A well-qualified, experienced and successful Oxford-based teacher
specialising in tuition for 13+ Common Entrance and scholarship examinations
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English, Religious Studies, Latin, History, Scholarship General Papers & Interview Technique
For further information, please visit www.ce-tutor.com
Following a Theology degree from Oxford University (2:1) and a P.G.C.E. teaching qualification (passed with distinction), I spent several years teaching at Horris Hill - an academic, full-boarding boys' prep. school - as head of an academic department, a resident deputy housemaster and latterly Head of Middle School.
In my final three years over 90% of my pupils gained A or B grades in Common Entrance Religious Studies, across mixed ability groups. In addition, I taught English and Latin, as well as helping successfully to prepare pupils for 13+ scholarship general papers and interviews.
Since September 2010 I have been putting my prep. school experience to good use by working as an academic tutor and adviser, continuing to prepare pupils for entrance and scholarship examinations to the major public schools (including Winchester, Eton, Radley and Harrow). I have also worked as an examiner for G.C.S.E. Religious Studies, and at the other end of the spectrum I have helped with Oxbridge interview preparation.
I have held resident tutor posts with families in the U.K. and abroad; furthermore, I have experience of teaching via Skype (although I would only recommend such "distance learning" as a last resort). I have an up-to-date enhanced C.R.B. disclosure, and I am happy to provide contact details for referees on request.
My interests include choral singing (having been a choral scholar at Lichfield Cathedral during my gap year) and music recording/digital editing.
Please feel free to contact me if I can help in any way - even if it is simply to pick my brain for advice.
Edmund Lovatt
Common Entrance Religious Studies is taken seriously by public schools;
an increasing number weight the results on a par with History or Geography.
This means that an A is well worth aiming for.
However, as well as being a proper academic discipline, the subject should also aid spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, encourage critical and analytical thought and promote skills of evaluation and empathy. Current affairs and ethics play an integral part. Pupils should consider moral questions which may not have hard and fast answers. They should also have an opportunity to express and explain their personal opinions based both on evidence and on reasoned thought.
Many people's perception of Religious Studies is based on what it was like when they were at school; often they are pleasantly surprised to learn how much it has changed since then. It is now academically-respected, relevant, engaging and enjoyable. When taught well, it forms a crucial part of a balanced curriculum in the political and religious world in which we live.
Religious Studies shouldn't simply be about memorising facts and figures;
it should be about learning to think for yourself.
