SUCCESS STORIES
~ MIA ~
Back in January 2024, Jenny contacted me regarding her daughter, Mia. She had just received her December mock results and achieved only a grade 3 in her Language and Literature exams. Both Mia and Jenny were extremely worried about her lack of progress in YR11 and, naturally, was anxious about her upcoming GCSE exams in June.
Mia joined English Edge Tutoring during the February half term, and together, we plugged the gaps in her learning and developed her knowledge and confidence. By the time her GCSEs commenced in June, Mia was prepared for her exams and felt confident in her abilities in English.
This was her on results day - where she achieved a grade 6 in both Language and Literature, jumping 3 grades in each in just four short months!! With these results, not only was Mia able to enrol in sixth form, she was also able to study her top choice subjects. Well done, Mia!
~ ZACH ~
Zach's mum contacted me back in June 2023 regarding his progress throughout YR10. Zach had always done well in English and was achieving good grades. However, his end of YR10 mocks reflected there were some gaps in his knowledge, particularly when it came to comparison of texts, as well as developing his analysis to be insightful and perceptive.
Zach started with English Edge Tutoring over the summer holidays to get a jump start on the YR11 curriculum, and throughout the year, I made sure my focus for Zach was stretching and challenging him, getting him to analyse in a high-level and perceptive way.
This was Zach on results day, where he achieved fantastic results in English - GRADE 8s in both Language and Literature!!! All that hard work and challenging sessions paid off - Well done, Zach!!
~ ISOBEL ~
Isobel was a student I taught from YR7 up until YR9, before I left to go into private school education. Later that year, Isobel's mum contacted me regarding her recent mock results, whereby Isobel hadn't done as well as she wanted/expected and did not seem to be making significant progress. Based on these YR10 mocks, Isobel's teacher predicated her to achieve a grade 4 in Literature and a grade 5 in Language for her GCSE's.
As soon as Isobel started with English Edge Tutoring, my initial aim was to plug the gaps in her learning and begin to develop the confidence she had lost throughout most of YR10. Towards the end of YR10, we began to work towards stretching and challenging , as well as getting a jump start on the content she would be learning in YR11, so she was one step ahead.
We continued this stretching and challenging throughout YR11, and Isobel started joint sessions with another YR11 student who was also looking to be challenged. This really helped her as not only was she able to bounce off ideas with the other student, but it pushed them both to succeed further.
On results day, Isobel completely smashed those YR10 predictions out of the park! She was predicted no higher than 5 in Language and came out with a grade 6. In Literature, her teacher only predicted her a grade 4, and she ended up achieving a grade 7 in her GCSEs!
Well done, Isobel! What a transformation!!
~ ROSIE ~
Initially, I started tutoring Rosie's brother, who was in YR8. However, after a few sessions, her mum Lisa requested that Rosie take his place leading up to her exams, as she was really struggling in English. In her April mocks, Rosie achieved grade 4s in both Language and Literature, and with her exams a mere 6 weeks away, both her and Lisa were understandably worried.
It was clear from our first session that Rosie hadn't been given much clarification and support in lessons on how to structure her essays and responses and particularly struggled with poetry analysis. With only just over a month to go until her exams, Rosie had double sessions on a weekly basis to make sure she was as prepared as she could be. Very quickly, Rosie began to pick up and understand how to structure an essay and implement the exam techniques we covered again and again. In between the sessions, I would set Rosie tasks to complete and consistently gave her feedback, which she would then take away and further develop.
Although time was against us, with English Edge Tutoring, both Rosie and I worked extremely hard on securing the grades I knew she was capable of. From achieving grade 4s in both Language and Literature in her April mocks, Rosie could not believe the grades she achieved when it came to results day - A grade 7 in Language and a grade 8 in Literature!!
Through Rosie's success story, it shows how receiving the correct scaffolding, structure, and support, alongside giving 110% in and out of the tutoring sessions, you can achieve tremendous results!!
A huge round of applause to Rosie - Well done!!