About

My name is Beth & I’m a highly experienced tutor and Oxford university graduate, with thirteen years experience in tutoring specialising in English language and literature and History from Key Stage 1 to A-level standard, alongside philosophy, politics, debate, music theory, IELTS and 11+ & 13+ English. I came second overall in my year at Oxford where I was awarded an academic scholarship and the Corpus Christi Music Award.

I have extensive tutoring experience from over the past 13 years with a high success rate of students entering their first choice of school and university, winning awards, prizes and commendations in essay writing (such as the Townsend Warner History Prize and Hong Kong Medical University Essay Prize) and achieving high grades in their GCSE, IELTS and A level exams.

My aim is always to give the students what they do not receive at school in terms of one-to-one focus and depth of understanding- I want them to walk away from my lessons with a breadth of knowledge that encompasses everything from the subject they are studying to philosophy, theory, big ideas and methodology. I am super energetic and enthusiastic about learning; I advocate discussion and debate with analysis of literature, encouraging the student to form alternative and personal interpretations to get under the skin of texts and source material. I try to always get students to think originally and critically, fostering skills early on that they will use throughout their educational lives. I am open to suggestion by the student themselves concerning the direction of the lessons and will shape the lessons around each student’s needs.

I believe students’ education should be rounded and whole, and bring all my experience in tutoring and education to help them see the world in different ways and from all kinds of perspectives. As a professional writer, I am also a huge advocate of teaching students how to write to a very high standard at an early stage in life, introducing them to ideas about how we can structure and communicate ideas most effectively. My lessons are fun, energised and original and I teach classes from between one to ten students if required.

Through my work as a professional writer, spanning creative projects, long-form non-fiction, and journalism, I bring a rich and varied background in publishing, editorial work, research, and creativity to my teaching practice. I use this breadth of experience to help students cultivate a deep, expressive command of language and critical thinking that goes beyond the limits of the school curriculum. I run my own magazine and am a musician too, helping me to think through the creative process in a multiplicity of ways and meaning I can find a variety of methods to connect to each individual students’ way of thinking, learning and using language. My interdisciplinary background allows me to support each student not only in academic success, but in developing a confident, distinctive voice of their own.

Academic specialisms: Theory of politics and political philosophy; modern world history and international relations; the evolution of 19th- and 20th-century thought (esp. Marx, Rawls, Foucault, Nozick, de Beauvoir); post-war Britain; Victorian, modernist, and postmodern literature; the housing crisis circa 1970; the history of peace activism and countercultures; the history of the body; social history; and critical historiographies.