Experienced and passionate English Tutor English teacher at London - Sam

Sam worked with our son over an 18 month period and helped him understand what would be required of him in his exams, encouraged him to believe in his own ideas and be able to articulate them. His friendly approach meant our son looked forward to his coaching sessions. Sam also had a way of firmly reminding our son that effort was needed by him that was accepted and acted on. As a parent, Sam was able to provide valuable feedback on our son's progress and were very happy that we engaged Sam. He is an excellent tutor.

Sam has been tutoring my daughter in English as she prepares for her final school exams. She had been struggling with her analysis and writing capabilities and was losing more confidence with each assessment or exam. Sam tutored her every week for the last year - initially face to face and then over skype and with email exchanges of work and feedback. Sam's tutoring methods have been focused on coaching - my daughter submits her writing exercises and he provides marked up feedback and commentary, they discuss changes required and then she refines and resubmits. He is patient and measured, this has been an enabler, and provides an environment that is supportive rather than judgmental.

I have known Sam personally and professionally for many years and his keen intelligence, open character, and dedication to his passion for English are clear.

I employed Sam as an English teacher at Matrix Education in 2013 and recommend him highly as a tutor in English language and literature.

Sam's open and cheerful demeanour ensured his popularity with students. Sam has years of experience working closely with students in a classroom environment and marking assessment tasks. As a tutor, Sam's light-hearted tone and welcoming nature enables students to develop their confidence in the subject with a sense of fearlessness. Sam’s enthusiasm encourages students to engage with the subject themselves.

Sam has been consistently praised by former students for his interesting approach to English, and the skills students developed under his supervision is a testament to the success of his approach.

I would highly recommend Sam as a tutor who possesses not only a thorough grounding in English literature, but is also well-versed in French literature.

Sam was an extremely knowledgeable English tutor. He was always prompt and well prepared for each week. My sons found Sam very easy to talk to and their grades improved considerably from his tutoring. I have no hesitation in recommending Sam as an English tutor.