Qualifications: BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences and MSc in International Management from King’s College London, PGCE in Primary Education and Masters in Teaching from UCL Institute of Education
Teaching Experience: Qualified teacher since 2001 (23 years)
Role: Member (partner) of SDE (Tuition) LLP
My 22 years of teaching experience spans across Reception to Year 7 in the public and private sectors of education. As an academic and highly ambitious person myself, I completed my Masters in Teaching at The Institute of Education and became a Senior Leader in two schools. Implementing my pedagogical knowledge and a range of successful behaviour management strategies, I became an Assistant Head Teacher of Standards in a large infant school early on in my career. My role inspired me to continue improving myself and become an Outstanding Practitioner, so that I could monitor and train teachers to be Outstanding in their practice too.
I bring with me a wealth of experience of teaching across a variety of year groups, utilising a variety of pedagogical and learning styles to make learning stimulating and exciting. Having two children myself, I understand the pressures that children face when preparing for tests and offer my empathy and guidance to ensure they feel secure and nurtured in their sessions.
I am a diligent, professional and committed individual who has high expectations of my pupils and attains excellent results for all the children I teach. I build a good rapport with all the children by forming excellent relationships with them. My lively, energetic nature makes learning fun but, at the same time, I establish healthy boundaries and expectations.
I teach and enforce positivity in my classroom, to enable children to feel secure and happy in their learning environment. I believe this in turn builds their confidence skills and leads to excellent progress from their starting points.
I enjoy environments where I can challenge and extend children and I find the experience of preparing children for their 11+ exams very rewarding. I thrive on bringing the best out of these dedicated and self-motivated children, who I tend to find are extremley keen to learn! What I enjoy most is their inquisitive and driven natures. I also enjoy the positive relationships I am able to develop with parents who are prepared to invest in and have great aspirations for their child's education.
Meet our tutors, experienced and qualified individuals dedicated to helping your child reach their full potential.
BSc, PGCE
Colin has 38 years' teaching experience. Earlier in his career he was responsible for devising CAT tests, the BSTS (British Spelling Test Series) as well as developing the real 11+ tests for the organisation now known as GL Assessment. In more recent years at SDE he has focused on delivering the Year 5 11+ Course. Colin is also a published 11+ author.
MSt Hist. (Dist.), PGCE, QTS and BSc Psych.
Anna has over 15 years of experience in the primary education setting. As well as achieving a PGCE in Primary Education she has also completed a Masters in History . She has undertaken the roles of Head of Maths and Head of History and also has experience with SEN students.
BA (Hons), PGCE
Avril has over 40 years' primary teaching experience with additional exposure working with SEN students. She has many years experience teaching students who are preparing for the 11+ exams and has in the past operated her own successful Maths and English tutoring franchise. In addition to SDE, she continues to teach part-time in a local school.
CertEd, BEd
Malcolm has over 40 years' teaching experience, more than 20 years of which have involved preparing students for the 11+ exams, including as Head of Year 6 and then as Deputy Head of a leading local prep school.
BA, MEd
Monica has over 20 years' teaching experience and has taught in both America and England. She is a specialist Maths subject teacher. During her teaching career she has held positions including Head of Year, Head of Maths, Literacy Coordinator and Head of Science. She is now dedicated to teaching SDE's Year 5 Course.
BA (Hons), MA, CertEd
Caroline has over 18 years of teaching experience. She has a BA in History and English, as well as a Masters in ISM. She is an experienced teacher of English as a Second Language. For SDE, she teaches the 11+ Foundation Course on weeknights at SDE Amersham and the Year 5 Course on Sundays at SDE Bushey.
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