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- ESOL
- IELTS
- TOEFL
- GMAT
IB, A-Levels, AP English: Academic consultant with over 25 years of experience offers premium online preparation
- ESOL
- IELTS
- TOEFL
- GMAT
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About Henry
As an international educational consultant, I have dedicated over a quarter of a century to guiding high-achieving students toward academic excellence in international environments. My career has been built within the ecosystem of the most demanding international programs and highly competitive exams, specializing in optimizing performance in A-Level English, IB English HL, AP English, and including GMAT Verbal, GRE Verbal, IELTS, and TOEFL. My role is not that of a conventional tutor; I approach learning from a strategic and analytical perspective, transforming the rigor of critical analysis into an accessible and predictable roadmap for the student.
Over these 25+ years, I have worked closely with families and students from diverse global backgrounds, giving me a deep understanding of the time management challenges and psychological pressures inherent in these programs. My commitment focuses on developing not only a profound conceptual mastery of critical analysis, textual deconstruction, and advanced literary theoretical frameworks, but also the methodological confidence needed to face an examining board. It is essential to reiterate that all my professional activity, support materials and communication channels with students or their families are managed entirely in English, maintaining the standard of immersion and excellence that this level requires.
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- Primary
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- GCSE
- +12
levels :
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Secondary
GCSE
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Adult Education
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
Beginner
Intermediate
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- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
After more than a quarter of a century preparing students in English Language and Literature, I have learned that success in high-performance English exams depends on a precise understanding of the specific criteria of each assessment system. My work in the virtual classroom goes far beyond simply answering recurring questions; I teach students to structure their analytical thinking from a rigorous critical thinking perspective, empowering them to tackle complex problems with absolute clarity. As this is a premium international consulting service, both the classes and all direct communication with families are conducted exclusively in English.
I design the sessions based on the deconstruction of real exam papers and real exam questions, the strategic optimization of Internal Assessment (IA), a complete mastery of the marking schemes, and the optimization of the practical and research components of each program or exam. We analyze, step by step, the problem-solving methodologies and how to translate them onto paper to strictly comply with the assessment criteria of the International Baccalaureate (IB) and other official rubrics. I offer a proven and specifically designed roadmap to achieve the highest possible grade in each of the international frameworks:
• A-Levels: Comprehensive coverage of the specific Cambridge International A-Level English Literature (9695) and A-Level English Language (9093) codes to ensure the highest possible grade of A*, mastering the mechanics of diachronic linguistic analysis, the evolutionary linguistics of language change, mother tongue acquisition and bilingualism, along with deep microstructural analysis of Shakespeare's works, pre-20th century poetry and postcolonial narrative through highly technical philological commentary and advanced stylistic deconstruction.
• International Baccalaureate (IB): Comprehensive, advanced-level approach to the IB English A: Literature HL and IB English A: Language and Literature HL programs for the highest possible grade of 7, rigorously mastering critical literary theory, global comparative analysis, the subtleties of stylistic devices, and persuasive rhetoric techniques, with engineering-level technical support for the Higher Level Essay (HL Essay) and the methodological deconstruction of non-literary texts in the Internal Assessment (IA).
• Advanced Placement (AP): Intensive preparation for the highest possible grade of 5 in AP English Literature and Composition and AP English Language and Composition, training the analytical problem-solving skills and technical precision required for open-ended questions (FRQs). We focus comprehensively on argumentative synthesis based on complex evidence, the analysis of Aristotelian and Ciceronian rhetorical strategies, strict mastery of the stylistic sophistication rubric, and the dissection of complex lyrical structures through critical commentary of high conceptual density.
• GMAT Verbal and GRE Verbal: High-level strategic preparation aimed at professionals and university graduates, breaking down the formal logic of the Critical Reasoning sections, deconstructing the structural density of Reading Comprehension (for the GMAT), and optimizing high-frequency vocabulary and syntactic accuracy for the GRE to achieve elite percentiles (95th percentile).
• IELTS and TOEFL: Intensive advanced language immersion training focused on achieving top score bands (IELTS 8.5+ / TOEFL 115+), mastering structural lexical sophistication, discourse coherence, and the specific marking schemes required by the world's most prestigious universities.
I maintain a direct and transparent communication channel with students or their families, or both, to coordinate progress. My methodology provides a rigorous structure and a proven roadmap to academic excellence, always under the clear premise that the real result is the fruit of the student's daily effort and commitment.
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Rates
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- £86
Pack prices
- 5h: £429
- 10h: £857
free lessons
The first free lesson with Henry will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 30mins
online
- £86/h
Details
The specified fee applies to one 50-minute virtual classroom session.
The free session is dedicated exclusively to an academic consultation, a baseline competency assessment (curriculum mapping), and technical calibration of the digital environment (checking connection speeds, optimizing videoconferencing software, and configuring the interactive virtual whiteboard); it has a strict duration of 30 minutes. No active teaching or instruction takes place during this initial call.
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