SPECIALIST DYSLEXIA TUTOR

SPECIALIST DYSLEXIA TUTOR, based in Ely within the East Cambridgeshire District Council area, offers highly experienced and dedicated support for students with specific learning difficulties. With 30 years of teaching experience, the tutor holds a distinguished Durham University degree in English Language and Literature, a Cambridge PGCE from Homerton College, and an OCR diploma for assessing and teaching students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). Further enhancing their expertise, the tutor also possesses a current SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate, enabling them to provide formal dyslexia diagnoses.

This comprehensive support includes expert literacy teacher assistance, thorough assessments for reading, writing, and mathematics, and tailored academic writing guidance. Services extend across all educational levels, from primary school children to university students, including adults undertaking Open University courses, ensuring continuous support throughout their academic journey. Students benefit from targeted dyslexia study support and the development of essential academic study skills. The tutor cultivates a positive, safe, and nurturing learning environment where individual needs are prioritised, and lessons are made enjoyable through engaging activities.

Backed by an Enhanced DBS Certificate and professional insurance, parents can be assured of a secure and professional setting. A kind, gentle, and tenaciously caring approach ensures that students feel genuinely supported, comfortable during assessments, and never given up on. This personalised methodology aims to significantly boost student confidence, fostering a more positive attitude towards schoolwork and encouraging a willingness to try new tasks and self-correct.

Parents are actively involved in the process, with their crucial background history gathered for diagnostic assessments and their feedback highly valued; accommodation is also made for parents to stay until their child is settled. Students frequently report genuinely enjoying their learning journey, leading to rapid growth in self-assurance and overall emotional well-being. The comprehensive support provided facilitates significant skill development across English and Maths, with advancements observed from fundamental reading to complex university-level academic work. Many former students have successfully gained degrees and progressed further academically than they previously thought possible, with formal diagnoses often facilitating vital university assistance.

To accommodate diverse schedules and learning preferences, flexible tuition is available, offered remotely online via Zoom or in-person, including options for hourly sessions or two half-hourly Zoom lessons.