Fiona

I am a highly qualified, mature and experienced teacher of history. I am absolutely passionate about my subject and have taught people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. I have been teaching for over twenty years, and I am also a mother of four, so I understand education from the perspective of a parent as well! My particular areas of teaching expertise at A level are:
- on the Edexcel courses Searching for Rights and Freedoms (USA, India, South Africa), Britain Transformed, Germany and West Germany, Fascism in Italy, and the British Experience of Warfare.
- on the AQA courses Modern Britain, Germany, the Crusades, the Tudors, the Wars of the Roses, Louis XIV, and Russia.
-on the OCR courses The Middle East, the Rise of Islam, and Modern Britain.
-on the AQA Sociology course: all modules
-On all GCSE history modules for Edexcel

Tutoring Experience

I taught history undergraduates at Hull University for 13 years and have also taught at several local sixth form colleges. I have worked within higher and further education for twenty years. I have taught at several local sixth form colleges and I run my own local history classes and workshops, as well as marking A level History for the Edexcel exam board every summer for the past twelve years. I have privately tutored many students over the past five years and helped to achieve excellent results at both A level and GCSE. I have taught several resitting students, private candidates and students needing catch-up support, and I am very familiar with exam and coursework specifications for Edexcel, OCR and AQA. My feedback has always been excellent and I pride myself on forming strong relationships with my students and their families. I was the only student in my year to gain a first class degree and subsequently I was the only student on my MA course to receive a distinction. I have a full clean driving licence, my own car, and a recent enhanced DBS certificate.

Tutoring Approach

I have worked for exam boards for many years so I understand how exam papers are put together, and can guide students in the right direction in their revision. I also specialise in the structuring of essays and other coursework, as well as analysing sources, and can help students to enjoy writing and researching. Achievement and enjoyment should go hand in hand and I always focus on the needs of my students as individuals. I am very experienced in online teaching via Zoom and Microsoft Teams.