James Poiret-Brown

My Qualifications

- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Secondary History [University of Exeter]

- First Class Honours Degree in History and Politics [Loughborough University]

What to Expect

- Virtual lessons.

- Fully qualified teaching spanning across the entire National Curriculum for History (AQA, CCEA, Pearsons, OCR, WJEC).

- In depth subject knowledge of History within the National Curriculum and beyond.

- A wealth of different teaching techniques using the most recent cognitive developmental research.

- Friendly and relaxed environment to prompt discussion and aid in establishing opinions on relevant topics along with linking them to contemporary events.

- A wealth of opportunities to develop confidence in both subject knowledge and in presenting understanding through both written and oral tasks.

- Open dialogue regarding progress and adaptive teaching to support and enable students to their highest abilities.

- Engaging tasks to complete outside of alloted tutoring time to help expand and reinforce understanding and expand interest in the topics covered. Adaptable to fit around your busy schedule.

- Supplying high quality teaching and revision resources to support in attaining high level outcomes.

- Exam preparation and revision techniques to find what works best for you.

- Essay writing techniques and an expansion of literacy required to attain the highest possible outcomes both in an exam setting and to take forward into the future.

- The initial session will focus on establishing a healthy teaching relationship. It is important to create a comfortable environment in which we can focus on your learning journey. Additionally, in this session we shall identify what the goals of these tutoring sessions are along with laying out a rough learning framework for the future. From then on we can focus targeted sessions focusing on relevant areas to improve upon.