Alexander

Education

University of Oxford – B.A. Philosophy and German

  • First Class Honours

  • LIDL Prize (awarded for best performance across both German coursework papers)

  • Carole Hanbidge German Prize (awarded for best performance in the Final Honour School of German at St Hilda’s College)

  • DAAD Scholarship (to spend a month studying in Tübingen)

  • Moberley Exhibition (awarded for performance in Preliminary Examinations)  

Eton College

  • Pre-Us: English (D1), German (D1), History of Art (D3)

  • A-levels: Mathematics (B)

  • Elected to Sixth Form Select (academic prefect body)

  • Secretary of the Wotton’s (Philosophy) Society and Literary Society

  • Winner of the NCH Creative Writing Prize (2021)

  • Runner-up in the Law category of the John Locke Institute Essay Competition (2019)

  • Oppidan Scholar

  • 11 9s in GCSE

Teaching experience

Alexander has been tutoring for over three years, accruing hundreds of hours of experience and travelling as far as Shanghai in the process. He has mentored students with ambitions to attain places at Britain’s top Independent Schools—such as Eton, Harrow, and St Mary’s Calne—and particularly enjoys providing students with the kind of holistic cultural education that will make them consummate Oxbridge candidates.

Specialisms

Admissions

  • 11+, 13+

  • Eton College King’s Scholarship

  • Independent schools interview preparation

  • 16+ Swiss and International Boarding Schools

Subjects

·      Philosophy (A-Level, Undergraduate) 

·      German (Ab initio, GCSE, A-Level, Undergraduate) 

·      History of Art (A-Level, Undergraduate)

·      English (11+, 13+, GCSE, A-Level, Undergraduate)

·      Mathematics (11+, 13+, GCSE)

·      Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (11+, 13+)

University Admissions

·      Oxbridge Applications Support (Interview and Personal Statement): Philosophy, German, English, and History of Art

Extra-curricular interests

Alexander is an enthusiastic writer, filmmaker, and mountaineer, with further interests in cooking, urbanism, and neurology. He was recently involved in the recording of a short EP of improvised guitar music but—it being a collaborative project—was only responsible for fifty percent of the cacophony.

Availability

Alexander is available for in-person tuition in London, as well as online tuition everywhere else.