English Tutors in Ormskirk, Southport & West Lancashire
Looking for an experienced English tutor to help your child improve their reading, writing and confidence?
West Lancs Tutors connects families with qualified teachers offering personalised English tuition across Ormskirk, Southport, Formby, Burscough, Skelmersdale and surrounding areas.
Whether your child needs support with primary literacy, help developing their writing skills or focused GCSE English revision, we'll help you find a suitable tutor.
English tuition tailored to your child
Our English tutors can support pupils with:
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Primary English (KS1 & KS2): Phonics, reading fluency, comprehension, spelling, punctuation, grammar and creative writing.
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Year 6 SATs Preparation: Support with reading comprehension, grammar, punctuation and spelling, including exam techniques and confidence-building.
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KS3 English (Years 7–9): Developing analytical reading, extended writing, vocabulary and understanding of literary texts.
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GCSE English Language: Reading comprehension, analysing writers' methods, creative and transactional writing, and examination preparation.
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GCSE English Literature: Exploring set texts, analysing characters and themes, developing essay-writing skills and practising exam responses.
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A-Level English: Support with more advanced literary analysis, essay writing and examination preparation, subject to tutor availability.
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Confidence and Catch-Up: Personalised support for children who find English challenging or need extra help consolidating their learning.
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11+ English Preparation: Comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and verbal reasoning, helping pupils prepare for selective school entrance examinations.
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Dyslexia and Additional Literacy Support: Specialist teaching approaches to support pupils experiencing difficulties with reading, spelling and written English, subject to suitable tutor availability.
Personalised English tuition from qualified teachers
Every child has different strengths and areas for development. Our tutors tailor lessons to individual needs, helping pupils strengthen their skills, overcome difficulties and develop greater confidence.
Whether your child needs regular weekly support, help preparing for examinations or targeted practice with a particular aspect of English, we'll help you find a suitable tutor.
Tuition starts from £32 per hour for primary pupils, with GCSE tuition from £41 per hour.
Browse our English tutors below or get in touch and we'll help you find the right teacher for your child.
Andrea – English & Maths Tutor – Formby
Primary • GCSE Maths • English to A Level
Online • Tutor’s home • Family home
Andrea is a friendly, creative teacher who is confident in teaching English Language and Literature (up to A Level), GCSE Maths, as well as the primary curriculum. She has twenty-five years’ experience working with students from diverse educational backgrounds. Currently studying an MSc in Education, Andrea draws on up-to-date research to understand learning barriers and the strategies that genuinely help students thrive.
Every learner’s progress is carefully tracked and monitored, with gaps closed before new topics are introduced to avoid cognitive overload. Lessons are dynamic, informative, challenging and exciting, taught in small, manageable steps using model answers, past papers and technological tools students can relate to.
Every student has secure knowledge of the requirements needed to reach the next stage in their learning journey. Tailored learning plans are carefully implemented.
Andrea builds rapport and uses humour to help every student feel relaxed, confident and capable. This personalised, structured and psychologically informed approach consistently enables learners to exceed their target grades. Incentives are also used as motivational tools. All work is carefully assessed and marked, with regular constructive feedback shared with students
Natalie – Primary, English & Maths Tutor – St. Helens
Primary • GCSE & Functional Skills English & Maths
Online • Family home
Natalie has over 20 years of teaching experience, mostly in the primary age phase from Nursery through to Year 6. She can support with phonics, reading, writing, mathematics and all other primary subjects. She has marked the Year 6 SATs tests since 2013.
She also tutors GCSE and Functional Skills English and Mathematics to students resitting their exams. Natalie has a good understanding of SEN, and experience of working with pupils and students with ADHD and Autism
Rosemary – English & Dyslexia Tutor – Skelmersdale
KS3 English • GCSE English Language & Literature • Dyslexia Support
Tutor’s home • Family home
Rosemary has over 25 years of experience teaching English across secondary education. She has previously held the role of Learning Director for English, giving her strong leadership experience alongside a deep understanding of curriculum design, assessment and progression at Key Stages 3 and 4.
She is a qualified dyslexia specialist teacher and assessor, with extensive experience supporting learners with specific learning difficulties. This expertise allows her to identify barriers to learning quickly and adapt her teaching to meet individual needs, ensuring students are supported effectively and confidently.
Rosemary has a thorough understanding of how students learn English and is highly skilled at helping all learners to reach their potential. She provides structured, supportive and targeted tuition in English at KS3 and KS4, helping students build confidence, improve attainment and develop strong literacy skills
Lynn – English, Maths & Home Education Tutor – Burscough
KS2 • 11+ • KS3 • GCSE • Functional Skills
Online • Local face-to-face
Lynn is an experienced teacher and full-time tutor with more than 20 years’ experience supporting learners from Key Stage 2 through to adult education. She offers KS2 English and Maths, including SATs preparation, as well as 11+ tuition in English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
At KS3, Lynn can support English Language and Literature, Maths, History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Business Studies and Science. She also offers GCSE English Language and Literature, Foundation Maths, History, Religious Studies, Sociology and Business Studies, together with a range of A Level subjects and Functional Skills English and Maths.
Lynn tailors her sessions to each learner’s individual needs, school targets and areas for development. She provides appropriate resources and aims to make lessons structured, supportive and engaging.
As a full-time tutor, Lynn is available seven days a week and is particularly interested in working with home-educated learners during school hours. She prefers online tuition, which allows her to offer greater flexibility, although she may also consider in-person tuition within a short travelling distance.
Lynn is a member of The Tutors’ Association, updates her safeguarding training annually and actively undertakes additional professional development. She has recently completed an End Point Assessment qualification and is currently working towards a CAVA qualification.
Clare – English & EAL/ESOL Tutor – Blackpool
KS3 & GCSE English • EAL/ESOL • SEND/SEBD
Online • Family home
Clare qualified to teach English over ten years ago and has worked as a class teacher in three local authority secondary schools. She teaches English at Key Stages 3 and 4 and holds a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA).
Clare has experience teaching children who speak English as an additional language, including work with Refugee Action supporting KS2–KS4 learners facing language barriers. She also currently teaches Chinese school-aged children online and has extensive EAL resources, including experience using CLIL to develop language skills through subjects such as Geography and Science.
Clare also has experience supporting autistic teenagers and pupils with SEND/SEBD. She understands that behaviour, confidence or motivation can sometimes create barriers to learning and uses practical, supportive strategies to improve engagement and help pupils make progress.
Lilian – English Tutor – Maghull
KS3 English • GCSE English • EAL/ESOL • EAP
Online • Family home
Lilian has more than 30 years of teaching experience, primarily in English Language and Literature, EAL, ESOL and EAP (English for Academic Purposes), across primary, special, middle, secondary and further education settings. Her recent experience includes providing online catch-up tuition and face-to-face English tuition in a local secondary school, preparing pupils for GCSE English, teaching EAP on pre-sessional programmes at two Russell Group universities and supporting students with sensory impairments in higher education.
She is a highly experienced and qualified teacher with a deep understanding of the English language and how to teach it to students from a wide range of backgrounds. Lilian creates engaging and effective lessons tailored to individual learners and can provide both online and face-to-face tuition. She can tutor English Language and Literature at all levels.
Luz Ellis-Santiago – Spanish & French Tutor – Skelmersdale
Primary Languages • Spanish & French to A Level • English Language to GCSE
Online • Tutor’s home
Luz is a qualified teacher with QTS and a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) from Edge Hill University. A native Spanish speaker who is also fluent in French and English, she brings a strong academic background in languages alongside extensive classroom
and tutoring experience in the UK and internationally.
Luz has taught pupils of a wide range of abilities and backgrounds and places learners at the centre of her teaching. She uses clear explanations, questioning, repetition and carefully chosen resources
to build confidence, understanding and independence, while maintaining high expectations for every pupil.
She can offer tuition in Spanish and French across primary, KS3, GCSE and A Level, as well as English Language at KS3 and GCSE level.
Guy – Maths & English Tutor – Ormskirk
Years 5–6 • KS3 • GCSE Maths & English • A Level Maths
Online • Tutor’s home • Family home
Guy is a highly skilled Mathematics and English teacher who has taught in Secondary schools and General Education colleges for about 20 years. For 7 years, he was a GCSE examiner for AQA.
Guy has been a professional tutor for seven years and is able to establish an excellent learning environment for students and has achieved extremely good results.
He can tutor Mathematics in Years 5 and 6, at KS3 and GCSE, and through to A Level. He can also tutor English in Years 5 and 6, at KS3 and GCSE.
Jonathon – English, Drama & Humanities Tutor
KS3 • GCSE • A Level • English • Drama • History • Geography
Online Tuition
Jonathon has been teaching Drama and English for 36 years and, in that time, has qualified as an Advanced Skills Teacher and Outstanding Teacher. He believes that learning should be taught through challenge and enjoyment. Students will be asked to complete work both in tutoring sessions and, as appropriate, for homework.
He is an experienced tutor, having tutored individuals and groups for public school entrance exams, GCSE, A Level and degree level qualifications.
Jonathon can tutor English Language and Literature at KS3, GCSE and A Level; Drama, Theatre Studies and Performing Arts at KS3, GCSE and A Level; and History and Geography at KS3, GCSE and A Level. He can also support 11+, SATs preparation, Common Entrance, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, Politics and Ancient History
Pauline – Primary & English Tutor – Ormskirk
Primary • KS3 English • GCSE English
Tutor’s home • Family home
Pauline is a qualified primary teacher with experience across the full primary age range. She originally taught Year 1 before moving into supply teaching, working with pupils throughout the primary phase.
She also has experience teaching English and Maths in secondary schools, as well as delivering GCSE English, Functional Skills and adult learning in colleges and through the Probation Service.
Pauline can support children with all subjects across the primary phase and can also tutor English at KS3 and GCSE level. She is available for daytime and home-education tuition as well as after-school sessions.
Gary – Maths, English & Science Tutor – Skelmersdale
Primary • 11+ • KS3 • GCSE • A Level
Online
Gary is an Associate Tutor in Primary Education and Link Tutor at Edge Hill University. He has also been a private tutor since 2014 and has extensive teaching experience across both primary and secondary education, including teaching overseas.
His previous roles include Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher and Head of Science, and he has gained the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH).
Gary can support pupils across the primary curriculum and 11+ preparation. At secondary level, he can tutor Maths, English Language and Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology and Art, with a range of subjects available through to GCSE and A Level.
Katie – Primary, Maths & English Tutor – Southport
Primary • 11+ • KS3 • GCSE • Functional Skills
Online • Family home
Katie is an experienced primary teacher who can support pupils across Years 1–6, as well as pupils preparing for the 11+. She can also provide Maths and English tuition at KS3 and GCSE, together with Functional Skills support. Katie has previously taught in primary schools and also holds a languages degree from The Open University and a dyslexia qualification from Edge Hill University. She is also interested in daytime and home-education tuition opportunities.
Leah – English Tutor – Burscough
Primary • KS3 • GCSE English • A Level English
Online • Family home
Leah is a qualified secondary English teacher with a PGCE and QTS from Liverpool Hope University. She has completed her first Early Career Teacher year while teaching English in a comprehensive secondary school, working with a wide range of pupils across Key Stages 3 and 4.
During her teacher training, Leah gained experience in both a specialist SEN school and a large comprehensive school. She has also previously provided English and Maths tuition up to Key Stage 4. Alongside her classroom experience, Leah has been a Scout leader for five years, developing further skills in engaging young people and helping them build confidence and transferable skills.
Leah can offer English and Maths tuition across the primary age range and at Key Stage 3, as well as English at GCSE and A Level. She offers online tuition and face-to-face lessons at the family’s home.
Alyson – KS3 English & Maths Tutor – Burscough
KS3 English • KS3 Maths
Family home
Alyson is a qualified teacher with a BA (Hons) in Primary Education, specialising in Mathematics. She has experience teaching throughout the primary age range within both British and international schools and currently works as a supply teacher.
Her varied experience has given her a strong understanding of the British curriculum, assessment requirements and different approaches to teaching and learning. Alyson believes in supporting the whole
child and building positive relationships with pupils and their families to create a calm, encouraging and effective learning environment.
Alyson can tutor all subjects from Years 1 to 6, English and Maths for 11+ preparation, and English and Maths at KS3.
Suzanne – English & Maths Tutor – Southport
Primary • KS3 Maths • KS3 English • Geography • History
Family Home
Suzanne is a qualified primary teacher with more than 25 years of teaching experience. Since graduating in 1999, she has taught across Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 and currently works as a part-time teacher. She also has experience tutoring Year 6 pupils in preparation for SATs, as well as supporting home-educated children.
Suzanne offers Maths and English tuition for pupils in Years 1–6. She can also provide Maths, English, Geography and History support for pupils in Years 7 and 8.
She offers face-to-face tuition in the family home within approximately eight miles of Southport and has some daytime and weekend availability, including for home-education tuition.