Englishgcsetutor Bewertungen 

Laurence is an excellent English tutor. The methods used, and the 2hr length of each lesson, are allowing my daughter to develop her confidence and skills in English. This is translating into benefits across other subjects too - due to her feeling less stress around exams. Laurence gives lots of encouragement and my daughter looks forward to her weekly lessons!

We would definitely recommend Laurence he was just the right person at just the right time for my son who received 8/9s in all subjects but got a 5 in English for his mock results.
His result after just working with Laurence for a short period has already gone up a grade.
He is an expert in his subject and I am so pleased I found him online, read the reviews and contacted him straight away.

Thankyou so much Laurence for being such a support for my sons educational journey.

Pally

Laurence was exactly what our daughter needed! Disillusioned with her English Teacher at school, she had become disengaged with the subject and was struggling in mock exams. She achieved a Grade 4 in her Year 10 mock and we decided to get some support to help her fully prepare for the final exams.

I came across Laurence's site and it ticked all the boxes, however our daughter was initially anxious and Laurence did a fantastic job of working through this and building up her confidence.

The 2 hour sessions are excellent and focused, we can see clear progress and development in her approach to answering questions and how prepared she feels to complete the final exams. Since working with Laurence she has completed another exam where she was one mark off a Grade 6 and continues to work with Laurence to push in the final few weeks. She even commented imagine how good my work would be if Laurence was my teacher all the time.

We can't thank Laurence enough for his hard work, dedication, subject knowledge and ability to engage our daughter to complete the work. We have no hesitation in recommending Laurence to others.

Thanks
Kate

I would highly recommend Laurence to anyone who is looking for tuition to support their child. We engaged Laurence, approximately one year before my daughter's GCSEs, following advice that she was working at a Grade 3 level for both English Language and English Literature. With Laurence's support and patience she achieved a Grade 6 in English Language and a 4 in English Literature.
Laurence's approach was methodical and consistent which was exactly what she needed. He is extremely knowledgeable and knows what is required to pass the national exams. He had various tips and techniques which she used in her essay writing. She still remembers them today and uses them when writing answers to A level business questions. Thanks Laurence for your help, it was invaluable.
Catherine

We used Laurence to help our daughter with revision and extra help for her GCSE as her school was hopeless. Laurence was a great help he understood how she was an anxious student and gave her lots of priase. she has become more confident in her answers and has lots more knowledge which in turn should gain her a better grade.
He went at her pace and offered all help she needed.

Laurence is a professional person through and through. He elevated our daughter's understanding of English language and literature to achieve 8's in both her GCSEs.
Laurence is knowledgeable and patient and has many tips and techniques to help children achieve their best.

Laurence has been working with our daughter for just over a year now and we are thrilled with the difference it has made. Laurence has a clear and consistent way of working with his students which provides a familiar learning environment. Our daughter is aware of the expectations and through Laurence's teaching style, she knows and has it made explicit the key elements for successful writing.
Our daughter's confidence and overall ability has grown enormously since working with Laurence which has in turn filtered into other subjects.
When asking our daughter how she felt Laurence had assisted her, she said, 'He has REALLY helped me! Especially by finding the bits I find difficult and showing me how to improve. He explains things really clearly and his videos have been great. Each one shows you exactly what to do and what to include in your writing. I am much more confident when writing in other subjects now and my vocabulary is much wider.'
To say we are hugely grateful to Laurence would be an understatement. We know our daughter is in a far stronger position, more so now than ever before. We are incredibly lucky his name was given to us and we would wholeheartedly recommend him.

I found Laurence when we were desperately searching for someone who would help my daughter with her recently diagnosed dyslexia last year. Laurence contacted me within 20 minutes of my initial enquiry and it was clear that within our first few minutes of conversation that he both understood and could help with what we needed for her final GCSE year.

Laurence has single-handedly managed to increase my daughters grades by one level in not just English but by two levels in her other subjects: history and drama. This is due to his skill in being able to get his pupils to understand the complexity of essay writing and exam question answering. His use of the two hours tuition teaches how to analyse and understand context of text. With a child that doesn’t want to read books, I have generally been astounded at how she has managed to change this in herself.

We have been so grateful to Laurence and have recommended him to two friends who are also now using him. We will be tapping in to use his services for our youngest child in September. (Look out Laurence!)

We highly recommend Laurence as an outstanding, excellent tutor.

Philip Paul

Laurence has worked with my son for about two years supporting him in both his English Language and Literature. When I first approached Laurence he asked my son to do a piece of written work for him so that he could assess where he was. He has continued to support and encourage my son over the last two years and his writing skills, comprehension and development of the English Language has improved. Although teaching is remote, Laurence is always available to message and we have telephone updates during the year. There are also 1-2-1 sessions which my son has every month. I am impressed by the level of detail that Laurence goes into to when both setting and marking my son's work. He always sends back his comments on the work with positive praise and an acknowledgement that my son is going above and beyond. From being a child that would do anything not to do his English work my son now quite happily sits down every weekend to carry out his work for Laurence. Laurence's teaching method's have worked for my son and I feel that my son is now in a far stronger position for his GCSE exams this year.

Mr Dalton is one of the best tutors that my son has ever encountered. My son was struggling so much in English as it was his weakest subject. A few months ago, we found Mr Dalton online, from the very first lesson, he was patient and extremely professional at all times. He sits down and ensures that my son has developed his skills every lesson. Mr Dalton has helped to boost my son's confidence, and has majorly improved his mock exam results. My son looks forward to every lesson with Mr Dalton now. As well as all of this, Mr Dalton never rushes to end the lesson sharply on time, instead, Mr Dalton prefers that my son stays over time, so that my son entirely understands the content that he is studying.
Mr Dalton has my highest recommendation, and we thank him very much.
Mariana

My daughter was really struggling with her English and getting low grades even at a top academic grammar school plus the teacher was being extremely unhelpful. She was lacking in confidence and didn’t know how to approach/answer the questions nor how to improve. If it wasn’t for the pandemic I probably wouldn’t have considered remote learning but I found Laurence on a google search and the distance was not an obstacle. Remote 2 hour long sessions on a Saturday morning worked perfectly to slot in with her weekday dancing commitments. Laurence is very personable, explains things well, gives excellent feedback, is encouraging and supportive which increases confidence without doing the work for you. He will call and explain the task set for that session and allow you time to complete and submit. He’ll then call and explain the next piece to get on with whilst he’s marking the first one, then call again to explain how it went, how you could improve etc. My daughter started with a Grade 5 and is now performing at Grade 9 and is taking English for A Level all thanks to Laurence! In addition he took on her twin sister when her grades went down and she was struggling. She’s also at a Grade 9 now and got the highest mark in an English Mock at her school with 98%!! We couldn’t be happier with Laurence and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone needing help with English. Always easily contactable and very accommodating. Thank you so much Laurence!

Laurence has worked wonders with my son. Now nearing the end of year 11, Laurence has been working with him since year 10. My son has been a real challenge for Laurence, something we have spoken of with Laurence many times and we have had ups and downs along the way. We seemed at times to be making real progress but then slide backwards again to the point he achieved a grade 2 in one of his examinations before Christmas, leading Laurence to really scratch his head as to what to do to help. He could not have been more apologetic that his methods were not working on my son, but working closely with Laurence we reviewed them to come up with a new plan. No child is the same. Laurence worked tirelessly to come up with a bespoke method of teaching to suit my son and on his last set of mocks he has achieved a 4+. With hard work and dedication from both my son and Laurence over the next few weeks we are hopeful he could achieve a 5 or 6 in his final exams if he sets his mind to it. Laurence has always given us progress updates at all stages. He is easily contactable and replies very quickly to any concerns we have. He has certainly gone above and beyond in order to ensure that my son will not only pass his English but achieve the best possible grade he can. We would definitely not be at the stage we are now without Laurence's help and dedication.

Laurence has been amazing with my son - he has improved his confidence so much and he is now able to put pen to paper! My son’s grades have improved by 3 levels in 12 months and this has helped all his GCSE subjects.
Laurence has always been accommodating and built a really good rapport with both my sons and myself. He is always quick to respond to any queries we may have and offer realistic solutions. A great tutor and kind person who really understands differing pupils needs.

I cannot recommend Laurence highly enough. My son started tutoring with him following his GCSE mock exams in January. During the initial consultation it became immediately clear that Laurence was the right fit for my son. My son had been working with a different tutor since September who was "spoon feeding" him the answers...not helpful in an exam setting.

A big plus point is the way the lessons are structured. The lesson last for two hours allowing enough time for a task to be set and completed within one lesson. One hour lessons are disjointed and don't flow. The difference in my sons ability since working with Laurence is astounding.

My son was recently diagnosed with Dyslexia - I sent the relevant information to Laurence who could not of been more accommodating in the way he structured his lessons.

My only regret is that we didn't find Laurence earlier.

A very happy parent and son (aged 15)

On his website Laurence Dalton says he can help students, studying at Secondary School, who are in years 7-9 and usually have stronger Maths skills, so when Laurence responded to me quickly, I thought I had found the ideal teacher as this describes my son.

I let him know that over a two-hour lesson (the minimum offering) my son would need some short rest breaks and that he may need to ask my son to repeat back instructions and check for understanding. This did not seem an issue. In the first lesson, we had the laptop set up, had acquired a stand for my son's phone, and opened a word doc that he wanted my son to edit - in our eyes, everything was organised.

Expecting some pleasantries such as nice to meet you, tell me about yourself. None of this happened, it was a quick hello and a short and snappy 'write 6 key points down that you will build on to answer the question on the page, then email this to me and I will call you back when I receive it!

There was no checking for understanding of the task, was my son clear on what he needs to do, no repeating back. As a parent, I asked why could he not just share a google doc rather than email, Laurence did not listen and just said email it, I rephrased and again he was curt and said just email it. At this point, I was annoyed by his dismissiveness but I just said to my son, you will have to email it then and Laurence left the call.

I just assumed Laurence was in an irritable mood and something bad had happened that he wanted to deal with. However, I wanted to address his rudeness so went to a different room and tried to call Laurence from my phone to discuss my concerns, but he ignored me so I texted and emailed, and eventually, he called back.

I asked him why he had responded rudely to me and he just said it's not working I will give you your money back. I tried to ask why, but he would not allow me to speak and put the phone down! Eventually, after I said I would write this review, he replied and said my son was too young (he says on his site he teaches his age range) and that he could see we were too unorganised for him - because my son was not sat down on the seat in front of him (I just happened to be sat there as I wanted to talk to him first - it was nothing to do with disorganisation as I had a question about emailing work), he said my son did not answer his phone straightway but he phoned five minutes early when my son was in the toilet and my son WAS ready to answer at the agreed time.

He also said we were disorganised because I had asked the question about emailing, he didn't like that as he thought we didn't know how to, whereas I was just enquiring whether he could work collaboratively with my son on google doc as it's more efficient than emailing and my son is used to Outlook and not Gmail but he would not allow me to get this point across, shutting me down each time. He also did not like that my son had twisted my hair (probably through nerves as it was his first lesson).

I had sent Laurence an earlier mail stating that my son would need some rest breaks and that he would need to regularly check that he is clear about what to do as his attention sometimes wanes and he occasionally stammers when nervous. Perhaps he thought the job of tutoring would be too much of a challenge based on this. Laurence gave the impression he is someone who is not confident or patient enough to differentiate and teach students that might even have the slightest additional needs. If Laurence had communicated his expectations more sincerely and clearly when dealing with us or been honest about not wanting to work with a year 8 in the first place, I could have spent my weekend finding a more suitable tutor and my son would not have been left wondering why a teacher had deemed him unteachable within two minutes.
Personally, I would not recommend Laurence, even though he eventually apologised and gave me a swift refund after I shared the impact of his rudeness on my son and me. He did say he was having a bad day but he should not have taken that out on us, as he made our days bad too.