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- English
- Reading
- English Literature
- Essay Writing
- Gifted And Talented
Experienced English teacher with 32 years in UK secondary schools, independent and state, teaching and examining GCSE and A level Literature for a variety of exam boards.
- English
- Reading
- English Literature
- Essay Writing
- Gifted And Talented
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Lydia is a respected member of our tutor community. She is highly recommended for her commitment and the quality of her lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Lydia
I'm an experienced classroom teacher of English with over 30 years of teaching in UK secondary schools, including leading independent schools. I have taught GCSE and A level English across AQA, CIE, OCR, WJEC, Edexcel and have examined for most of these exam specifications too.
Alongside classroom teaching, I have spent decades tutoring students of all abilities, from those with dyslexia and neurodiverse profiles to high-achieving students aiming for top grades and competitive university places.
Since retiring last summer, I have offered online one-to-one tuition across a range of GCSE and A level specifications, helping students raise grades in re-sits and, more generally, enabling many to improve by one or two grades through focused guidance, while high-attaining students benefit from being pushed beyond the curriculum, developing the sophisticated analytical skills needed for grades 8–9 and A/A*.
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- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
To ensure progress, I foster student autonomy and confidence by helping them to enrich their knowledge, master effective techniques and manage time skills. Students quickly become more confident because they understand exactly what examiners are looking for and develop practical strategies they can apply independently, allowing them to write with greater precision under exam conditions.
My lessons usually follow a clear structure: I introduce a challenging task, model expert thinking, encourage students to interrogate and analyse both the question and text independently, provide guided practice before using detailed feedback to consolidate learning, giving students a genuine sense of control over their progress. In addition, one-to-one tuition allows me to identify precisely where a student's understanding or exam technique is breaking down, so that each lesson can personally address any obstacles preventing progress.
I have created thousands of resources over the years, giving students immediate access to carefully structured notes, model responses and targeted practice tasks to boost their attainment.
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We are very grateful to Lydia for guiding our daughter through her GCSE English language and Literature over the last year.
We found her to be methodical and her resources well put together, with strong developmental feedback given. My daughter found the way Lydia explored themes, techniques and characters really helpful. Together they created detailed revision flashcards, model essay answers and Lydia‘s passion for literature was definitely contagious! Lydia gave good predictions for the Literature paper questions and lots of scaffolding to improve essay writing.
Our daughter is dyslexic and her school did not have an appropriate teacher for the first term of year 11. Lydia was able to complete any missing input and keep us on track.
She is highly emotionally intelligent, coaching as well as teaching our daughter, who felt very confident going into the exams.Mrs Livingston was my teacher for my Alevels from 2023-2025. She provided in depth discussion points and encouraged both an analytical and enjoyable instruction on the texts we studied. With her teaching, I was able to achieve an A* in my English Literature Alevel under the OCR exam board.
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- £50
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- 5h: £250
- 10h: £500
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- £50/h
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The first free lesson with Lydia will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 30mins
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