Simon Collins

In this role I provide bespoke 1-1 tutoring sessions for individual students with a variety of needs. These range from new starters who need to be brought up-to-speed on GCSE texts, students returning after exclusion or other absences, or any other students that teachers in the English department think would benefit from individual tuition.

I started working as an English tutor for one evening per week at the Derby North franchise, then moved to the Ashfield centre in October 2022, where I currently am employed. I provide bespoke English tuition for a wide range of students from KS2-KS5.

I have been employed as an examination marker for the GCSE EDUQAS English Literature Component 1 qualification for two years (2024 and 2025.) The contract is for the examination period of each year.

During my 22 years service at Swanwick Hall School, I taught English Language and English Literature across Key Stages 3-5. As well as an academic role, I took on the pastoral position of Deputy Head of Sixth Form in 2003 and was in-post until 2014. I held a full-time teaching commitment until 2019, when I moved to 0.8.