Una is a miracle worker, after just three sessions my English-hating 15-year-old son has asked for longer tutoring sessions with her. She is working him hard and pushing him to reach his potential, which is just what he needs. Too early to see results from school yet but I am confident that even between the weekly sessions so far he has already shown some slight improvement and perhaps most importantly is much more engaged, which is half the battle. Thank you Una - highly recommended.
From Nigel
Una is very experienced and knowledgeable with English teaching. Our child’s literacy skills have developed considerably (improved by two grades) within one month under Una's care. We are extremely grateful for Una's patience and efforts in helping our child to develop the skills and confidence that he can immediately apply to his mock examination and the forthcoming GCSE examination.
From Robin
Already in the short time Una has been tutoring our son we have seen his confidence increase and marks beginning to improve. We thoroughly appreciate Una'a time and energy in helping improve our sons English skills. We however acknowledge that there is still some journey to go we are encouraged by what we have seen so far.
Dear Robin,
Thank you for your very appreciative comments. You are correct in saying that your son still has some considerable way to go, but, given the collaborative working relationships we have established, I am confident that he can improve on his predicted grades.
Kind Regards,
Una
Uan
From Katie
Incredibly thorough and very encouraging. My son (who was reluctant to have tuition) enjoyed his first session and asked for more. His confidence is increasing as his English teacher immediately noticed a difference in his attitude and praised his contributions in class. Would definitely recommend.
It has been a delight to work with Katie's son, He was so much more relaxed with me in our second session today. He is an intelligent young man, who has quickly absorbed key pointers for success. and already has the confidence to ask pertinent questions to embed his learning.
Una
From Michelle
Una was very friendly and helpful she sent lots of feedback to me in her own time and I felt like she went above and beyond to help. I feel so much more confident now in my Spanish.
From Kate
Tutoring at U6 level, Una has been superb. She is professional, exacting and committed to excellence but combines it with a warmth towards her pupil and a genuine desire to improve their outcome.
From AManda
Una and my son are working well together. Una is prompt and well organised and she understands the curriculum for A level in much detail. Her extensive experience, her lesson planning and timekeeping are faultless. My sons' confidence is growing rapidly and this is good to see. He enjoys his tutoring sessions with Una and feels that she is helping him greatly.
From Janet
Una makes your mission her mission. She is very dedicated and tailors the tutoring sessions specifically for you. She also does a lot of work outside the sessions providing everything you could possibly need and more. I would highly recommend her.
From Mark
In a very short space of time, Una has had a profoundly positive impact on my daughter’s confidence and readiness for her English Language A Level exams - we cannot recommend highly enough.
From Mary
Una is simply outstanding. Highly skilled, experienced and professional. She is that magical combination of someone who has high expectations but is very kind and tunes in quickly to a child's learning style.
From Luc
Una was very organized and quick to understand our son's challenges (being a very, very, achingly slow writer). She got him up to speed in time for the GCSE exams with a combination of tutoring sessions and work to do at home. As well as revising and explaining in more detail the GCSE texts, she provided extra texts to study and take examples from, building up his confidence.
After his exams, he came home quite proud of himself for having written three to four times the amount he would have normally have written, within the allotted time, and confident of having responded completely to the questions.
GCSE results arrive in August.
Dear Luc,
Thank you for such a positive response. As I know you appreciated, I worked extremely hard to help your son improve, within a short space of time.
Best Regards,
Una
From Gemma
I cannot recommend Una enough for any A level English student. I take the challenging Pre - U English course at school and was particularly struggling with the poetry element of our course. For the 6 months that Una had been helping me my grades and confidence improved dramatically, her willingness to go the 'extra mile' makes her stand out from any other tutor I had seen. I cannot thank Una enough for making me enjoy English again and boosting my grades from B/C to potentially an A.
From Victoria
Una is great! She has kindly and firmly turned our son's lack of confidence in his ability to learn and speak Spanish into an enthusiasm to push himself and increasing precision and detail in both his written and spoken Spanish… after only 3 lessons so far! What a gem!
From Bernadette
When looking for a tutor for my daughter, I knew Una was an exceptional teacher as she had taught me! She inspires and motivates through her own enthusiasm and determination. She is exceptionally well prepared and makes optimum use of the time she spends during the lessons. My daughter is clearly benefitting enormously from her input and.enjoys her time with Una. Thank you Una!
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