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Laurence tutored my son from Oct 2020 until April 2021. He is very reliable and his fees were reasonable. My son's predicted grades were 6/7 and 7/8 for English language and Literature respectively (as I recall). He got an 8 in English language and a 9 in English literature! We were very happy with the results. My son's teachers noticed the improvement in the quality of his homework quite quickly and commented on it. Laurence even started working with him one to one on Saturdays as my son was slacking after a while and submitting the weekly homework later and later. These Saturday sessions helped a lot.We thoroughly recommend Laurence as a GCSE English tutor.
My son been a scientist always struggled with the interpretation skills needed in English. Having Laurence as his tutor gave him the skills and confidence to navigate this area of uncertainty and together they created an A / 9 grade student. Laurence managed to simplify and make patterns in very complicated texts and took the overwhelm of studying English away into a subject my son really enjoyed. The interpretation skills he learned he carried forward in other subjects (especially geography and RE) and he too attained 9’s in these subjects. Above all Laurence was patient, thorough and instilled a confidence in my boy where other teachers had failed.
Laurence is currently teaching my daughter writing. I ,personally, believe that Laurence is an experienced and amazing teacher - helping and tutoring my daughter to the point when she has full understanding of things. With Laurence's guidance, my daughter's vocabulary has improved immensely. After a year of working with him, everything in English and writing has been so much easier for her. This has especially been shown in school as her rank zoomed up when writing tasks or tests were given to her. With Laurence's help, my daughter has been able to produce work that her teachers find complex. Her interest in writing has been developed too! If you are trying to find a teacher with vast knowledge, a teacher that will make your writing zoom up fast and develop your interest, then Laurence would be the first one I would recommend.
Our son was working at Level 4 grade in his English Language GCSE at the start of year 10. We decided to get a private tutor on board to help him improve. Laurence worked with our son from the middle of year 10 up to the gcse’s in year 11. We were thrilled that our son achieved a grade 7 in his gcse. As we started the private tutoring sessions in year 10 it meant there was no pressure and it was a gradual solid improvement over time which we thought was a lot more helpful than a mad rush to improve too late in the day. A big thanks to Laurence for his patience and input with getting our son to ‘buy in’ to the process and get the best out of him. We would recommend Laurence to anyone looking to improve their performance in English Language. He keeps you informed with regular updates and useful bits of information shared with his students. Thanks again Laurence and good luck with your business moving forward.
I would highly recommend Laurence. Laurence has developed a unique approach to GCSE English tutoring, which utilises his extensive knowledge as an English teacher, tutor and examiner. When I first contacted Laurence, I wondered how his approach could work, but encouraged my son to try it for a couple of sessions and we never looked back! Laurence focusses on developing the child’s confidence, right at the start of the tutoring process and then uses this foundation to build the more complex skills required for the exam. Although I engaged Laurence for English Language tutoring, he was completely flexible as we moved towards the exams. Noticing that my son was struggling with poetry, I asked Laurence if he could provide some sessions on poetry - the difference he achieved over 5 months was extraordinary! My son looked forward to to his FaceTime sessions, enjoying the humour as well as the learning he achieved in every session. We look forward to the results in August, but I would never have believed that my son could walk into his English Language and Literature exams with such confidence and belief himself. Thank you Laurence.
James was very uninterested in English and this was reflected in his grade. I was concerned he may not pass his GCSE English so in Year 11 I found Laurence. James loves Science and Maths as he can logically process the questions to find the solution. Laurence engaged with him and structured his sessions so that James could use his processing strengths and apply them to an English question. To my surprise James sat and worked with Laurence diligently every week and as a result James more than exceeded our expectations in his GCSE. I think Laurence has a gift of tailoring his sessions to individual styles to best suit the student and the results speak for themselves. Highly Recommended.
Our son was expecting a GCSE Grade 5/6 in English Language, although 8/9 in all other subjects. We engaged Laurence and he did not disappoint. He helped my son not only improve his language skills, but also his enjoyment of the subject, which had been seriously lacking. Mock GCSE grade was an 8 so we are hopeful! Would highly recommend Laurence as a tutor, especially if your child just "Doesn't get English". Laurence seems to have the key to unlock potential. UPDATE: Son got an 8 in Language and 7 in Literature, so pleased. Thank you Laurence for raising his grades at lease by 2 levels!
We initially asked Laurence to tutor our son halfway through year 10 when our son actually asked for some help with English. Laurence was exactly what our son needed and his excellent, thorough, detailed and tailored feedback was extremely beneficial. Our son felt very well supported and we noticed significant improvements in his writing style and vocabulary, not limited to his English work but extending out to many of his other GCSE subjects. In the course of just over 12 months with Laurence our son raised his grade from a predicted 6 when he started with Laurence to ultimately achieving 2 grade 9’s in his actual exams. It was a natural progression to ask Laurence to tutor our daughter who is now in year 10 and once again we are noticing improvements in style and vocabulary which are enhancing all of her written work across a range of subjects.Laurence has been fantastic, he is helpful, patient, clear in his expectations and consistent in his feedback. For my own children his particular style of tutoring has provided the flexibility that we needed as that weeks work can be fitted around other commitments.We would have no hesitation in recommending Laurence at all.
Laurence has been an excellent tutor. I found that his bespoke teaching methods really benefited me.For both English Language and English Literature he would set me pieces of work equivalent as if they were exam questions.And after I had submitted it, he would do a colour-coded, line by line analysis, telling me where I can improve. He would also give me improvement tasks which I had to implement into my work, as well as imbedding his own YouTube videos to explain thingsHe also had made an excel spreadsheet which I found very helpful as I was able to collect a bank of phrases which I would be able to use in the exam.For the English Language paper on persuasive writing, he gave me amazing phrases to start each paragraph.And for my actual descriptive writing piece in the exam, I was able to lift most of what I had already done with Laurence in a certain homework as it was a very similar task in the real exam!I also found that my English Literature quality of writing had really improved as before all my analysis of language was very generic but after Laurence’s help it became very specific and at a much deeper level.The result was that my grade in my English Literature mock doubled from a 4 to an 8!And my English language increased from a 5/6 to an 8!I would highly recommend Laurence to anyone doing English GCSE.
We are so fortunate to have found Laurence to tutor our daughter over the last school year. At the end of year 10 her English grades just did not match the excellent grades she was achieving in every other subject; she is bright and has a very logical approach to learning, and English just didn’t work that way. She was trying hard, but becoming increasingly frustrated and despondent. Then we found Laurence and from the very first lesson her whole approach changed. He furnished her with the tools she needed to make the subjective objective and give her the strategies she needed to approach questions & almost immediately, as her confidence increased, so did her grades.She took her first English language GCSE paper last week & felt it had gone well. If you have a bright child who isn’t thriving in their English studies with the approach used at their current school, I can’t recommend Laurence highly enough. He has a great way with youngsters & clearly really knows how to get the best from them.
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