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My daughter is finding the lessons with Phyllis extremely helpful and finds she is learning important skills that she hasn't learned at school. Phyllis has a well structured approach that is working very well for a one to one lesson. Would certainly recommend Phyllis as a tutor.

Phyllis has been tutoring my daughter for several weeks. She enjoys the conversations thoroughly and finds Phyllis to be knowledgeable, interesting and extremely helpful so far. As a parent Phyllis has been communicative, clear, and responsive. She is exactly what I was looking for - a former A -level teacher, familiar with the specific texts my daughter is studying, with experience of marking exams so she knows precisely how to approach each exam. Four very enthusiastic thumbs up - from me and my daughter.

Phyllis is tutoring my daughter presently for both English language and English Literature GCSE. She is an excellent Tutor with great experience of the syllabus. Phyllis’s sessions are very well planned with concise supportive material based on sound assessment . She has great knowledge of the exam process which is vital for clarification , thus providing good learning strategies . I would have no hesitation in recommending Phyllis.

Our daughter is struggling with AS English so we signed up with Phyllis , just completing our 4th week. Her first week she gave excellent and insightful feedback about our daughter’s lesson and is following through with the plan.

Phyllis has helped my son a good deal in the initial few weeks of his tuition . She’s very professional and helped him reorientate his approach to tackling examinations .

Phyllis is an excellent tutor. My daughter is really valuing her sessions which are helping her get to grips with the written component of her A level drama. Phyllis is completely reliable in terms of planning and communication. She is clear about what will be covered in sessions and provides materials in advance of each lesson. Her understanding and experience of teaching these texts is obvious and her teaching style dynamic and even after just a few sessions my daughter is already feeling so more confident.

Phyllis was excellent with our son who was months away preparing for GCSE. She took the time to explain to him and quickly brought him to speed in areas where he was lacking technique and confidence. This helped him to move a grade higher than he was predicted. I certainly recommend Phyliss. She was always on time and willing to spend the time required to achieve the goal. She spent the time preparing for the lessons and very communicative.

I had several messages with Phyllis. Unfortunately we couldn’t proceed due to incompatibility regarding payment arrangements

I came to Phyllis with an usual request- to help my 17 year old son resit his GCSE English exam as he needed a higher grade for his preferred university choices. Phyllis designed two sets of intensive modules over 4 weeks that focussed on technique, timings, best practice as well as hints and tips. She provided exam paper practice, corrections, feedback and homework. At all times, she was professional, motivating and helpful whilst also being demanding and authorative- vital for a 17 year old more focussed on science based A-levels. My son did achieve the solid B grade he needed. However, he also learnt to be a better writer, to think more critically and vitally- the need to properly read the question being asked. Basic things that he missed at GCSE level but ones that will stay with him as he does A-levels, university and his career. I am very grateful to Phyllis for being unphased by the challenge (and he was at a weak and poor level, as he had not studied English for over a year) and going the extra mile with addtional paper practice and feedback to me to support him. I would recommend Phyllis. She is professional and easy to communicate with. Her feedback to me was helpful throughout and my son very much enjoyed his time working with her.

Phyllis is a highly experienced and skilled English teacher. She teaches with patience and skill. My daughter enjoys her wonderful lessons and she tells me herself how much she is learning. I would highly recommend Phyllis as a tutor. She is amazing! I am incredibly lucky to have found Phyllis.

Professional and wonderful tutor. My girl learnt a great deal and improved at lot especially in exam techniques. Thanks so much Phyllis!

Phyllis has worked really well with my son, who is taking IGCSEs this year. Her teaching style is very good and my son has really benefitted with the tuitions. She was able to clarify a lot of his doubts in regards to the language paper, and was especially helpful in allowing him to understand what the examiners will look for in the answers. He is much more confident now and able to better comprehend and analyse texts than before.
Highly recommended!

Phyllis has been really wonderful with our daughter - giving back her confidence over this term after the last rocky year of lockdown schooling. Her clear and patient tutoring is really effective and her experience and feedback to us about our daughters progress has been regular and excellent. I would wholly recommend Phyllis to any new family. This is our first experience of a tutor for english and we couldn't be happier.

Phyllis is a very experienced tutor. This can be seen not only from her personal file, but also from her organization and management of teaching. Up to now, my son has had two assessment lessons and two language lessons with her. For each lesson, Phyllis prepares meticulously, usually sending the needed materials to us for printing or reading about a week in advance. The materials provided are also very suitable.

Phyllis is also very responsible and confident. She appears in the lessons punctually, never late, and is proficient in Skype use. She has a clear and standard pronunciation, and a suitable rhythm, which makes students easy to understand what she lectured.

Phyllis also has a sense of morality. After one or two sessions, she found that my son needs to do basic tasks such as grammar first before he can go to the more higher lever English works. So she adviced my son to buy a grammar practice book and insisted on doing it every night by himself. She thinks current tutoring is not needed as it is mainly about practice and finding the patterns. My son followed her advice and practiced for about two months by himself without tutoring. Then Phyllis gave my son another assessment and the results showed that my son had made good progress. Based on this second time assessment and the improment, Phyllis worked out another learning path and tutoring programmar for my son for the next stage.

In short, Phyllis has demonstrated rich tutoring and teaching experience, a high sense of responsibility and morality, as well as patience and clear tutoring ideas for her student. All this shows that she is a excellent mentor and will definitely highly recommend her!

Phyllis is very knowledgeable and an extremely organised tutor. She clearly puts 100% into her students. We are confident that she will help our daughter achieve a high level in her English GCSE.

I highly recommend Phyllis to any children struggling in English. She has supported my son for his GCSE and brilliantly managed to motivate him to study the topic and to therefore excel in his results : 8 in literature and 9 in english language. Particularly amazing coming from a 4/5 level. Phyllis knows very well the curriculum, has the ability to motivate and is so organised (all her lessons are prepared ahead and papers sent in advance). I am so impressed and grateful. Thank you.

I contacted Phyllis woefully late in my sons’s GCSE year and we were only able to fit 4 sessions in before his April exams. In those 4 sessions Phyllis transformed him from a 15/25 student to a 25/25 candidate (yes he scored 100% in his English Literature exam). Both he and I see her influence as utterly transformative. All lessons were online and this in no way lessened their impact. Phyllis gave him clear and express guidance on how to structure his essays and she homed in with forensic skill on the areas of weakness, equipping him with the tools he needed to address them. He has told me that when he reads his pre Phyllis essays he can now see clearly where he was going wrong and he has confidence when he sits down to write an essay now that he knows what he needs to do to perform at a significantly higher level. I could not be more impressed and grateful.

My daughter is currently being tutored by Phyllis and is studying for her GCSEs. Her lessons have been well organised and she gives clear feedback on what my daughter needs to work on. Phyllis' lessons have improved my daughter's confidence in English significantly. The lessons are well structured and are well tailored to my daughter's needs. I would highly recommend her.

My son has had Phyllis for only a few months but the improvement has been drastically positive. She helped my son go from a grade of 1 and 2 to a 6 and 7 in his next mocks in a considerably short amount of time. My son no longer dislikes English and has a much more neutral opinion on it. She is good at keeping him active in lessons which helps him to focus. He considers himself very lucky to have found such a great tutor.

Great tutor. Really helps my daughter who is preparing for iGCSE English. Well-organised and provided clear guidance. Good knowledge of exam and tailored her lessons efficiently.
I certainly recommend her Skype tutoring to build skills for exam success.

My daughter is currently being tutored by Phyllis. Phyllis is a brilliant tutor and my daughter looks forward to her session every week! Thank you Phyllis for boosting her confidence in English.

Phyllis was an excellent tutor for my daughter during her preparation for English Language GCSE and I highly recommend her services. She was extremely organised, very communicative and very clear in what my daughter needed to do to prepare for each lesson. Phyllis' teaching style is lively and enthusiastic which was very motivating - lessons were rewarding and interesting and my daughter now feels a lot more prepared and confident to tackle the exam.

Phyllis has been an outstanding tutor. She is passionate about her work and has instilled confidence in my daughter. Her energy and enthusiasm makes every lesson enjoyable and interesting. She provides a comprehensive and well-organised package of lessons, including papers, mark schemes and exemplar responses. We feel in safe hands with Phyllis and my daughter looks forward to her lessons. We highly recommend her.

My son Ethan has now been studying English with Phyllis for couple of week and has made good progression. We hope to improve certain elements and overall over time. Phyllis is organised and on time and knows the syllabus.

My daughter has studyed with Phyllis for 3weeks,Phyllis is a very nice tutor, patient and give my daughter much help.She will go on studying with Phyllis.

Phyllis has been a remarkable tutor for our 9 year old son. She created a study plan around His needs and was amazing at listening to what my concerns were and implementing session work around that. Our son loves his sessions and looks forward to them. I especially love how she always asks about what he has been up to and what he has been reading. Thank you Phyllis and We look forward to continuing with the sessions!

I have been studying English with Phyllis for a quite a while now.

First of all, she has helped me to understand English grammar better while guiding me where to start and how to study.

Phyllis knows how to encourage a student to write and use analytical skills. She teaches me how to write creatively and reflect this correctly. After several English lessons with her, I defeated fear and began to write much better.

Finally, she is flexible and listens to your needs and helps to reach your set goals. I progressed a lot after taking her classes. My English level has improved, and I am looking forward to my English exam.

I would recommend Phyllis as a teacher for her creativity, knowledge, and professionalism. She knows how to encourage people and provides all support you need it.

I have tried her classes face to face and online, and there is no impact on teaching quality.

Comminication was prompt but the tutor profile stated 'online' and I was looking for an online tutor.
However once I had paid the finder's fee of £24.99 and communicated directly with the tutor, I was told that the classes I required for my son would be one to one in person and not possible to be online. Unfortunately I cannot come to the tutor in person and can only use online tutors. I would therefore like a refund.

My son has had a few sessions with Phyllis and he is delighted. After the first session he got in the car and said 'She's great'! Praise indeed from someone not overly effusive. Phyllis knows the GCSE/IGCSE syllabus inside out and very quickly highlighted the areas my son needs help with. She takes the time to plan each meeting and makes it lively and engaging whilst imparting her depth of knowledge. I have no doubt her help will be invaluable. My only regret is that we didn't find her sooner.
Nicola

My daughter has now had 3 sessions with Phyllis. We have tried around 4 English tutors over the past 2 years without success, as this is a subject that my daughter finds challenging due to her learning difficulties and has no confidence in.

Phyllis is fantastic in every sense. She is engaging, clear, motivational, intuitive, flexible and warm. My daughters confidence has grown, even after just a few sessions!

On Saturday when I picked up my daughter after a 2 hour session, bearing in mind she has ADD, I saw how engaged she was with what she was doing and when we got in the car she said "mum I actually enjoyed my session today!".

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Phyllis to anyone looking for support with English Language or Literature.

I had failed a dissertation, and Phyllis did give advice that helped to secure a pass.

I am extremely happy with Phyllis.She helps my daughter prepare for GCSE English and is very enthusiastic and experienced.

Phyllis is a fantastic tutor, she has helped my daughter so much in only a few sessions. She really cares about her students and wants them to do well.
I would highly recommend her.

Phyllis is an outstanding tutor. She is well organised, knows how to tackle the weaknesses of my daughter and has increased her confidence massively. Her grades have greatly improved since Phyllis started tutoring in late February. From the school's feedback they are confident that she will get excellent grades.

My daughter has been having English lessons with Phyllis for the last few weeks and she really likes her.
Phyllis is a lovely and enthusiastic tutor who knows the curriculum well and can engage effectively with young people. I strongly recommend her.

We are very happy to have such a wonderful experienced tutor. We highly recommended her.