Sarah Wah
One-on-One English tutoring for inspiration and confidence
With 25 years of experience working in universities and one of the leading Independent schools in the UK, St Paul's Girls' School, Sarah Wah has helped hundreds of English literature students succeed at 11 plus, GCSE, A Level and university admissions.
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Since 2017 Sarah has been successfully running her unique and much-loved literature courses for adults, Living Room Literature. These courses are designed for serious and sociable readers who want to study and discuss works of literature in a deep and thoughtful way.
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TUTORING
A helping hand for your child
"As soon as my daughter started to work with Sarah, she became much more positive about her English studies and work; sounds a bit cheesy to say, but she started to believe in herself"
I am Sarah Wah, former Deputy of English at St Paul’s Girls’ School, London and Cambridge PhD graduate. I work as an independent tutor offering online literature tuition to students ages 8 upwards.
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With over twenty years of experience, 13 of these teaching at one of the leading schools in the UK, St Paul’s Girls’, I am in a privileged position to help you achieve your ambitions – whether that be to succeed at 11+, develop as a reader through enrichment classes or secure an offer at a high ranking university. I have a wealth of experience in preparing students for the Oxbridge admissions paper (ELAT) - a programme I led at SPGS for a decade. In my career to date, I’ve never not taught exam-level content (so that’s A Level; Pre-U; GCSE; IGCSE Lit and Lang) and am proud of my record for helping students achieve consistently outstanding grades. I'm equally at home teaching English to younger students and have been tutoring for 11 plus with great success, for many years.
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It is important to me that my teaching inspires and nurtures as much as it practically equips. I would describe my teaching style as warm, rigorous and creative; I know exam specs inside out but I take care not to teach to them alone – I like to think that Sissy Jupe would feel at home in my virtual classroom though I’d never give up on a Bitzer. Whatever your end goal, I will provide a space that feels personal, safe and dynamic enough to take risks, think seriously and creatively, argue through ideas and grow in confidence.
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I love working one-on-one with students and making the most of Zoom platform to connect with students from different parts of the world.