Specialists in English literature & language tuition.
We provide expert English tuition at KS3 & GCSE level.
Qualified English teachers
Our elite-level recruitment
The exponential growth of the private tutoring industry has led to a surge in self-proclaimed tutors. We adhere to a strict policy of recruitment. All of our tutors are Oxbridge graduates and qualified teachers with a PGCE in English. They are the very best at their craft.
Creative literature & language lessons
Holistic programs of study
All too often, private tutors deliver classes on an ad-hoc basis with little to no planning involved. Our tutoring program adopts a long-term approach. Our ten-lesson guides for each literature text and our 8 lesson creative & transactional writing workshops aims toward providing some vision and structure.
Competitive & accessible pricing
Elite-level yet affordable tuition
We believe elite-level tutoring should be affordable. Our tutors pay a fixed yearly subscription to use our platform and we therefore take no commission. This is why we are able to price our 1-2-1 lessons at £35 per hour and our group sessions with 2-3 students at £20 per hour.
GCSE Literature
Master your literature text in just ten lessons.
01
10 lesson guides
Get a comprehensive understanding of your set text in just 10 lessons. Our lesson program includes the use of symbolism, metacognition and detailed scaffolds. These engaging methods help ensure that students get the most out of lessons and are prepared for any thematic question on their given set texts.
02
Dedicated Blog
We produce bi-monthly blogs which cover topics ranging from understanding Shakespearean language to exploring universal themes that underpin all genres of literature from epic poems to drama and novels. These blogs help ensure that our students are engaged with literature in their own time.
03
Revision Videos
Our tailor made revision videos have been made with exams in mind, so that our students can sit back and enjoy media resources in their own time, allowing for greater independence and freedom of learning.
04
Model answers
We try and strike a balance between student autonomy and structural discipline. Our tutors provide model answers ranging from G6- 9 to ensure that students have a grasp of exactly what is required in to excel in the final GCSE exams.
A holistic approach to teaching English literature
Each of the texts and anthologies above come in ten-lesson packages. For each of those texts, your tutor will cover the themes and politico-historical background as well as the key quotes and techniques. We prefer to use logographs and symbols instead of actual quotes as we have found that this moves students away from memorisation of quotes to actually understanding them. Toward the end of the ten-lesson package, your tutor will move toward exam preparation by going through practice questions, model answers as well as guiding you on structuring your essays.
Our approach therefore covers the three pillars of literature at GCSE level
AO1 (Overall understanding)
AO2 (Themes and literary devices/techniques)
AO3 ( Political, social and historical context)
New paragraph
GCSE English Language
The key issues
Navigating the two English Language papers can often seem like walking through a maze.
Whether it is AQA, Edexcel or EDUCAS, both Language papers continue to be one of the lowest performing exams for the majority of secondary schools throughout the country. There are several reasons for this.
Section A of both papers present students with unseen texts. Unlike in literature, this means that students are unable to rely on prior in-class analysis and memory. They are tested purely on their independent micro and macro analysis of texts.
Section B provides students with the challenge of producing their own creative body of work, be it descriptive writing in Paper 1 or transactional writing in Paper 2. All too often, teachers struggle to teach the complexities of extended writing in structured manner. This is especially the case when it comes to creative writing where teachers often simply provide an image and leave students to their own devices.
Our solutions include...
01
8-Lesson Creative Writing Workshop
We take a holistic and structured approach to teaching creative writing. Each of our 8 lessons have specific aims and success criteria.
We start by banning the use of colour. Why? Quite simply because banning colour forces students to enhance their use of other descriptors. The opening two lessons focus on characterization and clothing, lessons three and four include the use of narrative thought and character movement, whilst lessons five to six focus on creating different types of setting. The last two lessons tie it all together with an opportunity for formative marking.
02
8-Lesson Transactional Writing Guide
English Language Paper 2 Section B can often be extremely daunting for students. Technique-heavy teaching frames like DAFOREST do little to help them structure their work
We start by quite simply dividing transactional writing into two themes: pathos and logos. Why? Well, quite simply because emotion and logic are the two levers that manipulate readers to appreciate our viewpoint.
Once students have grasped the fundamentals of this twin concept, we then move on to a three-part structure guide called DIA (Description, Information and Argumentation).
KS3 ENGLISH
Ofsted once referred to Key Stage 3 as the 'Wasted Years' of student progression. Among the reasons highlighted were a lack of challenge in the classroom and the lack of engagement with home learning.
We aim to tackle these issues by providing highly structured lessons which test each of the key assessment objectives required for their GCSE exams.
LITERATURE AT KS3
Our tutors use a selection of 10 highly engaging fiction extracts to help students familiarize themselves with the macro and micro analysis required to succeed at KS4.
With regard to creative and persuasive writing, our tutors use interactive lessons with easy to remember scaffolds to ensure that students remained disciplined in their writing.
CREATIVE WRITING AT KS3
Our ten lesson creative writing guide for KS3 has been used in both school classrooms as well as online tuition. The guide breaks down creative writing into different categories such as characterization, setting, dialogue and clothing and props, ensuring that students are learning a new skill every lesson..
925
Hours taught
5
Specialist tutors
55
Current students
Why people believe in us
Prospero provided us with a great teacher and tutor who is good at building rapport with children and teaching them insightful exam techniques. The tutor was great at developing creative and critical writing and giving detailed feedback on how to improve analytical reading and writing skills.
Habab, Manchester
Prospero supported and provided excellent tutorship to my son ahead of his A-levels. Professional and reliable, it is clear why he is so sought after.
Sak, London
5 stars. My tutor helped me think outside the box in creative writing and helped me find useful evidence to back my points in texts.
Nidushaan, Essex
Prospero Education has been teaching my son, who is in year 10, for the last couple of months. The tutor has been helping him improve his answers and build a better narrative description. My son finds the lessons interesting and helpful. I particularly appreciate the de-brief texted me after the lessons.
Lina, London
Contact
Contact Us
Would you like to know more about tutoring? Send me a message with your personal request and we will arrange a non-binding preliminary talk.
