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Online Drama and Theatre Tutor Lucy

Lucy

Lucy

English PGCE Secondary English

5.0

$65/hr

Drama specialist, experienced in tutoring GCSE, A Level and LAMDA preparation. English Language and Literature tutor since 2003.

Lucy
5.0
597 classes

University of Worcester - English - PGCE Secondary English

Drama specialist, experienced in tutoring GCSE, A Level and LAMDA preparation. English Language and Literature tutor since 2003.

Recent Students: 11
Total Hours: 570
Last Online:
All-time Students: 72
Total Classes: 597
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Recent Students: 11Total Hours: 570Last Online:
All-time Students: 72Total Classes: 597Signed Up:

About Me

I’m a Drama specialist, with a degree from Rose Bruford, and extensive professional theatrical experience. I also have a PGCE in Secondary English, and a M-ed in Visual Impairment where I studied the impact of teaching social skills to students with visual impairment and autism.

I’m a theatre and dance lover, and I write for Drama and Theatre Magazine (Mark Allen Group)

I’ve recently learned to swim - I think we should always continue to learn!

I am a specialist academic mentor for university students with disabilities.

Tutor Experience

Experienced in teaching the following:
GCSE and IGCSE English Language and Literature - all boards
IGCSE World Literature
A Level English literature - all boards

GCSE, IGCSE and BTEC Drama
A Level Drama - I have contributed to text books for the Pearson course.
Preparation for LAMDA exams and auditions.

I have been an English and Drama teacher since 2003, and have taught in a wide range of settings including state schools, independent and specialist schools. I also have a lot of online teaching experience and this is an area that I particularly enjoy.
I encourage tutoring sessions which are a conversation rather than a lecture. I believe that a successful class is one where the student feels confident enough to make mistakes and to ask questions.
I am calm and patient, and love to have laughter in my sessions. We all learn better when we’re happy and relaxed!
I am particularly good at helping students to raise their grades if they are stuck between two grade boundaries. I can help with confidence building and enjoy tailoring sessions to specific topics that students are struggling with to get the best results.




Topic Expertise

GCSE/IGCSE English and A Level English: All exam boards
Functional English: Pearson

GCSE/IGCSE and A Level Drama: I have taught all exam boards and have contributed to text books for Edexcel. As an ex Stage Manager I have an excellent knowledge of the technical theatre options.

Client Reviews

My daughter is doing A level Drama and she finds Lucy absolutely ideal - so clear and helpful, absolutely focused on what is needed - fantastic, thank you.

- Drama

It was extremely useful and thank you for the time spent marking my paper! Lauren.

- Drama

Super helpful! Got a better handle on how to think about it, how much to have prepared, and how to translate that into the essay

- Drama

Lucy is so well prepared for each session and plans lessons carefully according to specific targeted areas. Our daughter is blown away by how effective and efficient Lucy is, whilst also being so kind and able to put her at ease. We are extremely grateful to have found her.

- English Literature

A first class tutor! Lucy is approachable, kind, extremely well prepared and knowledgable. She is also excellent at communicating/making plans for lessons.

- English Literature

She helped so much with all of my drama GCSE; Couldn't have done it without her !!!

- Drama

Lucy is a joy to work with! She is helping my son with A-Level essay writing and he is so grateful for her help.

- English Literature

Delighted to have found you Lucy!

- English Language

Only the second lesson with Lucy but my daughter is literally over the moon! Lucy has very quickly identified the issues she was finding tricky and seems to have an excellent strategy to tackle them.

- English Literature

My daughter is really enjoying her lessons with Lucy. She teaches at a perfect pace and is exactly the right balance of fun and focussed.

- English Language

Testimonials

Lucy is a brilliantly creative teacher who fosters great relationships with her students. I can recommend her wholeheartedly.

Hi Lucy, just wanted to say a huge thank you for your support. I came to you scraping Cs and Ds and we managed to get an A*! So thank you for always working with me and always pushing me up the grade boundaries. Couldn’t have done it without you. (A Level English Literature AQA 2022)

Lucy really made my daughter enjoy English Literature. She made the lessons fun whilst imparting all the relevant information for A-level. (OCR English Literature 2022)

We truly believe you had a positive impact on our daughter's learning and her being able to achieve an 8. We will always be incredibly grateful to you, your kind patience and ability to understand her and give her the encouragement she needed to believe in herself. (OCR GCSE English Literature 2023)

I can't believe that I scored so high, but I couldn't have done it without your help. Thank you for being such an excellent tutor this past year to me! It's made all the difference.
(IGCSE Cambridge English Language and English Literature Summer 2024)

Lucy is an absolutely wonderful tutor! As well as being very knowledgeable about all of my son’s set texts (particularly Ted Hughes’ poems), she also knows exactly what the examiners are looking for. Lucy helped my son go from a grade 5 in his mock to an 8 on the day — we were delighted. Thank you, Lucy!
Mum of Theo M, QEGS Wakefield IGCSE English Lit, Cambridge Board August 2025

Monologue support: Our daughter had two sessions with Lucy immediately before her scripted GCSE Drama exam, and Lucy was amazing in helping her to gain confidence, supporting our daughter in turning her understanding of the character into tangible vocal and physical delivery. In those two sessions, they’ve managed to achieve so much and our daughter went into the exam confident and felt she’s done really well, she was so excited afterwards. Now waiting for the results! Thank you, Lucy, you have been fantastic!"
March 2026

GCSE Drama (Edexcel) written paper: Wanted to say thank you so much for the fantastic tutoring you have provided since February. It was definitely the right thing to get you on board – My daughter is feeling so much more confident now about the written element of her Drama GCSE. In her own words your tutoring has been ‘immensely helpful’! We weren’t sure as you know about the on-line tutoring at the start but really appreciated your trial approach. The tutoring format has worked really well and we have really appreciated how thorough,
organised and accessible the sessions have been. We will let you know how the exam goes – but no doubt having your support has made a huge difference. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you – you have been fantastic. Thank you so much! Parent of GCSE Drama student, May 2026.

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Qualifications

BA (Hons) Technical Theatre from Rose Bruford Drama School, London
PGCE (Secondary English) University of Worcester
M-Ed (Visual Impairment) QTVI (Qualified Teacher of Visual Impairment) University of Birmingham

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