I have been extremely pleased with the support and guidance my children have received from their English tutor (Kathy). Kathy has taught both English Language and English Literature at IGCSE and IB Diploma level, demonstrating exceptional subject knowledge and a genuine passion for teaching.
Kathy's lessons are engaging, well-structured, and tailored to each student's individual strengths and areas for improvement. Kathy has helped my children develop strong analytical, writing, and critical-thinking skills, while also building their confidence in tackling complex literary texts and examination requirements.
What stands out most is Kathy's ability to make challenging concepts accessible and enjoyable. Kathy's patience, encouragement, and commitment to her students' success have had a significant impact on my children's academic progress and enthusiasm for English.
We are grateful for Kathy's dedication and highly recommend Kathy to any family seeking an outstanding English tutor for IGCSE or IB Diploma studies.
Roger, Beijing, China
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I can not thank Kathy enough for the encouragement and support she provided for my daughter leading up to her GCSEs. Her outstanding subject knowledge and inspiring manner were instrumental in my daughter gaining an 8 & 9. She encouraged her to use her voice, be brave in her writing and have confidence in her revision as well as offer insightful feedback.
English was her least favourite subject and yet she gained the best results thanks to Kathy’s help.
Since finishing her GCSEs, Kathy has started working with my other daughter who is in year 10. She has inspired her to starting reading again (something she has never been a huge fan of) and is picking up a book independently and talking about the next one she wants to read.
We are so grateful for the positive impact she has had and highly recommend her tutoring talents.
Kerrie, Caldecote, Cambridgeshire
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I have had the privilege of being taught by Kathy for many years, first through primary school for maths, then at secondary for English GCSE and finally at sixth form for English literature.
Throughout the time I’ve known Kathy she has consistently demonstrated encouragement, patience and insightful subject knowledge. Having struggled with maths at a younger age, Kathy was always able to work around my own weaknesses and adhere to my preference for visual learning, allowing me to both easily understand subject content whilst building up the confidence to keep tackling questions.
In my later academic years, throughout GCSEs and A level, Kathy was able to help me perfect my essay writing skills, teaching me something new every session. When an end goal seemed unattainable, Kathy’s guidance and encouragement helped me reach them all. Even though our meetings were only one hour every week, her knowledge, positive attitude and enthusiasm have stayed with me throughout the course of my academic journey and beyond.
To anyone who has felt stuck academically or felt unable to attain their own academic goals, I highly recommend Kathy as a patient, supportive, and brilliant tutor.
Eva, Sawston, Cambridgeshire
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Thanks to Kathy, my son was able to pass his GCSE English with a strong grade in a remarkably short time. Her approach really boosted his confidence and understanding of key concepts. We are so grateful for Kathy’s support!
Thusy, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire
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After a tough year of struggling with her confidence and competence in English, we were at rock bottom and didn’t know how to help our daughter, Olivia.
Kathy was recommended to us by a very well-respected English teacher and from the moment we met her we were very impressed. Kathy’s kindness, compassion and ability to develop person-centred and individualised 1-2-1 sessions with Olivia made a difference to her confidence straight away. Olivia’s enjoyment of studying English soon returned and over a short period to time her grades dramatically improved.
Kathy’s support and expertise was also pivotal in helping Olivia manage exam anxiety and build strategies to perform under exam pressure. Olivia excelled and gained grades higher than expected and is now using the skills Kathy taught her to thrive in her sixth form and in her A level studies.
We fully recommend Kathy for her skills, expertise and passion - her students are very lucky to have her as their tutor.
Holly, Duston, Northampton
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Our three children have been tutored by Kathy at Cambridge Tutor.
Kathy is punctual, polite and a joy to work with. Kathy raised the confidence, ability and technique immensely of all our children. Kathy's thorough and precise feedback and corrective action yielded the results desired. Kathy raised predicted grades for GCSE English Language / English Literature from 6 / 6, 6 / 7, and D to obtaining 8 / 8, 9 / 9 and A*.
Kathy is brilliant, supportive, encouraging and makes teaching enjoyable. All our children were inspired by Kathy, and thoroughly enjoyed having her as a tutor.
We have recommended Kathy to friends that have equally experienced the same encouragement, enjoyment and elevated outcomes. If you are looking for a tutor that is demonstrably able to raise outcomes, we recommend contacting Kathy without hesitation.
Shabana and Syed, Papworth, Cambridgeshire
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I have no doubt Kathy was highly instrumental in helping my daughter secure the GCSE grades she needed in English.
She was diagnosed with severe dyslexia and visual stress in year 9 and when she started with Kathy at the beginning of year 11 she was around a 3 in Language and a 1 in Literature.
She managed to achieve a 5 in Language and a 4 in Literature which was fantastic. Kathy spent so much time going over the final detail and explaining how to gain those extra valuable marks.
Although Kathy doesn’t tutor in Maths, as a favour to me she helped Grace with that as well and she jumped from a 3 to a 4 and we were delighted.
I would highly recommend Kathy as her enthusiasm for English is just amazing!
Louise, Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire