Online History Tutor Ben

I have several years of tutoring experience, with my tutees consistently improving their academic performance and confidence in their chosen subject. I believe that the structure of the tutorial-style system is a great way to help those tutees who are keen to improve their subject knowledge, writing style, and exam performance.

Our first tutorial will always take the form of establishing together areas which you would like to work on. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a tutee improve in confidence and ability over time, and I consider my role as tutor to be a facilitator and enabler for this to happen. I will always work as hard as possible to ensure my tutees achieve the aims that we established at the beginning of our sessions, and in return I expect the same level of effort from my students.

When it comes to tutoring, I know that a positive attitude is absolutely essential for success. When tutoring A-Level History for example, my role is not to provide the dates or facts that could be learnt in a textbook, but to coach my students on how to improve their confidence, and on the best way to approach an essay question. When looking back at my own experiences at school, it was those teachers that believed in me that were the ones that inspired and motivated me to achieve the best that I could, and that is something that I replicate in my own tutoring sessions. Every student is capable of achieving their potential, and with my help I feel that I can develop their determination, resilience, and ability.

I have a decade of experience teaching GCSE and A level history across the full range of exam boards: OCR, AQA, Edexcel, WJEC, Eduqas - and more.

I've taught all of the major topics at GCSE and A level including the Norman Conquest, the Tudors (Reformation, Mid-Tudor crises, Elizabethan England to name a few), English Civil Wars, Restoration England, Medicine through time, Industrial Revolution, Russian Revolution, US Civil Rights, Weimar and Nazi Germany, Cold War, and many more.

Several of my students have gone on to achieve full marks in their A level coursework as well.

I have supported pupils to resit their A level Government & Politics papers, going from a C to an A grade.

What's more, I have worked as an examiner with both AQA and Edexcel, having received a request to come back to re-mark due to the high level of accuracy with which I scored the papers.

As well as the subjects that I offer, I am also very happy to provide support and tuition for students applying to university, and am happy to offer guidance about the Oxbridge application process. In the past I have led admissions sessions offering advice to prospective Oxford applicants, and have worked for the University's own summer school programme dedicated to improving applications from under-represented state schools.