, and guided her through the reading and practice needed to fill the gaps. Catherine offered constructive criticism our daughter felt she was not getting from her teachers, and the sessions overall greatly boosted her confidence in the run up to exams. We sincerely believe that Catherine’s support was essential to her getting the grade she needed and are pleased to say she is now thoroughly enjoying her course as a result.

Catherine's been great in guiding my learning, ensuring that I feel confident, whilst also guiding me on how to improve my work. I always leave my lessons having learnt something. Her essay feedback has been equally helpful. She always responds to messages in good time and I would definitely reccommend her to anyone looking for an A-Level English tutor!