INDEPENDENT SIXTH-FORM TUTORING / ENGLISH - HISTORY - POLITICS
FIELD NOTES / 001
THE ARGUMENT
An assertion is not an argument. Evidence matters. Context counts.
THINK FOR YOURSELF.
YOUR THOUGHTS. NO PROMPTS.
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01 / THE PHILOSOPHY
THINKING: YOUR EDGE.
But not everyone knows their own answer. We read closely, question assumptions and build arguments with originality.
AI can produce a polished paragraph but it can’t think for you. It can’t build your confidence or your independence. Learn to develop the critical judgement and intellectual freedom you need to do it yourself.
02 / TRAIN YOUR THINKING
THE PROCESS
01
READ →
Close reading / source analysis / identifying what actually matters.
02
QUESTION →
Challenge assumptions / test interpretations / explore alternatives
03
BUILD →
Turn insight into structure / deploy the evidence / craft the analysis
04
WRITE.
Construct an answer that makes the thinking visible.
03 / THREE SUBJECTS.
01 / CLOSE READING
ENGLISH
No surface-level readings. Explore language, form and interpretation. Understand through context.
02 / EVIDENCE & CONTEXT
HISTORY
Invesitage the source. Weigh competing evidence. Don’t say what happened, analyse it.
03 / IDEAS & POWER
POLITICS
Develop critical judgements. Know your stuff. Explore the real world.
04 / THE PRICE
ELITE TUTORING. WITHOUT THE ELITE PRICE TAG.
One-to-one sixth-form tutoring in English Literature, History or Politics. No packages. No agency mark-up. No paying for more sessions than you need.
1:1 TUITION
Individual sessions
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Per 60-minute session
NO COMMITMENT
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04 / RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS
THE THINKING TOOLKIT
Free academic resources. It’s a start.
05 / ABOUT
ABOUT ME.
A decade of teaching English, Humanities and Debating, from the classroom to one-to-one tuition. Oxford graduate in History & Politics, UCL master’s, and former Senior Lead Practitioner.
10+ YEARS
Teaching experience
OXFORD
History & Politics
UCL
Master’s degree in Educational Leadership
SENIOR LEAD PRACTITIONER
Teaching & academic leadership
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