Harry

Education

University of St Andrews

  • MA (Hons) Arabic and Spanish

    • First Class Honours

    • 1st year Spanish Book Prize, awarded to student finishing top of the year

    • Modules in philosophy, art history, literature, and history

  • Eton College

    • A-Levels: English Literatures (A*), Spanish (A*), French (A*)

    • Eton College Spanish Prize

    • Eton College Arabic Prize

Teaching experience:

Harry is an experienced tutor specialising in Spanish and English Literature for GCSE and A-Level. Since 2021, he has completed over 300 hours of tuition, teaching more than 40 students both independently and with established agencies. He has supported them in securing offers for sixth-form colleges and universities and improving their overall academic performance.

His teaching approach places particular emphasis on helping students to achieve top-level exam results while also developing academic confidence, intellectual curiosity, and strong writing skills.

He is valued by families for his thoughtful, well-structured lessons and his ability to adapt to the needs of each student.

Specialisms

Subjects

  • Independent Schools Admissions

    • 7+, 8+, 11+, 13+

  • Subjects

    • Spanish (GCSE and IGCSE, A-Level, Undergraduate)

    • English (11+, ISEB Pre-Test, 13+, GCSE and IGCSE, A-Level)

    • Verbal Reasoning (7+, 8+, 11+, ISEB Pre-Test)

  • University Admissions

    • UCAS Modern Languages Personal Statement Support

    • UCAS English Literature Personal Statement Support

    • UCAS Middle Eastern Studies Personal Statement SupportEconomics (A Level)

Extra-curricular interests

Harry is currently completing a dissertation on the influence of T.S. Eliot on the mid-century Iraqi poets. He is an enthusiastic reader and writer of poetry, and his work has been published in literary magazines. Outside of his academic interests, he spends his time being perpetually disappointed by his favourite football team and playing in a band with his sister.

Testimonials

‘I highly recommend Harry as he is an engaging and effective Spanish tutor. Each session is thoughtfully structured and tailored to my learning goals; consequently, my Spanish has improved a lot!’

- An undergraduate Spanish student

‘My daughter is loving her weekly lessons with Harry. She is taking her Spanish GCSE next year and really wanted to focus on doing well. Harry is helping her make progress and she is really enjoying his engaging lessons. Highly recommend.’

- Mother of a Year 11 Spanish student

‘Harry has helped me over the past couple of months with my GCSE English, specifically improving my coursework to the highest grade each time. He also helped me with my exam technique for my mocks, which I also improved my grades in. Overall, Harry has been a really great tutor and definitely made a massive difference in my English GCSE mocks and coursework.’

-A Year 11 English student

Availability

Harry is available for online tuition.