Hello, I'm Steph, I'm an English Teacher...

I help KS2 (years 5/6), KS3 (year 7-8) & GCSE (Years 9-11)  students to succeed without struggling. I do this by focusing on four key areas..

• Reading comprehension.
• Punctuation, grammar, spelling and vocabulary building.
• Analysing other writers’ work using sophisticated language.
• Writing creative stories, articles, letters, reports and speeches using a variety of styles.

I’m an experienced teacher with 6 years in formal education, teaching all levels of English and supporting: those that struggle, those that excel and those that are somewhere in the middle and would like to improve.

During my formal teaching career, I was personally awarded an “outstanding” rating by both Huddersfield University and OFSTED inspectors. I hold a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and a Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing including poetry, short story writing, journalism and screen-writing.

I believe English should be fun, expressive and correct.

Students progress by learning and re-learning key skills  in a repeating study cycle that reinforces abilities until the point where they are second-nature.