Antonia's Feedback

As our son approached his GCSE history exams, he was concerned about his essay writing technique. Antonia set a couple of essays for him which she then marked. Her approach was absolutely fantastic and perfect for our needs. Rather than 'meeting' online, they did everything remotely which helped enormously for us as time was of the essence. So our son wrote his essays in his own time (using the questions Antonia had carefully researched) and Antonia then marked them providing detailed notes on how the essays could be improved. This meant he went into the exams feeling much more confident. We wouldn't hesitate in recommending Antonia who was extremely knowledgeable, helpful and efficient, responding immediately to our enquiries and ensuring that the essays she set were entirely appropriate for the Board our son was sitting. Thank you, Antonia!

Antonia is an excellent tutor. She knows the best way to improve student’s skill and also the best/quickest way to achieve the target. So if you are looking for a tutor especially for coming exam, she’s highly recommended. Most effective and supportive.
My daughter finds her teaching style so effective, as she can work on anytime she can. Exam students can be very busy, so this is the best style of teaching I think. Thank you so much, Antonia!

We would recommend Anotnia 100%. My daughter is taking A Levels this coming summer and wanted to boost her report writing skills in order to optimise her scoring possibilities in the exam. Antonia has helped her re-structure how she writes and presents her essays, skills which my daughter now carries across all her subjects. I cannot believe the confidence she is gaining from the support provided and we will continue to use Antonia up until the exams. Antonia gives a very quick and detailed analysis as and when work is submitted. Thank-you Antonia!

Fantastic tutor . I cannot give enough praise to Antonia . She is focused, attentive and absolutely knows her stuff.
If you appoint her as a tutor for your child you will not regret it!

Contact was fast and easy to make. Antonia is organized, reliable and to the point. My son got a 9 in Eduqas History GCSE due to her help. We can recommend her without hesitation.

Antonia was super helpful at teaching me how to better structure history essays. She also gave me necessary insight into understanding what examiners look for in essays in order to achieve the the top level.

I am very thankful to Antonia for savouring my History grade and would highly recommend !!

Sent Antonia an essay for feedback. Very helpful and informative. Quick turnaround - highly recommend.

Antonia is an excellent tutor who is very knowledgeable and was able to communicate in a manner that was very precise and clear. With her help my daughter achieved an A* in history.

Very pleased with Antonia's coaching of my son, particularly in essay planning and preparation. She ably filled in the gaps that school didn't and was very supportive in this time of disrupted schooling. He did really well in his History A level as a result and is now going to study History at university, applying the techniques Antonia has given him. I'd thoroughly recommend her as a tutor.

We are very satisfied with Antonia's support work - very detailed reports based on a wealth of experience and a great positive outlook on improving student's performance. Highly recommended.

Antonia helps my daughter with history essays and exam marking guidance. Her comments are very thoughtful and easy to understand. Very efficient in marking and report write up. Reports are very detailed and has given confidence to my daughter understanding structures and styles. we look forward to working with Antonia in GCSE and A level. We are lucky we found you.

Emailed Antonia a couple of 20 mark essay questions for GCSE history and within 24-36 hours she provided an amended essay and detailed report, explaining highlighted, changed or commented points. The report and comments were very helpful to my daughter in understanding the marking scheme and how she can improve her marks.
Communication with Antonia was very straightforward and response was very quick. I can highly recommend Antonia as a tutor - excellent service.

Excellent tutor who has a thorough knowledge of the A level History curriculum that my son is studying. Has developed a good relationship with him, helping him plan and structure essays as well as improving his understanding of the exam requirements. She is always prompt to respond and very professional.

Antonia is a very thorough and perceptive tutor who tailors her advice to the exam requirements, which is extremely helpful. She has given me reports on two essays so far, and I hope to continue working with her regularly in the future. Thank you so much!

Antonia has been very helpful in helping me improve my History essays for A-Level. She always responded very promptly and gave a detailed report with feedback on how to improve my essay writing skills. With her feedback and advice on how to approach an essay, I achieved an A grade in my history exams this year. I would be happy to recommend her services to another student!

Dear Antonia,
We are writing to confirm that the weekly feedback which you provided on Patrick's History essays and source/extract questions was most useful and helped to boost his confidence in his technique in the run-up to both the Breadth and Depth studies. Your sometimes frank comments enabled Patrick to quickly identify clearly how he could improve.
Thank you for all your support.
Best wishes,
Laura and Patrick Stephens

Antonia help was very welcome and made us wish we had approached her sooner.
The essay review was targeted and brought a much needed newer perspective to the content and style of presenting the arguments.
Antonia provided very good and timely responses when the essays were submitted. The quick replies allowed us to focus on improving the mark gaining content and fixing unforced errors.

Antonia's guidance was appreciated, she communicates clearly and shows excellent knowledge of the topics.
I would be happy to refer to her tuition method when a student needs to focus on improving their exam grade and via that, their understanding of the topics.

Overall we are hoping the quick intervention by engaging Antonia will lead to a better final exam result.

kind regards

Antonia has been very flexible regarding the help she has provided to my son. He has benefitted from her help with essay writing, particularly how to plan and structure his essays. I have no hesitation in recommending Antonia to others

Antonia provided very detailed and helpful feedback on the essay, that really helped my son focus his effort & make significant improvements to the essay … I was very impressed with her detailed knowledge on the subject. She also turned round her report really quickly.

This review will be based on using her service once so far. I'm a mature student who is currently doing an Access to HE (humanities) at college. One of my subjects is history and is my worst subject by far compared to English and sociology. I found the extra documents she added on top of my marked history essay helpful on how to improve on my next one, as I have never done history before, not even at GCSE. And my own history teacher is overworked and has little to no time to help. I have another history essay that I have to do and will use her services again.

An amazing tutor that provides in depth feedback and lots of encouragement. Extremely quick to reply and very thorough in her marking. Thank you so much for helping me out with my essays, it helped massively!

I approached Antonia some weeks before my first A-Level History exam to improve the quality of my essays to the standard that would meet my targeted grade.

Despite the little time remaining, Antonia was extremely quick to respond and was able to mark and review submitted essays usually within a day with detailed feedback on how to improve which was extremely helpful.
The feedback was crucial in improving the quality of my essays to the point that I went into the exam feeling significantly more confident about my answers and the quality of my arguments

Would highly recommend to anyone who wishes to see an immediate, noticeable improvement in A-Level History.

Antonia was a great help to my daughter when seeking advice on A level History, offering constructive criticism on an essay paper. I would definitely recommend using her services.

Thank you for providing the report. We found it helpful to get the points. We would like to send another essay later. Rather than just send one we have done already now I know she is trying to improve it based on the general points made in the first report. The second essay will probably be on Luther which is the paper two module focus for her. Thank you for your help.

We contacted Antonia as my Son felt he needed help composing synoptic essays for his A-level History exam on the USA Civil Rights paper. The process involved my Son emailing an essay he had wrote and Antonia providing a detailed report back.
We were absolutely delighted with how constructive, clear and thorough Antonia's reports were. My Son was able to use the report to improve his essay technique considerably.

Very thorough report received on my first essay. The points raised identified what I needed to work on and helped me feel more positive on my essay writing. Thank you, hopefully your help will help me improve my grades.

Very prompt responses which relieved any stress, very detailed and helpful essay help and excellent feedback and guidance for my coursework which has helped me enormously. Would highly recommend to anyone needing aid on coursework and boosting essay grades, as she allowed me to identify the areas in which I was dropping marks.

Your reports are extremely useful and detailed. It is very helpful to have independence (e.g: deciding when to send essays, etc… ) as sometimes due to school work I do not have time to write separate essays. Your work style is very professional , thank you very much for your help

Antonia was quick to respond to our request for help. She was very clear in how she could support our daughter. Her comments about my daughter's work were clear and concise. My daughter made some changes in the way she works for her next assignment and her mark improved. Thank you for your help.

Swift response. Reliable and honest. Detailed and useful feedback given.

Antonia has been helping our son Christopher with his A level History assessment. Her help has been invaluable & Christopher finds his lessons with Antonia both informative & enjoyable. Antonia is highly professional , has excellent subject knowledge & also essay/exam technique. Christopher has gained so much confidence & has a much better understanding of what is required of him. He has also been able to use the skills taught by Antonia in his other subjects. Would highly recommend.

From Sarah’s parents: Antonia tutored our daughter in History during her A2 year and we cannot recommend her highly enough. She is an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher, and very intuitive in her approach. Our daughter had lost much enthusiasm and confidence during her AS year, largely as she did not fully understand what was expected of her. On starting with Antonia at First Tutors her confidence quickly began to return. Antonia established where our daughter was, then devised well organised sessions to guide her through the remaining A2 topics, backed up by homework and practice essays. Antonia was clear and open in her expectations of her tutees, which our daughter greatly appreciated. She particularly valued being able to discuss and debate topics in detail, in a way that is not often possible in school. The tutoring sessions helped our daughter gain necessary skills in the use of data and sources, a greater confidence in her ability to attack different (& difficult) questions and a more rounded approach to history generally. She was extremely happy to receive an A in her recent A Level results and her enthusiasm has remained. Many, many thanks from us all!

From Sarah: One key way in which Antonia helped me develop my writing was via detailed deconstruction and personal feedback on essays and exam questions. This was especially helpful because of frustration regarding the marking of my schoolwork, which was often generalised and did not provide specific pointers on how to improve my work. Antonia’s emphasis on essay organisation, through creating brief but organised and comprehensive plans before writing, helped me develop my style and communicate more effectively.

I also valued my discussions with Antonia on managing my use and evaluation of sources alongside the development of my key argument in my coursework essay. Writing a longer piece of work seemed daunting, but Antonia’s encouragement to break it down into sections and focus on the essential argument, rather than devolving into narrative writing, was certainly useful.

All in all, a positive experience. Many thanks Antonia!

Thank you for my tuition in year 13. I firmly believe that the sessions with you clinched it for me and I was delighted at my A star Grade in history when I was not predicted this at all.
I realise that it was not just about having the knowledge, but about essay technique and understanding the question.
At the start of the 6 th form I was predicted a C grade. I now have an A star and I am delighted.

We required a tutor at short notice and Antonia provided us with her feedback and expertise within 24 hours. We are so pleased with the service.

Antonia is currently helping me with me son in preparing for his GCSE history assessment. She is helping us online and we've never had that experience so we were worried but she was amazing! She did lots of work and called us and she did a lot of work in very short time- couldn't believe how well she knows the subject and simply she explained it to my son- he said her help improved his work easily by 80% even though he thought he had already prepared well! We're both feeling very lucky that we found Antonia and even more, that she agreed to help us- we were in a pickle!! Looking forward to working with you again Antonia!

My daughter has been tutored by Antonia since January 2016 until she took her A2 exam recently. After their first meeting, Kirsten came out and said 'Oh mum, she's amazing!' Apart from her knowledge of the subject, Antonia has excellent knowledge of what is required in terms of exam/essay technique. By the end of her first session with my daughter, Antonia had pinpointed where her difficulties lay. We have found her to be thorough, professional and to the point in her feedback and analysis of difficulties. Antonia also did marking and research on Kirsten's behalf in between sessions. Can't recommend her highly enough.

My daughter really enjoys History but the teaching at her secondary school was uninspiring and she was going of the boil, we decided to use Antonia to help Martha bring back her enthusiasm for the subject. We couldn't have found a better choice as Antonia was truly inspirational her grasp and passion for history is palpable. Her guidance on exam technique was also exemplary helping Martha achieve A* in her two GCSE exam papers… cannot recommend Antonia highly enough, apart from from being a warm and delightful person who Martha really enjoyed seeing each week, she is simply top class.

Antonia is a fantastic tutor. After struggling to get along with A Level teaching styles and the OCR course :Russian Rulers **Telephone Number Removed** Antonia patiently retaught me the aspects i was unsure of and set me up with studying skills that i can carry with me to study History at University next year. No question or anxiety towards my study felt 'silly' and with the use of ICT and books I was quickly able to get back in control of my studies in a calm environment. This was particularly useful for a student who struggles with Dyslexia/Dyspraxia. I thoroughly enjoyed these tuition session and would highly recommend these carefully planned tuition sessions.

From a D to an A! Our daughter had been predicted an A at A level in History, but was seriously struggling to achieve her potential. Having received a D in one of her modules, and similar in a retake, her University place looked in jeopardy.
In looking for a tutor we initially chose Antonia because she was both local and had taught A level history in the past.
From the first sessions we knew we had made the right choice, our daughter had her confidence and her love of history back again. Antonia showed her how to develop her exam technique, to plan her answers, and to focus her knowledge effectively during the exam.
Today was A level results day, and our daughter has her A in history. The module she’d struggled with, she’d retaken and received 78/80.
Antonia’s tuition was invaluable, and those exam techniques she taught our daughter proved invaluable for her other subjects also.

Many thanks Antonia.

At a stressful time Antonia was so helpful in assisting our daughter with exam preparation. Antonia was able to point out errors in essay writing and the most effective way to tackle exam questions which had never been taught to her before at college. This enabled her to focus her knowledge in a concise and orderley manner which gave her confidence for her exam which was less than a week away. We shall certainly make use of her amazing skills again.

Excellent tutor, made my daughter feel at ease from the start and deeveloped a structure for lessons that suited her needs but also ensured buy in to the lessons. My daughter is enjoying every lesson and her confidence is growing every week. (A level student)