Nicholas

School
St Paul's School

GCSE: 11 all at A*

A-Levels:

Latin - A*
Classical Greek - A*

Ancient History A*

Additional achievements at St Paul’s School
Bastow Prize for Classics (2017)
Ancient History School Prize (2018)
Commendation for School Essay Competition (top 5 out of 120) (2018) Senior Scholarship (2019)

Latin Translation Prize (2019)
Latin Prose Composition Prize (2019)
Latin Literature Essay Prize (2019)
Greek Translation Prize (2019)
Greek Prose Composition Prize (2019)
Greek Literature Essay Prize (2019)
Gold Medal at Classical Greek Speaking Competition (2019) Greek School Prize (2019)

University

University of Cambridge - Christ's College
BA in Classics (2019-2022) - 1st (72% in Part 1) (placed 4th in year), 2:1 (68% in Part 2). MPhil in Classics (2022-2023) - Distinction (77%).
Darwin College Cambridge for a PhD in Classics (2024-2027).

Additional achievements at Cambridge
Levy-Plumb Exhibition Prize in Classics (2020)
Exhibition (2020)
Thompson Prize for outstanding pt 1 results (2021)
Scholarship (2021)
Classics Faculty Book Prize (2021)
Battie Scholarship for outstanding pt 1 results (2021)
Cambridge Trust Fully Funded MPhil Scholarship (2022)
Ibn Battutah Fully Funded AHRC OOC DTP Scholarship for PhD (2024)

Teaching and tutoring experience

EAST LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL, WEMBLEY (Feb 2024-Present)
350 hours (approx) of teaching experience.
Year 2 and 3 English Teacher. Have experience with sole teaching and classroom support. Responsible for planning and teaching lessons on Grammar, writing tasks and reading comprehensions.
Have provided cover lessons for RS, History, Maths and Science at all Primary years.

PRIVATE TUITION (May-June 2024)
22 hours of Latin A-Level Tutoring experience.
Tutored A-Level student in Latin Prose Composition and Translation.
8 hours of volunteering to help out a Latin lunchtime club at the prep school when I was 17 years old. Helped 7-9 year olds with vocab exercises and basic sentences.

Teaching style and philosophy

I believe in the value of a compassionate and attentive style of tutoring. Great planning and structure are needed for each lesson as well as a clear sense of direction to steer the tutee on the right course. However, this can only work by taking the time to sensitively assess the tutee's proficiency in the subject, and any shortcomings that they themselves want to focus on. With this information, I like to move forward with a clear program of tutoring that includes engaging and challenging in-lesson material with appropriate levels of homework to then cover the following lesson. I am warm and personable and believe an easy-going, friendly approach to learning is fundamental to ensuring a good working relationship with the tutee so that they can enjoy each session and better engage with the material. At the forefront of my teaching ethos is that I should inspire the tutee to have as much fun as I have with the subjects I teach (which is a great deal!).

Additional information

Beyond my substantial teaching and tutoring experience, which have made me much more professionally and personally confident conveying information to others, I have been in some important positions that have helped me with key transferable skills. I did two stints (for a fortnight each) as a volunteer telephone fundraiser for my old school, calling alumni to whom I had never spoken before and asking for donations while processing them through a sophisticated caller system and writing caller notes. I enjoy acting and sports. I won a prize at school for acting and I was the Christ's College basketball captain, treasurer and secretary at university, for which I established and recruited a team, drew up and defended a club budget, organized training and led the team on-court. I have also worked as a landscaper and have done summer internships at law firms (Hierons LLP and McDermott Will & Emery).

I am based in Chiswick, West London, and can do in person tutoring if it is within 35/40 minute commute.