GCSE English Tuition
GCSE English Tuition
Average 2 Grade Improvement in 10 lessons
Average 2 Grade Improvement in 10 lessons
PEEL Paragraphs
Exam technique
PEEL Paragraphs
Exam technique
PEEL Paragraphs
Exam technique
Many students hover around grade 3-4 (mostly clear responses) - they understand enough to get by.
To move forward, they often need help with structuring ideas, and developing responses into confident analysis.
GCSE English asses students ability to respond to texts deeply and thoughtfully - not just knowing quotes and techniques.
Many students hover around grade 3-4 (mostly clear responses) - they understand enough to get by.
To move forward, they often need help with structuring ideas, and developing their answers into confident analysis.
GCSE English asses students ability to respond to texts deeply and thoughtfully - not just knowing quotes and techniques.
Depth and Breadth
Essay writing
Depth and Breadth
Essay writing
Depth and Breadth
Essay writing
My approach focuses on quickly moving students from basic/safe answers to confident, perceptive ones that score higher marks
Thoughtful (G7) 🚀
Developed (G5) 📈
Simple (G3) ✍🏼
"He is very friendly and helped my 13 year old go from a 2 to a 5 in a British school."
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Sophisticated 💎
Sophisticated 💎
Grade 9
Grade 9
Sophistication is consistent
with Highly perceptive insights
Sophistication is consistent with Highly perceptive insights
Sophisticated
Elements 💍
Sophisticated
Elements 💍
Grade 8
Grade 8
Sophisticated elements
with Perceptive evaluations
Sophisticated elements
with Perceptive evaluations
Thoughtful 🚀
Thoughtful 🚀
Grade 7
Grade 7
Consistently thoughtful
with confident analysis
Consistently thoughtful
with confident analysis
Thoughtful
Elements 💬
Thoughtful
Elements 💬
Grade 6
Grade 6
thoughtful responses
with clear analysis
thoughtful responses
with clear analysis
Developed 📈
Developed 📈
Grade 5
Grade 5
developed responses
With Good explanation
developed responses
With Good explanation
Clear 📶
Clear 📶
Grade 4
Grade 4
Clear and relevant
With ideas structured
Clear and relevant
With ideas structured
Simple ✍🏼
Simple ✍🏼
Grade 3
Grade 3
mostly clear responses
with emerging organisation
mostly clear responses
with emerging organisation
Attempting 🪫
Attempting 🪫
Grade 2
Grade 2
Attempted response
with Some basic ideas present
Attempted response
with Some basic ideas present
Limited 🗒️
Limited 🗒️
Grade 1
Grade 1
Limited response,
With little understanding shown
Limited response,
With little understanding shown
What grade will I achieve?
What grade will I achieve?
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English GCSE is a skills test, underpinned
English GCSE is a skills test, underpinned
by an ocean of knowledge
by an ocean of knowledge
MarkJamesTutoring
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GCSE / A-Level
2 Grade Improvement in 10 Lessons
GCSE / A-Level
2 Grade Improvement in 10 Lessons
2 Grade Improvement in 10 Lessons on whatever
topics your school has selected
Everything is covered, from exam technique and essay writing, to Poetry and Prose, Modern texts and Shakespeare, non-fiction and language mocks.
Everything is covered, from exam technique and essay writing, to Poetry and Prose, Modern texts and Shakespeare, non-fiction and language mocks.
Everything is covered, from exam technique and essay writing, to Poetry and Prose, Modern texts and Shakespeare, non-fiction and language mocks.
PEEL Paragraphs
Exam technique
Can you show me examples of work at the next level, and how to do those things?
"The harsh plosives in 'trunkless' and 'shattered' create a shocked, abrupt tone that mirrors the narrator's (and reader's) astonishment at the ruin."
Structural points = "the volta in the sonnet & the framing of a traveller's voice, reinforce the distance and detachment ..."
More conceptual exploration: "Shelley is a Romantic poet and this is a perfect embodiment of the critiquing of tyranny, that is, the warning the Romantics were signalling to leaders of their own time: the poem is dripping in relevance amid the wake of the French Revolution, which occurred only 20 years before.
✓ Address targets
✓ Master skills
✓ Fill knowledge gaps
What grade am I working at, and how do I improve to the next level?
Power / Conflict / Love
Poetry / Prose
✓ Clear exam-style feedback
✓ Continual development
✓ Criteria for top grades
'Shelley creates a shocked tone in the narrator as he discovers the antique statue with "trunkless legs of stone." The adjective "trunkless" implies the stone legs had nothing connected to them. This emphasises that the statue was broken and abandoned, which is ironic because the whole intention of Ozymandias - the person the statue represented - was for him to be portrayed as a ruler who was always feared, but it seems as if his memory has been completely forgotten. There is nothing left of his legacy, it is "boundless and bare." like the landscape where it's now "half-buried". Shelly is suggesting that those in power, had better use it wisely and for good, especially if they want to be remembered.'
Max, Year 10 (Grade 3 to 7)
'This paragraph is a solid, thoughtful response to Ozymandias that shows clear understanding of the poem's central message and some good analysis of language. It would likely sit in the Level 5 band (equivalent to a Grade 7), 20–23/30 marks.
'It doesn't quite reach Grade 8 (A*) because of limitations in depth, precision, and critical style. Try incorporating some of the ideas below to address this.'
Depth and Breadth
Essay writing
Q4: How does shelley use language to present power and conflict in the poem "Ozymandias"?
✓ Practical, results-focused
✓ Develop exam technique
✓ Sentence by sentence feedback as you write
PEEL Paragraphs
Exam technique
Can you show me examples of work at the next level, and how to do those things?
"The harsh plosives in 'trunkless' and 'shattered' create a shocked, abrupt tone that mirrors the narrator's (and reader's) astonishment at the ruin."
Structural points = "the volta in the sonnet & the framing of a traveller's voice, reinforce the distance and detachment ..."
More conceptual exploration: "Shelley is a Romantic poet and this is a perfect embodiment of the critiquing of tyranny, that is, the warning the Romantics were signalling to leaders of their own time: the poem is dripping in relevance amid the wake of the French Revolution, which occurred only 20 years before.
✓ Address targets
✓ Master skills
✓ Fill knowledge gaps
What grade am I working at, and how do I improve to the next level?
Power / Conflict / Love
Poetry / Prose
✓ Clear exam-style feedback
✓ Continual development
✓ Criteria for top grades
'Shelley creates a shocked tone in the narrator as he discovers the antique statue with "trunkless legs of stone." The adjective "trunkless" implies the stone legs had nothing connected to them. This emphasises that the statue was broken and abandoned, which is ironic because the whole intention of Ozymandias - the person the statue represented - was for him to be portrayed as a ruler who was always feared, but it seems as if his memory has been completely forgotten. There is nothing left of his legacy, it is "boundless and bare." like the landscape where it's now "half-buried". Shelly is suggesting that those in power, had better use it wisely and for good, especially if they want to be remembered.'
Max, Year 10 (Grade 3 to 7)
'This paragraph is a solid, thoughtful response to Ozymandias that shows clear understanding of the poem's central message and some good analysis of language. It would likely sit in the Level 5 band (equivalent to a Grade 7), 20–23/30 marks.
'It doesn't quite reach Grade 8 (A*) because of limitations in depth, precision, and critical style. Try incorporating some of the ideas below to address this.'
Depth and Breadth
Essay writing
Q4: How does shelley use language to present power and conflict in the poem "Ozymandias"?
✓ Practical, results-focused
✓ Develop exam technique
✓ Sentence by sentence feedback as you write
PEEL Paragraphs
Exam technique
What grade am I working at, and how do I improve to the next level?
'This paragraph is a solid, thoughtful response to Ozymandias that shows clear understanding of the poem's central message and some good analysis of language. It would likely sit in the Level 5 band (equivalent to a Grade 7), 20–23/30 marks.
'It doesn't quite reach Grade 8 (A*) because of limitations in depth, precision, and critical style. Try incorporating some of the ideas below to address this.'
Can you show me examples of work at the next level, and how to do those things?
Power / Conflict / Love
Poetry / Prose
Depth and Breadth
Essay writing
"The harsh plosives in 'trunkless' and 'shattered' create a shocked, abrupt tone that mirrors the narrator's (and reader's) astonishment at the ruin."
Structural points = "the volta in the sonnet & the framing of a traveller's voice, reinforce the distance and detachment ..."
More conceptual exploration: "Shelley is a Romantic poet and this is a perfect embodiment of the critiquing of tyranny, that is, the warning the Romantics were signalling to leaders of their own time: the poem is dripping in relevance amid the wake of the French Revolution, which occurred only 20 years before.
✓ Clear exam-style feedback
✓ Continual development
✓ Criteria for top grades
Q4: How does shelley use language to present power and conflict in the poem "Ozymandias"?
'Shelley creates a shocked tone in the narrator as he discovers the antique statue with "trunkless legs of stone." The adjective "trunkless" implies the stone legs had nothing connected to them. This emphasises that the statue was broken and abandoned, which is ironic because the whole intention of Ozymandias - the person the statue represented - was for him to be portrayed as a ruler who was always feared, but it seems as if his memory has been completely forgotten. There is nothing left of his legacy, it is "boundless and bare." like the landscape where it's now "half-buried". Shelly is suggesting that those in power, had better use it wisely and for good, especially if they want to be remembered.'
Max, Year 10 (Grade 3 to 7)
✓ Address targets
✓ Master skills
✓ Fill knowledge gaps
✓ Practical, results-focused
✓ Develop exam technique
✓ Sentence by sentence feedback as you write
GCSE / A-Level
2 Grade Improvement in 10 Lessons
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"Mark helped me to structure my work. I now feel confident to express my ideas in a clear, logical way and my grades have improved in so many subjects, not just English!"
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"Mark helped me to structure my work. I now feel confident to express my ideas in a clear, logical way and my grades have improved in so many subjects, not just English!"
Josh
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2 Grade Improvement in 10 Lessons
GCSE English
2 Grade Improvement in 10 Lessons
Content / FAQ
Learn how to write well-structured, analytical paragraphs
Learn how to write well-structured, analytical paragraphs
Express complex thoughts in a clear, confident way
Express complex thoughts in a clear, confident way
Live feedback to address misconceptions as they happen
Live feedback to address misconceptions as they happen
Average 2-grade jump in 10 lessons
Average 2-grade jump in 10 lessons
100% pass rate
100% pass rate
Inspector Calls / Christmas Carol
Modern texts
Reading Section
Q1 - comprehension
Q2 - language analysis
Q3 - structure
Q4 - mini-essay
Writing Section
Q5 - Descriptive or Persuasive writing
Arthur Birling is a "heavy-looking, rather portentous man", pompous and self-important; his wife is "a rather cold woman" and social superior; Sheila "very pleased with life and rather excited" in her naive privilege; Eric "not quite at ease"; and Gerald as the "easy well-bred man about town". Together, these portray a smug, insular unit "pleased with themselves" after a celebratory dinner, yet devoid of empathy, foreshadowing their collective moral bankruptcy and the Inspector's imminent exposure of their shared guilt. Priestley thus satirises capitalist complacency, arguing how material comfort can breed callous detachment from social responsibility.
Andrey, Year 11
(Grade 4 to 8)
How are characters initially portrayed?
✓ Topic specific
✓ Transferable skills
✓ Top techniques
Macbeth / Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare
Q4: How does Priestly use language to present power and conflict in the play "An.Insp.Calls"?
✓ Past papers
✓ Assessment training
✓ Target setting
Articles / Language Papers
Non fiction
Charge of the Light Brigade
"Priestley creates a ghastly image of the entire Birling family at the outset to exaggerate the sparsity of redeeming features among the privileged Edwardian upper-middle class. The stage directions describe the dining room as "substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike", a materialistic display of wealth that prioritises ostentatious solidity over genuine warmth or emotional connection. This cold, superficial atmosphere is reinforced by the initial "pink and intimate" lighting — a deceptive rosy glow masking the family's underlying shallowness ->
✓ Knowledge organisers
✓ Critical style
✓ Relevant quotations
Inspector Calls / Christmas Carol
Modern texts
Reading Section
Q1 - comprehension
Q2 - language analysis
Q3 - structure
Q4 - mini-essay
Writing Section
Q5 - Descriptive or Persuasive writing
Arthur Birling is a "heavy-looking, rather portentous man", pompous and self-important; his wife is "a rather cold woman" and social superior; Sheila "very pleased with life and rather excited" in her naive privilege; Eric "not quite at ease"; and Gerald as the "easy well-bred man about town". Together, these portray a smug, insular unit "pleased with themselves" after a celebratory dinner, yet devoid of empathy, foreshadowing their collective moral bankruptcy and the Inspector's imminent exposure of their shared guilt. Priestley thus satirises capitalist complacency, arguing how material comfort can breed callous detachment from social responsibility.
Andrey, Year 11
(Grade 4 to 8)
How are characters initially portrayed?
✓ Topic specific
✓ Transferable skills
✓ Top techniques
Macbeth / Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare
Q4: How does Priestly use language to present power and conflict in the play "An.Insp.Calls"?
✓ Past papers
✓ Assessment training
✓ Target setting
Articles / Language Papers
Non fiction
Charge of the Light Brigade
"Priestley creates a ghastly image of the entire Birling family at the outset to exaggerate the sparsity of redeeming features among the privileged Edwardian upper-middle class. The stage directions describe the dining room as "substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike", a materialistic display of wealth that prioritises ostentatious solidity over genuine warmth or emotional connection. This cold, superficial atmosphere is reinforced by the initial "pink and intimate" lighting — a deceptive rosy glow masking the family's underlying shallowness ->
✓ Knowledge organisers
✓ Critical style
✓ Relevant quotations
Inspector Calls / Christmas Carol
Modern texts
How are characters initially portrayed?
Charge of the Light Brigade
Reading Section:
Q1 - comprehension
Q2 - language analysis
Q3 - structure
Q4 - mini-essay
Writing Section:
Q5 - Descriptive or Persuasive writing
✓ Topic specific
✓ Transferable skills
✓ Top techniques
"Priestley creates a ghastly image of the entire Birling family at the outset to exaggerate the sparsity of redeeming features among the privileged Edwardian upper-middle class. The stage directions describe the dining room as "substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike", a materialistic display of wealth that prioritises ostentatious solidity over genuine warmth or emotional connection. This cold, superficial atmosphere is reinforced by the initial "pink and intimate" lighting — a deceptive rosy glow masking the family's underlying shallowness ->
Arthur Birling is a "heavy-looking, rather portentous man", pompous and self-important; his wife is "a rather cold woman" and social superior; Sheila "very pleased with life and rather excited" in her naive privilege; Eric "not quite at ease"; and Gerald as the "easy well-bred man about town". Together, these portray a smug, insular unit "pleased with themselves" after a celebratory dinner, yet devoid of empathy, foreshadowing their collective moral bankruptcy and the Inspector's imminent exposure of their shared guilt. Priestley thus satirises capitalist complacency, arguing how material comfort can breed callous detachment from social responsibility.
Andrey, Year 11
(Grade 4 to 8)
Macbeth / Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare
✓ Knowledge organisers
✓ Critical style
✓ Relevant quotations
Q4: How does Priestly use language to present power and conflict in the play "An.Insp.Calls"?
✓ Past papers
✓ Assessment training
✓ Target setting
Articles / Language Papers
Non fiction
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English Literature
✓ Power & Conflict Poems
✓ prepared analysis
✓ Top Band Responses
✓ Power & Conflict Poems
✓ prepared analysis
✓ Top Band Responses
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Ozymandias (Shelly)
Ozymandias (Shelly)
London (Blake)
London (Blake)
3. Extract from The Prelude (Wordsworth)
3. Extract from The Prelude
(Wordsworth)
My Last Duchess (Browning)
My Last Duchess (Browning)
Charge of Light Brigade (Lord Tennyson)
Charge of Light Brigade
(Lord Tennyson)
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