One-on-One Section 2 Tutoring

Who it is for

Designed for students who want their own writing taught, not a syllabus recited.

One-on-one tutoring suits people whose preparation has stalled on the writing itself. It is equally useful before a first sitting and after a disappointing one.

First-time sitters

You have not written essays like this before, or not for years, and want to build the task understanding, planning habits and paragraph control from the ground up.

Repeat sitters

You have sat before and know roughly where Section 2 went wrong, but working alone has not shifted the pattern. Lessons start from what your essays actually do.

Students short on honest feedback

Friends and forums can encourage you, but they rarely tell you precisely why a paragraph is not working. That is the job of the lessons.

Common difficulties we work on

The problems that come up again and again.

Most Section 2 tutoring requests involve a small set of recurring difficulties. Lessons target whichever of these your writing shows.

Reading the quote set

Jumping from a quote to a general opinion without identifying the theme or tension the essay should actually explore.

Thesis and direction

Essays that describe a topic instead of arguing or reflecting on a position, so the whole response feels flat.

Paragraph control

Paragraphs that lose their purpose halfway through, or examples that sit next to the argument instead of advancing it.

Task B depth

Reflective writing that stays safely generic instead of becoming personal, specific and honest.

Timing and planning

Spending too long planning, or writing without a plan and running out of essay before the idea is developed.

Using feedback

Knowing an essay was weak without knowing what to practise next. Every lesson ends with that answer written down.

During a lesson

What a session actually looks like.

Lessons are private, live sessions with the founder. The shape varies with your needs, but a typical session moves through four phases.

Review where you are

A short check on your goals, your last actions and anything that felt hard since the previous session.
Work through your writing

If you submitted work beforehand, it has already been read. The lesson examines the key decisions in it: interpretation, structure, examples, expression.
Practise the fix

Rather than only naming a weakness, you practise the correction live: re-planning a response, rebuilding a paragraph or tightening a thesis together.
Set next actions

The session closes with agreed next actions: what to write, revise or practise before the next lesson, recorded so you do not have to remember it.

How submitted work is used

You upload essays or planning tasks through the student portal before a lesson.
Your tutor reads the work before the session so lesson time is spent teaching, not first-reading.
Submitted work stays private to you and the people who run the service. It is never published or shown to other students.

What feedback may include

Comments on specific sentences and paragraphs.
An overall summary of what is working and what to change.
Discussion in the lesson of the reasoning behind the comments.
Feedback describes your writing; it does not predict or promise an exam score.

Between sessions

You complete the agreed actions: new writing, revision or targeted practice.
You can see your submission and feedback history in the portal.
When requested, you upload the next piece of work before the following lesson.

Formats and arrangements

Single lessons and packages, agreed before you pay.

Depending on availability, tutoring may be arranged as an individual lesson or as a small package of sessions with written work in between. There is no public price list to decode: the right format, inclusions and total amount are discussed at the consultation, and the agreed amount is confirmed in writing before any payment is made.

Payment is currently by manual bank transfer. You receive payment instructions after the arrangement is agreed, and portal access follows once payment is confirmed. Details are on the pricing and arrangements page.

What is included

Private lessons with the founder
Review of work submitted for lessons
Lesson summaries and next actions
Student portal access for submissions and feedback

What is not included

The future self-paced course (separate, not currently offered)
Group classes or access to other tutors
Unlimited marking outside the agreed arrangement
Promises of any particular score or admission outcome

Tutoring access is not course access

Tutoring students receive access to the tutoring tools in the student portal: essay submission, feedback and next actions. A structured self-paced course exists as a future product, and course content access is managed separately. Buying tutoring does not silently enrol you in a course, and no course fee is hidden inside a tutoring arrangement.

Read the full distinction

See the feedback style first

A fictional worked example shows the depth of the service: an annotated essay excerpt, an overall feedback summary, a before-and-after paragraph and a lesson action plan.

View the sample tutoring experience

Next step

Talk it through before committing to anything.

The initial consultation exists to check suitability in both directions: your goals, your timeline, your writing history and whether one-on-one tutoring is the right tool for you right now. If it is not, you will be told so.

Book an initial consultation Apply for tutoring

One-on-one places depend on the founder's current teaching availability, which is confirmed during the consultation.

One-on-one Section 2 tutoring, in detail.