Welcome to The Cove

The Cove was established in 2023 by a pioneering ​educator, Georgie, as an organisation providing in person ​and online private tutoring and homeschooling, based in ​Clapham, London SW4.

The Cove provides tutoring for entrance exams and GCSE ​English, as well as general English, maths and confidence ​building.

The founder of The Cove, Georgie, is a qualified English ​teacher. Georgie attended St Catherine’s School, Bramley, ​and after gaining her PGCE English from University of ​Oxford, she worked as an English teacher in secondary ​schools for four years before setting up The Cove. Read ​more about her experience in education in Georgie’s Story.

Rates

Private tuition must be purchased in packages of at least six hours.

Please enquire for bespoke packages.

Georgie's Story

Education doesn't have to be lots of children

sitting in a room facing a whiteboard.

“Oxford as a city fascinated me; I met a number of parents with backgrounds in ​education who were looking for new teaching approaches because conventional ​schooling alone wasn't working for their child. Education seemed more explorative than ​where I grew up in Surrey and parents were open-minded to alternatives, from ​homeschooling and private tutoring to Reggio and Steiner schools. I had been tutoring ​alongside my studies since I left school and although I was captivated by innovative ​teaching methods, I wanted to teach in state schools for a few years to gain more ​traditional teaching experience.

After two years of teaching at two schools in Oxford and one in London, I couldn't ​escape the overcrowded feeling of schools; I had over 200 students at times and not ​nearly enough hours in the day to give my undivided attention to all of them. So, when I ​moved to work at my next school in London, I asked to teach smaller groups of students ​who needed extra support in English in addition to my usual GCSE and A-level ​teaching. The idea was that these KS3 students would receive English lessons in groups ​of 6:1 for one year to give them the confidence and tools to rejoin and excel in larger ​groups. These classes quickly became the hours I looked forward to most and my ​students thrived in the calmness of the class.

After a total of four years in schools, I decided I wanted to dedicate my time to private ​tutoring and homeschooling whilst also studying towards my Assessment Practising ​Certificate (APC), which will enable me to carry out diagnostic assessments for dyslexia. ​The Cove was created to develop confidence in the classroom, to teach in a calm and ​safe learning environment which welcomes parents, and to inspire students to 'think ​outside the box' in day-to-day life, as well as in exams.”

Georgie Charlotte

Founder of The Cove

Customer

Testimonials

"Georgie tutored both our boys, ages 8 and 10, in English over the course of a year. Georgie is a great teacher and adapts her teaching ​approach and content to suit the child. Both our boys benefited enormously from Georgie's tutoring and their English grades also improved. Our ​younger child has dyslexia. Georgie developed an excellent programme of work that kept our son engaged and motivated which is not easy to do ​when a child struggles with English. Our son's confidence also improved as he began to achieve better results so there were multiple benefits."

Sarah McLeland, London

“Georgie worked with my 10 year old daughter to help her learn her maths times tables. The sessions went extremely well and were amazingly ​effective. My daughter loved working with Georgie and ultimately was able to remember and apply what she learned with her.

Many thanks to Georgie and her teaching method. I highly recommend her.”

Chehrazade Chemcham, London

“Georgie has a magical way with children. She was our nanny during quite a difficult time when I had two children under 5 and was pregnant ​with our third. I gave her a lot of responsibility and she rose to the occasion wonderfully! My boys always respected her and listened to her, but ​also just hugely enjoyed being around her. She is caring, patient, smart, and responsible. We were heartbroken to lose her when she went off to ​Oxford, but we always kept in touch. She remembered the boys for their birthdays and always asked after them. When she finished her degree ​we were lucky enough to keep having her babysit for us when she had occasional free evenings and the boys were thrilled. She is an exceptional ​person who has a very special way of reaching and teaching children. We couldn’t be more positive about her!”

Engi Wassef-Evans, London

Contact

In partnership with

Scarlet Music

www.scarletmusiclondon.com

For bookings and enquiries:

Phone

+44 7772 298 535

Email

thecovetutoring@gmail.com

Hours

9am - 7pm

Monday - Friday