10+, 11+, 13+, GCSE level & KS5 level English & Creative Writing Entrance Exam tutor, specialist in exam technique & mentoring. 16 years experience with excellent record of pass rates & scholarships.

Ruth tutored my daughter in English for a couple of years and transformed her confidence and skill set. She is passionate about the subject; professional yet warm and relaxed in her manner; rigorous, detail focused and inspiring. She tailors every lesson to your child's needs and is ambitious about their learning journey. I recommend her very highly.

I have known Ruth for nearly 30 years. When my son needed some extra help with his English, I knew exactly who to turn to. Not only is Ruth approachable, friendly, kind and patient but she is incredibly professional and an excellent tutor.
She put together a plan of action for my son and within a few sessions he was far more relaxed, focussed and confident in his own abilities. I cannot recommend her enough!

Ruth’s great work over the past 3 years of my daughter's online tutoring has been critical to ensuring that my daughter not only becomes confident, but also truly enjoys the subject. Ruth is always supportive, flexible and provides excellent tutoring focusing on areas of development agreed between the two of them. I have no reservation in recommending Ruth as a great academic tutor to parents who want their kid to excel. My daughter and I look forward to continuing the online lessons with Ruth to prepare for Level A.

Ruth tutored our daughter for her 11+ exams and her thorough planning meant each lesson was time well spent. When she discovered areas that needed improving, she assigned the appropriate tasks adapted to our daughter's ability.

Her extensive experience and comprehensive understanding of the wide range of topics likely to be covered in the exams made our daughter feel confident. She was also greatly stimulated by Ruth's specialty in creative writing.

I cannot recommend Ruth enough.

“I was really concerned about my IGCSE English Exam, but since our first lesson Ruth has been friendly and incredibly helpful.

Thanks to Ruth my grammar has improved immensely and I've become more confident in myself. I really like the way she teaches and I would recommend her 100%. “

Ruth started with my son when he was in Year 5. He jumped from level 4c to 6a in just one year. My son made remarkable progress and without Ruth's dedication and hard work this would not have been possible in such a short period.

Ruth gave my son lessons for 11+ and independent school entrance exams and he passed all the exams he took with flying colours. I really recommend Ruth as a tutor.

My daughter was a home learner and studying the English IGCSE course by herself. When the exams came closer we decided that she needed some professional help and chose Ruth because of her credentials and the lovely testimonials on The Tutor Pages.

We were not disappointed. My daughter's confidence in her writing and the speed in which she worked increased in just the few weeks that Ruth worked with her. Her exam tips were great and my daughter got an A* in English language.

Ruth was fantastic in preparing my kids for entrance exams. My daughter applied for Year 10 entry and my son for Year 9. We had online lessons with her.

Her classes and teaching methods were really great and she explained everything in detail to them. My kids really enjoyed lessons with her. She worked really hard with them and within a very short period of time both got accepted in their first choice school. I would really recommend her!!

Ruth is a practical, well-organised and personable tutor. She developed a good rapport with our daughter, who was in Year 11, while making sure there was an excellent structure to her programme of study.

This balance between being able to understand and adapt to our daughter's personality while encouraging her to learn in a well-structured manner proved highly effective and she improved greatly.

“Ruth is a highly skilled, grounded and articulate tutor, who helped me study for my PGCE.

She quickly grasped the meaning of concepts that I was writing about, despite never having studied them herself, and helped me to plan, revise and reorder my work, so that it was more professional and academic.

Ruth went at a pace that met my needs and allowed me to elaborate and share my intentions verbally.

She always showed enthusiasm and was flexible during sessions. Her support has been invaluable.”

Ruth came to work with my son from Year 9 to Year 11. After only a short time he jumped a whole level in literacy.

Ruth helped my son improve his reading ability, widen his vocabulary, improve his grammar, punctuation and comprehension, as well as his spelling.

She has helped my son to improve the structure of his sentences for the purposes of formal and creative writing, as well as understand the importance of being able to compare and contrast information.

Our son has autism and within a few months of hiring Ruth, we noticed improvements. His school were amazed by this dramatic change. We decided that our other son should receive tutoring too.

Ruth's lesson plans fitted in with their timetables, pin-pointed areas of weakness, worked on them, monitored their progress and moved on to new areas when they were ready.

She bonds really well with her students, and Ruth's perseverance and hard work has made a difference to our children's education.

Ruth is an excellent tutor. She has helped my daughter begin to enjoy English and she has gone from being a grade C to a grade A student.

My daughter now wants to take English as one of her subjects for A Level. I wish we had come across her earlier. I would definitely recommend her to anyone.